[Tfug] Routers

[Marco Savo]

I just bought a WRT54G to play with, which open source software do you
recommend?
-Oleg
-DD-WRT
-Open-wrt
-tomato
-x-Wrt
-Sveasoft

Seem the best is DD-Wrt, do you agree?

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 4:13 AM, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi, Angus,
>
> > On 22 Jan 2009 at 14:12, Bexley Hall  wrote:
> >
> > > Actually, I believe *all* of the WRT54G's are "Linux-powered"
> > > (or, at the very least, easily reflashed with a Linux kernel)
> >
> > Actually the WRT54Gv5 is NOT flashable -- not enough flash
> > storage (2mb instead of 4mb).
>
> <frown>  The smaller flash doesn't make it "un-flashable";
> it just means you can only put smaller images *into* the
> flash!  ;-)
>
> Note that much consumer kit is reflashable even though
> it might not provide a utility to do so (like the "upgrade
> firmware" screen in the stock 54G's).  But, to do so, you
> may need to resort to JTAG tools.  This is a bit more involved
> and usually requires special jigs and/or adding connections
> to the "main sircuit board" -- since *building* the units with
> the extra "connector" needlessly adds a few microcents to
> the product's cost  :-/
>
> > After they "upgraded" the v4 to the v5,
> > the dd-wrt people discovered
> > they could no longer "upgrade" the native OS to
> > their own distro.  The 54GL was
> > brought out in response to demand for the older versions
> > with more RAM as sales
> > dropped off significantly enough to get Linksys's
> > attention.
>
> Ah!  It would be amusing to have been a fly in a hole in
> the wall when they had *that* "internal discussion"!  :>
> I'm sure there was pressure from the NIH'ers to move
> away from a GPL'ed product just to "stick it to 'em".
> And, another crowd probably pushing to cater even
> *more* to these "consumers".  It would be interesting to
> see how big of a market share was impacted and guess
> at the cost-benefit analysis they must have done...
>
> > See "Linksys WRT54G series" at Wikipedia for more
> > info:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series
> > It has more than you ever need to know and it also lists
> > all the different
> > variants (WRT54G, WRT54GS, WRT54GL, and WRTSL54GS) along
> > with flashability etc.
> >
> > HTH
>
>
>
>
>
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