WRT54GL cheap (refurb)

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 09:35:24AM -0400, Colin McGregor wrote:
> 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 :-) .

To earlier versions also used a miniPCI wifi which could be swapped to
a better supported one.  The newer ones (including the GL of course)
is all integrated, so you are stuck with the broadcom wifi.  I wonder
how the reverse engineered driver is coming along.

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Len Sorensen
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