How to increase storage on TP-Link WR703N with ExtRoot

Posted by Raffael on 02/16/201303/10/2013 Posted in Hardware Hacks, Linux, OpenWrt, Tutorials Tagged ExtRoot, How to extroot, How to increase WR703Ns storage capacity, Increase TP-Link WR703N memory, OpenWrt, TP-Link WR703N, WR703N ExtRoot

tp-link wr703n with thumbdrive A few days ago I wrote about how you can flash OpenWRT on the TP-Link WR703N router and build a ~20$ cheap OpenWrt router this way. OpenWrt actually works quite well on the WR703N, but in retrospect the following problem arises.
Unfortunately the WR703N has only 4MB flash (memory), so (depending on the selected image/firmware) after installing OpenWrt there will be just about 900 kB of free memory available. If you now want to install one or more extensions for OpenWrt, which in my opinion is one of the main benefits of using a OpenWrt system, you will be confronted with “no space available” messages in really no time. One solution to “bypass” this problem is to “ExtRoot” your router.
ExtRoot is a functionality that can be used to outsource the OpenWrt file system of the […]

How to create an ext4 partition on Windows

Posted by Raffael on 02/12/201311/03/2017 Posted in Tutorials, Windows 7, Windows 8 Tagged ext4, ext4 Windows, How to create ext4 on windows, MiniTool, Partition Wizard Home Edition

Today I’ve got a quick software tip for you. The tool that I like to show you is MiniTool’s Partition Wizard Home Edition. It is a freeware for partitioning and formatting hard disks and flash memory (memory cards, USB thumbdrives, etc.).
Why do I mention this tool here? Because it gives you the possibility to partitionate and format your drives into various Linux formats (ext2, ext3, ext4) directly on Windows. This can be very useful when, for example, a USB flash drive in ext4 format is needed, but you don’t have access to a Linux PC. (Certainly, you could load, burn and boot from a Linux live DVD, but I think to use Partion Wizard for Windows is smaller, faster and therefore easier in this case.
Create an ext4 USB flash drive on Windows
After you’ve downloaded and installed Mini Tools’ Partition Wizard, we can begin with our short tutorial. If you have […]

Quickly search, find and start any application with Synapse for Linux

Posted by Raffael on 01/30/201302/09/2017 Posted in Linux, Linux Mint Tagged Linux, Linux application launcher, Linux Mint, Synapse

Today, I want to show you an application for Linux, which at least in my eyes, is very helpful for you daily work. It is called Synapse and is an application launcher for Linux.
By using a specified key combination, by default ctrl+spacebar, you can open a smart-looking input mask. In this input mask you can enter not only the names of applications you want to start, but just about everything you can think of. When typing, Synapse scans your files in real-time and shows you all possible results.
If you enter for example the first letters of a songname, so Synapse suggests you to either open the song in a media player, queue it up on the media player or to open the folder which contains the song.
Also every text you put into the search mask, can be used as query to Google. Programs may also be started. As you’ll have […]

How to manage autostart applications on Linux Mint?

Posted by Raffael on 01/30/201302/09/2017 Posted in Linux, Linux Mint Tagged autostart linux, autostart linux mint, gnome-session-properties, Linux, Linux Mint

Today I was faced with the question of how to manage the autostart of applications on Linux Mint. At last there’s no startup folder on Linux as it is on Windows.
To put it in a nutshell. To manage startup applications is as easy as any other experience with Linux Mint.

Press ALT+F2 (this hotkey opens the “Run command”-window)
Write “gnome-session-properties” into the run command textbox and press the enter key.

Linux Mint Autostart

How to build a 20$ low-cost OpenWrt router – Flash OpenWrt to TP-Link WR703N

Posted by Raffael on 01/29/201302/16/2013 Posted in Hardware Hacks, Linux, OpenWrt, Tutorials Tagged OpenWrt, OpenWrt low cost, OpenWrt router, tp-link tl-wr703n openwrt, TP-Link WR703N

For one of my projects I was looking for a router that runs OpenWrt. But the all time classic of these type of routers, the Lynksys WRT54GL, is definitely too expensive in my opinion and so I searched a for a cheaper alternative. And I found it.
The TP-Link WR703N is a really small router, which can be powered by USB and also can be flashed with OpenWrt.
An unbeatable argument for the TP-Link is in my opinion the price. So I think you will rarely find a new OpenWRT compatible router for less than $20. I bought mine on eBay for ~22$ including shipping, but at the moment the US prices are a little bit lower. I also added some pictures from the unboxing at the end of this blog post.
Where can I buy the TP-Link WR703N?

21,00$ […]