How to Customize/Hack LinkSys Access Point Firmware
This post is to describe how you can start customizing your LinkSys Access Point Firmware, but please remember it is proprietary software and we are doing this just for fun (Although it is built on every Open Source Software I have seen)
Download LinkSys FirmWare link h3r3.
You will have anice tgz file, please uncompress it in using the Open Source Compression Utility 7-Zip link h3r3.
you will find many folders in this tgz file
1) tools-src
2) src
Most of our work will be on (src) folder, inside this folder you will find
i) linux folder - WOW they are using our beloved linux, but never pay back Linux of the community , usual scenario -;((((
They are using Kernel 2.4.17
ii) router folder : has many other sub-folder we will work on www folder, which has the web interface of the LinkSys Web GUI.
iii) Inside (www) Folder, we will find wag54g-v2 or the model of your access point
inside this folder (wag54g-v2) you will find the complete web interface, it was HTML and calling some command from nvram folder that is in the same compressed image.
Now you can do whatever you want:
i) You may your own Linux command
ii) Adding Extra HTML pages with some features you want
iii) Adding File Browser for your internal network
iiii) ssh daemon
v) Sky and you needs are the limit of what you can do and add.
My findings over this hack:
1) I did not find real ASP code in the pages although they file extension is ASP and they are using milli_httpd - pretty small HTTP server
2) using Freeswan for the VPN
3) 7-zip for compression reasons
4) openssl - the well known SSL package -
5) IPTABLES - the well known Linux Firewall package -
6) Zebra http://www.zebra.org/ -- Routing Software
THIS RAISES THESE QUESTIONS :
if they are using all this Open Source Software,
1) Have they paid back the community
2) Have they donated money to these project
3) Have they gave the credit to these Open Source projects
even if they just say that this Access Point built over Open Source that will raise awareness and solve many other issues.
I Wonder for how long Open Source will be the victim of every one.
A screenshot of some of the HTM pages inside Linksys Access Point
Download LinkSys FirmWare link h3r3.
You will have anice tgz file, please uncompress it in using the Open Source Compression Utility 7-Zip link h3r3.
you will find many folders in this tgz file
1) tools-src
2) src
Most of our work will be on (src) folder, inside this folder you will find
i) linux folder - WOW they are using our beloved linux, but never pay back Linux of the community , usual scenario -;((((
They are using Kernel 2.4.17
ii) router folder : has many other sub-folder we will work on www folder, which has the web interface of the LinkSys Web GUI.
iii) Inside (www) Folder, we will find wag54g-v2 or the model of your access point
inside this folder (wag54g-v2) you will find the complete web interface, it was HTML and calling some command from nvram folder that is in the same compressed image.
Now you can do whatever you want:
i) You may your own Linux command
ii) Adding Extra HTML pages with some features you want
iii) Adding File Browser for your internal network
iiii) ssh daemon
v) Sky and you needs are the limit of what you can do and add.
My findings over this hack:
1) I did not find real ASP code in the pages although they file extension is ASP and they are using milli_httpd - pretty small HTTP server
2) using Freeswan for the VPN
3) 7-zip for compression reasons
4) openssl - the well known SSL package -
5) IPTABLES - the well known Linux Firewall package -
6) Zebra http://www.zebra.org/ -- Routing Software
THIS RAISES THESE QUESTIONS :
if they are using all this Open Source Software,
1) Have they paid back the community
2) Have they donated money to these project
3) Have they gave the credit to these Open Source projects
even if they just say that this Access Point built over Open Source that will raise awareness and solve many other issues.
I Wonder for how long Open Source will be the victim of every one.
A screenshot of some of the HTM pages inside Linksys Access Point
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