Chumby ethernet work-around

nospam@example.com (Matt) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:26:41 -0700

So today I decided to try taking another whack at getting my chumby to work over an ethernet connection.

The problem - since I bought it awhile back - was that the existing hack to make this work is broken for the time being due to a usb driver bug in the firmware. New firmware is being worked on that should fix this, but I've been itching to bring the little guy into work with me...

Luckily I came across a thread in the chumby forums where some kind soul has patched the buggy usb module, pre-packaged a replacement firmware image, and posted a link to where we can download a copy!

Here is the link to get you going if you're in the same boat as me:

Download the "at your own risk" bit...

Now yes I could've probably found the necessary info to patch this, created a toolchain to build it myself, etc, but it's nice to find a drop-in solution sometimes too... especially on devices like the chumby that are meant to be hackable but accessible at the same time.

Thanks to Ken and readability on the chumby forums for making this so simple!

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Chumby ethernet work-around