Linux Journal

Building a Transparent Firewall with Linux, Part IV

I've been writing a multipart series on building a transparent (bridging) firewall using Linux. Specifically, I'm using the distribution OpenWrt running on a Linksys WRT54GL broadband router, a ...
Ars Technica

Outbound firewall on OpenWRT

So, I'm back with another problem. I've got my captive portal set up and hanging off my main network and I'd like to block access to ...
Ars Technica

I must be spoiled -- OpenWRT is hard

I was trying to see if OpenWRT would be easier than Ubiquiti's EdgeOS as I have two EdgeRouter Lite routers so I thought that I'd throw OpenWRT on one and try it out. Wow. They sure seem to have made ...
Network World

Teach your router new tricks with DD-WRT

With each passing year, hardware devices grow less dependent on proprietary components and more reliant on open source technologies. Network routers are among the main beneficiaries of this trend, ...
Linux Journal

Building a Transparent Firewall with Linux, Part III

In this series of articles, I'm showing how to build a transparent firewall using OpenWrt (Linux) running on an inexpensive Linksys WRT54GL wireless router. In Part I, I explained why firewalls are ...