From: "Lewis G Rosenthal" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (account lgrosenthal HELO [192.168.100.23]) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.3) with ESMTPA id 1028180 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:46:03 -0400 Message-ID: <4605E259.1040204@2rosenthals.com> Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:45:45 -0400 Organization: Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.9a2pre) Gecko/20070206 SeaMonkey/1.5a MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]Re: Router for Third-Party Software References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Nope, that's a v2 unit. It can be flashed with DD-WRT, and has ample memory in it. The non-Linux v5's use VxWorks as the OS. On 03/24/07 04:51 pm, Hakan thus wrote : > Ah, did not understand that they do not all run Linux. Seems that the > L version is much to be preferred. My older router says Linksys WRT54G > v2.2 on one of the labels underneath. I assumed, perhaps wrongly, that > this referred to the firmware version. > > On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:37:45 -0400, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: > > >> The difference between the non-L router and the L is that the L (as >> Christian has so rightly pointed out) relates to Linux. The non-L models >> have less RAM in them due to running a smaller, closed source OS. It is >> possible to push a special micro build of DD-WRT onto these machines, >> but it is difficult, and easy to brick the unit (kill it). >> >> What version is the 54G you have? the firmwrae version doesn't help me >> much, here. Look at the label on the bottom of the unit. Chances are >> that it can be flashed with DD-WRT. >> >> On 03/24/07 04:26 pm, Hakan thus wrote : >> >>> Lewis, thank you very much but I need to buy a unit for use in Europe, >>> 220V and all that. I visited the Linksys website but could not tell >>> the difference between the WRT54G and WRT54GL -- what might they be? >>> >>> Also, I have an older WRT54G with firmware version 2.2 -- what can I do >>> with that older router? It has never been used as of yet. >>> >>> On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:52:36 -0400, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 03/24/07 01:28 pm, Hakan thus wrote : >>>> >>>> >>>>> Which is the currenly recommended router if you are interested in >>>>> installing third-party software on it? Is it still one of the Linksys >>>>> routers and, if so, which model(s)? Also, is there possibly a specific >>>>> version I should avoid, or conversely, look for? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> WRT54GL v5 or WRT54G v4. Both of these work well with DD-WRT firmware, >>>> Hakan. In fact, I have one new unit in stock (GL v5), already flashed >>>> and tested with DD-WRT v2.3 SP2 Micro Generic. I had a few of these on >>>> eBay a couple months ago for $50 each plus shipping. If you wnat it, let >>>> me know and we'll work something out (like dinner, the next time I'm in >>>> town). ;-) >>>> >>>> >> -- >> Lewis >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE >> Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC >> Accountants / Network Consultants >> New York / Northern Virginia www.2rosenthals.com >> eComStation Consultants www.ecomstation.com >> Novell Users Int'l www.novell.com/openenterpriseserver >> Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to >> Send administrative queries to >> To subscribe (new addresses), E-mail to: and reply to the confirmation email. >> Web archives are publicly available at: http://lists.2rosenthals.com >> >> This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC >> P.O. 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