Posted: 5/18/2006 4:11:51 PM EDT
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I had a few "dead" WRT54G version 3 and version 2 routers from work, that this firmware brought back to life. If you have an older WRT54G router (pre version 5, especially nice if you have a version 3 or older) I definately reccomend trying this 3rd party firmware out. I had messed with Sveasoft Alchemy before, but I dont think it holds a candle to this release (especially since you dont have to pay $20 to Sveasoft. OpenWRT never really excited me much either. Pretty cool that those routers that we thought were dead (would not keep a PPPoE connection active) work fine with this stuff. www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/index.php |
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Yeah i saw that best buy thread about this software yesterday. i've never really had problems with the wrt54g routers myself. i have installed over 25 this year. only installed 2 v5 of them . the only problem i have seen with the version 5 is that the remote connection doesn't work properly. what most people don't do is that when they update the firemware with a newer version. you are suppost to do a factory default inside the router. then reset your settings. |
We have had constant problems with the version 5 routers not keeping a PPPoE connection, and if they do, the max connect time is around 20 minutes. Completey unstable, worst product Linksys has ever released (IMO). Never had a problem with previous versions myself, but this firmware is a good way to get the features of a $600 router working well with a little $55 WRT54G. |
I don't see why you could not. I dont have one of the three I put DD-WRT on in front of me, all I got at home is my SonicWALL, but I will try it out sometime, to make sure. |
They kick ass. Best product of its kind out there (IMO). Cisco's are good, but the SonicWall just makes everything so easy. I have the Tz 170 wireless (25 node). They will do Content Filtering, Gateway AntiVirus, Gateway Anti-Spyware, built in anti-spam, deep packet inspection firewall, IPSec VPN, wireless LAN intrusion detection, and enforced VPN encryption on wireless. Damn good product, if you can afford them. |
i am pretty sure that is the wireless portion rating. i remember seeing it or a number close to it somewehere to but can't find it. i was told it has to deal with available bandwidth and that the wireless portion is like a hub and not a switch, altough i could be wrong. i am using a v2 with hyperwrt 2.1b+tofu13c and love it. my main reason for getting it were i needed more ports forwarded and needed more power output. for some reason my condo is in a rf void, everything rf has issues, cell phones, home cordless phones, wifi, etc. there are 6-10 aps around me at any given point, maybe that is the issue. we all use different channels but damn, i think the 2.4GHz spectrum is all filled up. also with the stock firmware i would need to reboot the router ever 10days or so, now i only reboot it when i make a change, even though i know it is not necessary. the 3rd party firmwares just kill the stock ones 
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