I have all services on the device disabled now and I use it only as a
wireless ap. It works just fine, but why leave something with so much
potential to sit and do relatively little? I'd rather it sit and do
relatively little with dd-wrt on it!!! ha ha. At least then it has more
potential anyway. Thanks for your help and thoughts.
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Lisa Kachold <
lisakachold@obnosis.com>wrote:
> HI Nathan,
>
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Nathan England <nathan@paysonlinux.org>
> wrote:
> > I have an Actiontec PK5000 Qwest DSL modem that is no longer being used
> as a
> > DSL modem. I would like to continue using it for a wireless access point
> as
> > it has a detachable antenna and I can connect it to my 12 dbi antenna
> > outside. I currently have a netgear WG602 which is a real piece and it is
> on
> > its last leg. The netgear however is running dd-wrt. I would love to put
> > dd-wrt or something similar on the actiontec, but I cannot find any
> custom
> > hacks out for it. Are any of you doing anything special with one of these
> > modems ??
>
> This Actiontec PK5000 is advertised as "functionality as good as a
> WHR-HP-G54 running Tomato or DD-WRT" in all the literature.
>
> dd-wrt:
>
> Currently there is no port of dd-wrt for the Actiontec PK5000.
>
> http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7807
>
> It is running busybox so you have telnet available to look around.
> It has a similar CPU to Avila, but there has been scant effort to port it.
>
> I believe there was an issue with Qwest proprietary portion of the
> firmware and copyright, as well as memory utilization precluding a
> swift port.
>
> tomato:
>
> No port available.
>
> Sorry!
>
> You might be able to upgrade your current firmware to the latest and
> greatest:
>
>
> http://portforward.com/routergui/Actiontec/PK5000_-_Qwest/Upgrade_Firmware.htm
>
> > Nathan
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