SuccessStories
Everyone should post what he has accomplished to do with his Linkstation. New entries should be added to the end.
|
Mindbender
08:46, 6 July 2006 (EDT)
<skype style="mediumicon" action="chat">mindbender500</skype>
Model: Linkstation 1
- Bootloader: UBoot 2.01 (LNI)
- running 2.4.33.3 + telnet/ftp/root-enabled firmimg.bin in flash
- foonas svn 1062 + 2.6.22 on hdd
- 1 Printer in Front-USB-Port
- 2 USB-HDDs via a USB-Hub in the Back-USB-Port
- soldered header for JTAG + i have a JTAG cable created by tampakuro
What i use it for:
- Kernel-NFS - recording from my dbox2
- Filesharing - with Mldonkey/transmissioncli
- wget4web - an Webinterface for wget
- vsftp-server
- SVN-Server
Model: Linkstation 1
- Bootloader: UBoot 2.01 (LNI)
- Development box for testing
Model: Linkstation Pro
- FreeLink
- serial-access
- Development box for testing
Model: Kurobox
- needs unbricking via JTAG
- JTAG headers soldered
Flavoie
11:57, 6 July 2006 (EDT)
Model: Linkstation HG
- Freelink running Debian Testing with Kernel 2.6.16 via loader.o
What I use it for:
- Windows file sharing using Samba (stream movies from Windows XP Media Center PC)
- BitTorrent - with Mldonkey and sancho gui web interface
- Webmin & VNC for easy admin interface
- Lighttpd instead of Apache
- PHP
- MySQL
- Gallery 2 for personal photo album
- Dyndns updater, ddclient
Future plans:
Retire x86 debian server setup with the following software and use Linkstation instead:
- Wiki for hockey team
Ramuk
Ramuk 01:23, 12 August 2007 (CEST)
Models:
- Linkstation HG 250
- Freelink powerpc hdhglan 1.11
- Linux LinkStation 2.6.20.2-kuroboxHG
- Kuro HG
- Freelink powerpc hdhglan 1.11
- Linux LinkStation 2.6.20.2-kuroboxHG
- Kuro Pro
- Freelink/Debian ARM9
What I use them for:
- Encrypted Filespace with EncFS
- To stream video and photos to My XBMC - Using Xbox Media Center with the LinkStation
- Mtdaapd/Firefly to create a Music Share. for the XBMC
- Display Linkstation status on a USB Palm OS Device as an LCD Display with the PalmOrb emulator.
- Download Podcasts with Bashpodder
- Stream MP3s to an Airport Express using RAOP-play
- Media and Shared storage for my computers over Samba
- Using Thttpd as a in house webserver to serve photos using Album - Photo gallery generator which has theme support
- Change to a 750GB Seagate PATA Drive originally a 250GB Drive
- Alpha 220 LED Sign
misterblues
10:26, 14 July 2006 (EDT)
Model: Linkstation 2
- Openlink
What i use it for:
- SMB/CIFS-Server for my Siemens M740AV DVB-T Receiver
- NFS-Server for dbox2 mplayer (Photo/MP3)
- ggrab(sserver) for dbox2 recordings
- DNS Server
Future plans:
- VoIP Server
- UPNP AV Server for M740AV/PC-System/Pocket-PC
Rich
15:40, 16 July 2006 (GMT)
Model: Linkstation 2
- Openlink
What i use it for:
- Streaming music to Sonos music system.
- Printer server.
- DDClient - dynamic DNS client.
Future plans:
- Webmail client.
- Photo album.
Mouloud
00:49, 12 September 2006 (WEST)
Model: Linkstation 2
- latest freelink for LS2 (060810 firmware)
- 1 Printer (HP laserjet 1010 usb) in Back-USB-Port
What I use it for:
- SMB fileserver - with samba
- Filesharing - with Mldonkey using sancho gui
- Web server - with Apache
- web based configuration - with Webmin
- dyndns.org client - with ddclient
- print server - with CUPS
Future plans:
- FTP server
- ...
AndersUk
19:39, 13 September 2006 (GMT)
Model: Linkstation 2
- latest freelink for LS2
What I use it for:
- SMB fileserver - Media and Shared storage for my computers over Samba
- Filesharing - with Mldonkey using sancho gui
- Web based configuration - with Webmin
- FTP server - with vsftpd
What I think so far:
- Bl00dy impressed.
Future plans:
- Mail Server
- LLMP
Jimlennon
08:18, 11 October 2006 (CET)
Model: Linkstation Live 500
- latest freelink for LSPro
What i use it for:
- SMB fileserver
- Filesharing - with Mldonkey using sancho gui
- Web server - with Apache, PHP & MySQL
- Web based configuration - with Webmin
- FTP server - with Proftpd
Kuroguy
08:57, 20 November 2006 (EDT)
Model: Linkstation 2
What I've done to it:
- Added Serial port
- Added JTAG Port
- Read, write, and erase the entire flash contents via JTAG
- Fully tested JTAG software on it
Future plans:
- Add USB ports
- Add microcontroller programming interface
- Test upcoming U-Boot port
- Ship it off to the next hacker in line
Davy Gravy
Models - Current: LS-HG stock, LS-HG w/ FreeLink, KuroBox HG ; Previous: LS2
What I've done/basic mods:
- Tried out stock firmware, moved to OpenLink for short while, now using FreeLink/Debian & 2.6 kernel
- Flashed the KuroHG and one LS-HG w/ UBoot
- Flashed that LS-HG w/ 2.4.33.3 kernel/firmimg.bin
- moved away from the Buffalo-Installer to Kuro-style installs w/ roomy hda1 partitions
- hda3 partitions w/ XFS and JFS filesystem formats]], since they give a higher transfer rate - around 12.5MB/sec sustained
I use the modded HG for:
- basic NAS for my family
- Webmin w/ Syncmin module for automatic backups onto an attached/removable USB HD
- Firefly Music Server for our Roku, for mp3s and internet radio
- run hpodder each morning for our favorite podcasts via Roku
- running Mediaripper on for automated MP3 conversion
The KuroHG is used for:
- NAS for my student's projects at work/school
- as a learning tool for Linux, C/C++ and programming in general
Next steps:
- Sell the 2nd HG that is still stock - I don't need it anymore - now that I see what one can do w/ FreeLink, the stock firmware seems crippled, to me...
- Buy a LS-Pro/ARM box and learn more
Bauldrick
Model: Linkstation 1
- Freelink running 2.6.20
- Wireless - not very stable though :-(
What I use it for:
- Not a great deal at the moment, but I have a cunning plan!!
Model: Linkstation 2
- Freelink
- HP Photosmart 7550 in front usb port
- Xi-tel HI-FI link usb soundcard in back usb port
What I use it for:
- Stream music via Firefly to my Roku Soundbridge and iTunes on various PC's
- Stream films, music & photo's via Swisscenter to my Buffalo Linktheater
- Stream films & music via SMS to various Playstation 2's around the house
- Filesharing via Torrentflux
- Printing (IPP) via CUPS
- Play music on Linkstation via mpd (would like a light weight browser app?)
- Listen to my music over internet with gnump3d
- Additional Applaunchpage - for links and to be able to start and stop some apps over the browser
Artion
12:30, 25 March 2007 (CST)
Model: Linkstation HD-HGLAN160
- Firmware: originally v1.42, upgrade to v1.45 (hg-openlink-051b)
What i use it for:
- Web server - Apache + MySQL + PHP
- DNS server - BIND
- Mail server - Postfix, SMTP, POP3, IMAP
- Webmail - SquirrelMail
- Photo gallery, music and file storage
Future plans:
- FTP server
- Webmail - OpenWebMail
---
Dougal
04 Aug 07
2 x LS2. Both boxes running FreeLink. Being used to serve web and email for my domain. Extra configuration for both boxes:
- relocated bind-mounted /home, /usr and /var directory trees (14% disk usage on hda1)
- webmin
- samba
- rsync backups between the two
Box A running apache2(HTTP/HTTPS) + mysql5 + php5
- General web dev platform
- Domain webmail
- LAN media storage
- backup of Box B Maildirs
Box B running bind9(DNS) + exim4(SMTP) + dovecot(IMAP)
- Domain name and email server
- Backup of Box A www/db and media files
I retired an AMD AthlonXP 1800 running WinXP in favour of these boxes :)
timtim
Currently Using:
- uboot 1.2.0 with fdt via OpenEmbedded for my linkstations
- foonas of course!
Responsible for:
- Adding linkstation platforms to OpenEmbedded (LSPro, KuroPro, LS1, LS2, HG)
- foonas distribution
- foonas-em distribution - first 2.6 based em-mode utilities in flash for powerpc linkstations with xfs
Both my linkstations are currently being used for foonas development.