A Cheap WiFi Memory Card Reader Hacked To Run OpenWRT

[GreatEmerald]

I wonder... would this be able to turn a wired server into a router?

No, because this is a router in and of itself. What you're thinking of is a wifi card, which are pretty cheap and common (I have one too, and it's been quite useful so far for creating temporary APs).

[stevenc]

everywhere 'selling' them at RRP has been out of stock since day one. If you want to actually have one before the summer, your only option is to go with resellers at 5x the price.

Yeah sorry, that's what I was referring to with the Pi Zero. If no retailer is able to offer one at $5, it's really not a $5 computer after all, that was just marketing fluff. So this ZSun device seems cheaper and it has built-in Wi-Fi even. It's a MIPS CPU, so I've really no idea how it might compare to Pi Zero.

[OctaneZ]

I was successful flashing over telnet/tftpd using the packages rolled at:

https://owncloud.hackerspace.pl/index.php/s/7s5c5RDS7Njgwpv

linked from: https://wiki.hackerspace.pl/projects...fi-card-reader

NOTE: You cannot use kernel modules from the official repository, use the image builder or compile them yourself if they're not included. There is a PirateBox build up: https://forum.piratebox.cc/read.php?...9523#msg-19523

I am interested in attempting to mesh these around my parents farm, homelink for long haul, then mesh for distribution, but no time to roll the packages yet.