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Linksys WRT54G Ultimate Hacking | 
| Author: Paul Asadoorian; Larry Pesce
Publisher: Syngress
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 41000
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 412
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 1597491667
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.6
EAN: 9781597491662
ASIN: 1597491667
Publication Date: May 15, 2007
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Product Description
This book will teach the reader how to make the most of their WRT54G series hardware. These handy little inexpensive devices can be configured for a near endless amount of networking tasks. The reader will learn about the WRT54G's hardware components, the different third-party firmware available and the differences between them, choosing the firmware that is right for you, and how to install different third-party firmware distributions. Never before has this hardware been documented in this amount of detail, which includes a wide-array of photographs and complete listing of all WRT54G models currently available, including the WRTSL54GS.
Once this foundation is laid, the reader will learn how to implement functionality on the WRT54G for fun projects, penetration testing, various network tasks, wireless spectrum analysis, and more! This title features never before seen hacks using the WRT54G. For those who want to make the most out of their WRT54G you can learn how to port code and develop your own software for the OpenWRT operating system.
*Never before seen and documented hacks, including wireless spectrum analysis
*Most comprehensive source for documentation on how to take advantage of advanced features on the inexpensive wrt54g platform
*Full coverage on embedded device development using the WRT54G and OpenWRT
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 WRT54G Encylopedia! July 4, 2007
Brett Hoff (Pensacola, Florida)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Wow I got my book in a week ago and read the entire thing in three nights. It was everything I was expecting! I am now on the hunt for some moderate priced WRT54G's.
Presently I have a WRT54G ver.3 running dd-wrt and after reading this book plan on moving to Openwrt. This really is a must have for anybody that enjoys pushing your equipment to the limit or just tinkering...Yes you can find a lot of this information on your own on the net, But Larry and Paul have done a great job bringing it all together and giving you a lot thought points along the way and made a nice point to make the code sections availble for download saving from time consuming typing mistakes.
My favorite sections are building a pen-testing WRT54g and the hardware hacking section.
All ready adding a 2gig sd card to mine and dual serial ports. And there website for the book [...] is steadily being updated with new and information constantly. Just recently added diseccting the WRT54g ver.8. Thanks guys and Great job.
I would have never guessed so much is possible October 29, 2007
Stephen Northcutt (Kauai, HI USA)
I think the most important contribution this book will make is to help people understand it is possible to change those innocuous Linksys boxes. After all, they are everywhere. I don't personally plan to try to hardware hack my Linksys router tonight after finishing reading the book, but it is on the list. Heavens knows, I have three or four sitting in the equipment closet from before we upgraded my home office to professional equipment. In the book we learn the parts of a Linksys router; to be truthful, I had never thought about that. There is a discussion about overcloking the router to make the processor run faster. Talk about a blast from the past, brings back the old 8086/8088 days. It was dangerous then and it still is today. There is a discussion about the OpenWrt team, without them, this would never be possible.
It was a real eyeopener to learn how much people have done with the WRT54G, there are a number of choices in firmware, even semi-commercial choices such as Talisman which allows you to establish VPNs, hotspots, mesh and even SIP VoIP. This book in extensively researched, we learn how to set up DHCP, SAMBA even X Windows! There are even several methods for increasing the radio output and or antenna modifications. U.S. readers are cautioned this can get you into trouble, I know I ended up sending my FM pirate radio system to a missionary group in Africa because it was just too tempting and in an urban area the FCC will eventually get you. The biggest surprise for me was the use of a WRT54G ( with an adapter ) as a bluetooth scanner.
My understanding is that the authors are going to offer a class, that sounds like a lot of fun. If you are going to be installing wireless it is a good idea to read this book, a lot of the information applies regardless of what brand of equipment you select. And as for me, I don't think I will ever look at a Linksys router in the same way ever again, from now on I will be wondering just exactly what is going on beneath the hood.
Great guide February 12, 2008
nick b. (Richmond, VA USA)
This book is a great guide hacking your WRT54G. It covers a wide variety of topics and gives some good detail into each one without focusing on one topic more than it should.
Good information with lots of fun projects July 28, 2007
Russell Butturini (Cookeville, TN)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is full of fantastic information about modifying the WRT54G. I found it extremely useful and the projects have so far provided me with hours of hacking fun! However, the one beef I have with this book is it's written like Paul and Larry talk. Often times, they would tell you to do something one way, then contradict themselves later on in the chapter or go off on tangents, making the instruction somewhat hard to follow. Still, it's a great book for anyone interested in enhancing the capabilities of the WRT54G!
Great book by knowledgable authors but... August 24, 2007
B. Freeman (Sweden)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great book for anyone interested in knowing all about the WRT54G series routers and how to hack them. The authors Paul and Larry from the popular "PaulDotCom Security Weekly" podcast did a great job explaining the inner workings of the router and also have some great tips on how to hack the firmware and hardware.
I would have given this book a 5 star rating but it unfortunately covers too much info about using the OpenWRT "White Russian" firmware instead of the new NVRAM replacement firmware called OpenWRT "Kamikaze". In their defense though I acknowledge that at the time of print the OpenWRT "Kamikaze" stable version was finally released. But anyone needing to know all about the previous OpenWRT "White Russian" or the other optional firmware upgrades will definitely not be disappointed!
I highly recommend buying this book anyway and also recommend their related website "[...]" for more valuable info about these awesome little routers!
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