WRT54GL cheap (refurb)

[Colin McGregor]

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Alex Volkov <avolkov-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I think you've got amount of RAM and Flash wrong.

Yes, typo on my part.

> 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.

Good point, the likes of OpenWRT and some of the other Linux router
distributions will run on multiple brands of routers. For example you
can see a list of what Tomato will run on here :
www.polarcloud.com/tomatofaq#what_will_this_run_on . The comparable
list for OpenWRT can be seen here : http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start
.

The things going for the Linksys routers like the WRT54GL are, they
are easily found, (usually) very reliable, and inexpensive. But if you
have (or can easily/inexpensively get) one of the other supported
routers go for it, drop in a replacement firmware and have some fun.

Colin McGregor

> 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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