Re: Hacking the Linksys WRT54G

Regarding this I was just floating the idea by because I see many people 
fiddle around with the Parallel port's pins and interface it with external 
devies or hobby projects... I was thinking that one could use the 802.11x 
printer server to do the same kind of thing, but remotely... (as you 
mentioned at the end- the best idea would probably be to mimick a print job 
and translate the singnal for your purpose...)

That interface link (Jesse Brown) is interesting...

Lenny


>From: Haudy Kazemi <[email protected]>
>Reply-To: SeattleWireless Development List <[email protected]>
>To: SeattleWireless Development List <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: Hacking the Linksys WRT54G
>Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:18:43 -0600
>
> >Also (while I'm at it), has anyone tried to hack a wireless printer 
>server
> >(those little things you can plug into a printer and not need to have it
> >plugged into a client on the LAN because it gets its own IP etc...)? I'm
> >thinking that it would make an excellent project- if you could control 
>the
> >pinouts on that little thing then you could effectively set up a remote
> >controlled device that is fully intergrated with your LAN... (though its
> >porbably a waste of money because a regular RC system could be set up for
> >much cheaper... but its the concept)
>
>If instead of controlling parallel ports, you're looking for a way to
>control serial devices remotely over an ethernet connection, some hardware
>available from Jesse Brown (wolf) may be of interest, in particular the
>TFNXPT - Network-based Serial Console Server for $65 (kit) or $75 
>(assembled):
>http://www.theforestnetworking.com/hardware.php
>
>Such a device could also be hung off of a wireless router or bridge, if so
>desired.  (Jesse is selling these mostly for use with WRT54G v2.x boxes,
>but they'll work for other applications as well.)
>
>I haven't seen any source code available for any Linksys printer servers at
>http://www.linksys.com/support/gpl.asp (or for any other printer servers,
>elsewhere).
>
>I think your best bet for converting a printer server (with a parallel
>port, like the Linksys WPS54GU2) into another use may be to try to build a
>communications/control spec using the already existing printer signalling
>methods for older dot-matrix style printers.  Treat the outgoing commands
>as 'print jobs' and incoming responses as 'status codes'.
>
>-hk
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