WRT54GL cheap (refurb)

[Alex Volkov]

I think you've got amount of RAM and Flash wrong.

>From wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series
WRT54GL has 4MB of flash and 16MB of RAM. Which makes sense as routers
need to store state info and all the services that would use more
memory than just what they have on flash, in addition flash filesystem
is usually squashfs which supports compression. Of course the models
that have 32MB of ram 8MB of flash are the best.

Although my prefered router right now is  tl-wr1043nd I give so much
love for it because it runs OpenWRT out of the box, and runs it pretty
well.

Alex.



On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Colin McGregor <colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Giles Orr <gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=56129&vpn=WRT54GL-RM&manufacture=Linksys&promoid=1097
>>
>> Linksys WRT54GL "Linux Version" (whatever that means ... did they
>> already flash the firmware?) refurbished, $25.  Plus of course the
>> fine print: "does not include shipping, handling, or taxes, limited
>> time offer etc. etc."  It's a good price if you don't mind refurb and
>> wireless-G.
>
> A bit of history here... First you had the WRT54G router which in
> versions 1 to 4 had 16 MB of flash memory and 4 MB of RAM. Versions 1
> to 4 also had a Linux kernel and after foot dragging (and lawsuit)
> Linksys released the source code, this was followed by the community
> creating Linux firmware to replace the Linksys supplied firmware (best
> known replacements being Tomato Linux and DD-WRT (there are others)).
> This then created a small cottage industry of creating custom routers
> for specific tasks, like how would you like the Asterix PBX software
> on your router (this has been done)... After version 4 of the WRT54G
> Linksys made the router with 8MB of flash, 4 MB of RAM and a
> proprietary OS. While very stripped Linux versions have been made to
> run on the post version 4 WRT54G, options are rather limited. The good
> news, Linksys has continued to build what are in effect version 4
> WRT54G routers under the name WRT54GL (and yes the WRT54GL has a Linux
> kernel...). So, if you want to be able to fairly painlessly modify
> your router have a close look at the WRT54GL, one of the old version 1
> to 4 WRT54G routers, or the early WRT54GS (versions 1 to 3 had 32 MB
> flash and 8 MB RAM).
>
> For my home network, I have a WRT54GS version 2 and a WRT54G version 3
> both currently running Tomato Linux :-) .
>
> So, a $25 router that you can easily customize, well, if I didn't
> already have an early WRT54G, I'd want a WRT54GL :-) .
>
>
> Colin McGregor
>
> For a detailed list of the WRT54G series routers and their specs see :
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series
>
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