[MLB-WIRELESS] Fw: The Linksys WRT54G era comes to an end.

[mike campion]

All is not lost there are rumours that the old WRT54GS will still be
 available on special order under the part number WRT54GL but have not read
 about anyone buying one yet or how much.

 Linksys has also come up with a new broadband router called the WRT54G3G
which has a build in cardbus slot, this is supported by the new RC4 version
 of openwrt but unfortunately the cardbus support has not been added yet.
 Can't find any info on the Linksys site but they do have the firmware on 
its
 GPL code center page.

 Mike

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steven Haigh" <netwiz at crc.id.au>
> To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 3:42 PM
> Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] The Linksys WRT54G era comes to an end.
>
>
>> Most of you would be familiar with myself and others in the group
>> pimping the Linksys WRT54G/GS routers as great little boxes for doing
>> what we want to do with wireless. For the most part, they have been
>> great.
>>
>> As with all good things though, it must come to an end. The latest
>> revision of the Linksys WRT54G/GS is NOT capable of running OpenWRT
>> (which made them so great). It looks like the new ones (version 5 and
>> above) will be running a custom VXWorks firmware and not capable of
>> running OpenWRT due to severe lack of resources.
>>
>> There are still companies who are making equipment based on the old
>> WRT54G/GS hardware, however these are usually not as commonly available.
>>
>> If you are looking to get something to run OpenWRT, I suggest that
>> you take note of the revisions of hardware table at:
>> http://wiki.openwrt.org/TableOfHardware
>>
>> Most of the units that I have seen now for sale are version 5. I
>> highly recommend to stay clear of these devices if you wish to try
>> OpenWRT or customising your hardware.
>>
>> --
>> Steven Haigh
>>
>> Email: netwiz at crc.id.au
>> Web: http://www.crc.id.au
>> Phone: (03) 9017 0597 - 0412 935 897
>>
>>
>>
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