Dlink DIR-825 B1 or TP-Link 1043ND

[Sean Bruno]

On Mon, 2013-08-19 at 22:11 -0300, Nenhum_de_Nos wrote:
> On Mon, August 19, 2013 21:47, hiren panchasara wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Nenhum_de_Nos <matheus at eternamente.info>wrote:
> >
> >> Hail,
> >>
> >> I've seen the messages about both routers, and now I have one of each. The
> >> dlink just arrived, but
> >> the serial cables dont :(
> >>
> >> which one is better for testing ? See I don't have the serial if right now.
> >>
> >> I really would like to have FreeBSD on one of them :) May later be on both
> >> :D
> >>
> >
> > Awesome. You would need usb-ttl serial cable to do things. Something like:
> > http://www.adafruit.com/products/954
> >
> > I've made my tplink 1043ND work using Adrian's scripts and have documented
> > it here:
> > http://www.strugglingcoder.info/index.php/installing-freebsd-on-tp-link-tl-wr1043nd/
> >
> > cheers,
> > Hiren
> 
> thanks,
> 
> as is not in stock, will this solve the problem ?
> 
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-USB-to-TTL-Serial-Cable-Adapter-FTDI-Chipset-FT232-USB-Cable-Computer-Cable-/261101529602?item=261101529602
> 
> thanks,
> 
> matheus

Yeah, that should be the thing you need.  Remember, your router will
need to be opened and you will need to solder some pins onto the serial
connection.

Welcome to the fun and games!  :-)

Sean

p.s. tisk, tisk ... cross posting.  :-)

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