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brundles · 26-06-2006, 16:53

I use the v23 final build (not the SP1 or whatever it is) and have done since it was released at Christmas.

Seems to be very stable (although it's scheduled to reboot itself at 3AM every Sunday) and provides a large number of features. For my uses, the QoS it uses is ideal and works perfectly.

The firmware will only run on the older models though - Linksys went through a re-design to shift the WRT54G (and WRT54GS I think) onto a newer and cheaper platform that didn't have the extra memory or Linux on it. The 54GL they introduced (at a premium of course!) to cater for the custom firmware community was canned shortly afterwards.

If you're interested in the features that firmware like DD-WRT does give you though you should take a look at the forum link i posted previously - the firmware does now work and is supported (to a certain degree) on other routers so can still be used.

26-06-2006, 16:53	#6
brundles Inactive Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Berkshire Posts: 1,266	Re: Linksys WRT54G Firmware I use the v23 final build (not the SP1 or whatever it is) and have done since it was released at Christmas. Seems to be very stable (although it's scheduled to reboot itself at 3AM every Sunday) and provides a large number of features. For my uses, the QoS it uses is ideal and works perfectly. The firmware will only run on the older models though - Linksys went through a re-design to shift the WRT54G (and WRT54GS I think) onto a newer and cheaper platform that didn't have the extra memory or Linux on it. The 54GL they introduced (at a premium of course!) to cater for the custom firmware community was canned shortly afterwards. If you're interested in the features that firmware like DD-WRT does give you though you should take a look at the forum link i posted previously - the firmware does now work and is supported (to a certain degree) on other routers so can still be used.