[Tfug] FS: Linksys WRT54G with the excellent v.2 chipset - already flashed with DD-WRT full edition

[Jim March]

This router is in excellent cosmetic shape, comes with power brick and
Ethernet cable.

This is among the best of the Linksys routers - 4megs flash memory,
16megs RAM.  Only the somewhat rare v.3 is any better by a fraction
(clock rate) - but even then the v.2 has more power going in and with
DD-WRT or other true FOSS firmware sets you can crank the WiFi output
power higher than the later ones.  Check out the specs comparison
sheet at the DD-WRT site:

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices#Linksys_.28all_the_rest_that_is_not_re-engineered_til_today.29

The DD-WRT firmware file loaded right now is:

dd-wrt.v24-9517_VINT_std.bin

This isn't the "micro" flavor, it's the full-tilt-boogie edition :)
based on a Linux 2.4x kernel.  Supports telnet access and running
custom apps in that 16megs.  Can be set up as a client to receive a
WiFi signal and distribute that to up to four Ethernet-connected
PCs/XBoxes/whatever.

This can be flashed from a standard Linux web-browser like Firefox
3.0.1 in Ubuntu Hardy (that's what DD-WRT was put in with, by me).
Can be re-flashed to Tomato or other FOSS firmware sets:

    * FreeWRT
    * HyperWRT Thibor
    * OpenWRT
    * Tarifa
    * X-Wrt

DD-WRT and Tomato are probably best for non-programmers - FreeWRT is
an entire programming interface.

Asking $40/obo...can deliver in Tucson or grab it at Charlie's?

Selling because the "client mode" support in DD-WRT is too complex for
the non-tech guy in California who needs it...although...I dunno, I
might try Tomato if nobody here wants it, it's supposed to be a
simpler setup...

Jim