Hacking the Netgear wgt634u

Abstract: This paper gives you some hints about how to compile click ( http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/click/ ) and madwifi driver (http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/~jbicket/madwifi.stripped/) using openwrt ( http://openwrt.org ) for the netgear wgt634u router. General information about the router you can find at http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/roofnet/doku.php?id=wgt634u.

Credits: http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/roofnet/

OpenWRT setup

First of all you need to install the openwrt toolchain on your build computer. Please follow the instructions given at http://openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Installing.

Compiling click

To build click you have to copy the following Makefile (click.mk) to the $OPENWRT/buildroot/make directory:

 #############################################################
 #
 # click
 #
 #############################################################
 CLICK_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/click
 
 click-source: $(CLICK_DIR)/.unpacked
 
 
 $(CLICK_DIR)/.unpacked: $(DL_DIR)/$(CLICK_SOURCE)
       (cd $(BUILD_DIR); \
       svn co svn://merkur.sardmn.informatik.hu-berlin.de/click)
       touch $(CLICK_DIR)/.unpacked
 
 
 $(CLICK_DIR)/.configured: $(CLICK_DIR)/.unpacked
       (cd $(CLICK_DIR); rm -rf config.cache; \
               $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
               CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
               AR_CREATEFLAGS="cru" \
               CLFLAGS=-static \
               CXXFLAGS=-static \
               ./configure \
               --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu \
               --host=mipsel-linux \
               --disable-linuxmodule \
               --enable-brn \
               --disable-ip \
               --enable-wifi \
               --disable-ip \
               --enable-tools=mixed \
       );
       touch  $(CLICK_DIR)/.configured
 
 $(CLICK_DIR)/click: $(CLICK_DIR)/.configured
       $(MAKE) CC=$(TARGET_CC) -C $(CLICK_DIR)
 
 $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/click: $(CLICK_DIR)/click
       install -c $(CLICK_DIR)/userlevel/click $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/click
       $(STRIP) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/click > /dev/null 2>&1
 
 click: uclibc $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/click 
 
 click-clean: 
       $(MAKE) -C $(CLICK_DIR) clean
       rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/click
 
 click-dirclean: 
       rm -rf $(CLICK_DIR)

That's all: run make click to build click. Currently, I only tested the userlevel click binary.