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Overload

Posted on October 31, 2008 by frank

I recently discover “Overload” – a publication done bi-monthly by the ACCU (Association of C & C++ Users). It’s focus is on C++ and software engineering in general. The overall quality of the articles is quite good and they also … Continue reading →

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OpenWrt Gemini 0.2

Posted on March 29, 2008 by frank

Paolo Scaffardi just released version 0.2 of his OpenWrt port for SL3516 based devices. The main change from the 0.1 release is that he switched to the OpenWrt trunk as base. The great benefit of this decision is that there … Continue reading →

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Webif^2 tutorial part 02

Posted on March 22, 2008 by frank

Last time we created a simple “hello world” page. Not very useful. For our NAS box we need a way to input/select configuration data. Web interfaces implement user input using HTML forms. Webif^2 provides some features to make it easier … Continue reading →

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Webif^2 tutorial part 01

Posted on March 21, 2008 by frank

This article tries to explain how you can extend Webif^2 with your own functionality. I am myself new to Webif^2. The reason i am writing this article is to get acquainted enough with the code so i can decide if … Continue reading →

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Webif^2 on a NAS box

Posted on March 21, 2008 by frank

Webif^2 aka. X-Wrt is a kick ass web interface used on OpenWrt systems. I really like it but as the main focus of OpenWrt is routers and related devices it is missing a lot of functionality which would be needed … Continue reading →

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Up and running!

Posted on March 13, 2008 by frank

I managed to build and install the 0.1 release of OpenWrt for SL3516 based devices. It needed some small tweaks to make it compile but nothing too serious. The only pitfall was that you need to change the gcc version … Continue reading →