Possible GPL violation from MSI wifi router 802.11b/g Wireless

[Benjamin Henrion]

Do you have a link to the firmware on MSI website? I cannot find it.

I have a RG54SE II:

Firmware Version: 3.5.2 Build 070402 Rel.60023n
Hardware Version: RG54SE II v1 08140201

On Jan 3, 2008 8:35 PM, Marcus Hoffmann <qjs235 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi *!
>
> I've just bought an MSI RG54SE II and was looking for some information in
> the net for it when I came across your post.
>
> For me the first part (index 0x0..0x97ff) looks like an binary loaded to
> extract (and install?) the appended BZ file.
>
> The second part seems to be a BZ packed image file containing the linux
> kernel (2.4.18-MIPS-01.00) and an compressed BZ packed RAM disk.
>
> Some interesting strings:
> /Project/Realtek/RTL8186/v1.2.7.msi/rtl8186-
> sdk-1.2a/rtl8186-linux-1.2a/linux-2.4.18/include/linux/skbuff.h
> GCC: (GNU) 3.3.3
> busybox
> iptables
>
> From what I can tell by staring to the images busybox has no telnet(d)
> support compiled in nor a dropbear SSH(d) is available. But there seems to
> be plenty enough space; half of the RAM disk is empty (0x0).
>
> Sadly I don't have the time nor the experience (that meens the time ;-) to
> make the needed adjustments to plug in a telnet and or SSH and make this box
> "manageable".
> But maybe this information is helpful though I *did not find* any hint of
> using GPL software in that box.
> And there are *plenty* of it in that box.
>
> Happy suing ;)
>
> Sincerely,
> Marcus
>



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