Now that we have JFFS enabled we can install new apps on our router. Note that the apps are installed into RAM and will vanish when you log out. You can write a script to automatically install your preferred applications during the log in process.
DD-WRT does not come with a repository but we can use the OpenWRT packages. Just run the following from the command line:
mkdir -p /tmp/smbshare/tmp/ipkg cd /tmp/smbshare/tmp/ipkg wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/whiterussian/packages/libpcap_0.9.4-1_mipsel.ipk ipkg -d smbfs install libpcap_0.9.4-1_mipsel.ipk wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/whiterussian/packages/tcpdump_3.9.4-1_mipsel.ipk ipkg -d smbfs install tcpdump_3.9.4-1_mipsel.ipk export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/tmp/smbshare/usr/lib" PATH="$PATH:/tmp/smbshare/usr/sbin"
We first install libpcap, a library used by tcpdump. You might get some warnings but it’s fairly safe to ignore them. That’s it, run ‘tcpdump’ from the command prompt and let the flow amaze you. We’ll later discuss some options of tcpdump.
You can check the OpenWRT repositories for other great pieces of software ported and prepared for embedded devices: http://downloads.openwrt.org/whiterussian/packages/