[clue-tech] Where to buy WRT54GL wireless routers?

[Dave Gray]

I have a WRT54GL running DD-WRT that I bought from NewEgg, works great.
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833124190>

Not sure if you can buy them offline, I wasn't able to find any.

Dave

On 6/7/06, Ken MacFerrin <lists at macferrin.com> wrote:
> Greg Knaddison wrote:
> > On 6/7/06, Bruce Ediger <eballen1 at qwest.net> wrote:
> >> Where should I go to buy a Linksys WRT54GL wireless router,
> >> the closer to downtown Denver, the better.
> >>
> >> The "GL" is the one that has upgradeable linux firmware.
> >>
> >
> > I just read about this yesterday:
> > http://www.lifehacker.com/software/router/hack-attack-turn-your-60-router-into-a-600-router-178132.php
> >
> >
> > It looks like you can use the DD-WRT on several of the 54g* models
> >
> > http://wrt-wiki.bsr-clan.de/index.php?title=Installation#Supported_Devices
> >    *  WRT54G v1.0, v1.1, v2.0, v2.2, v3.0, v3.1, v4.0, v5.0 (2mb flash)
> >    * WRT54GL v1.0, v1.1
> >    * WRT54GS v1.0, v1.1, v2.0, v2.1, v3.0, v4.0, v5.0 (2mb flash)
> >
>
> I'd be careful about buying anything aside from the GL model for running
> custom firmware these days.  The G or GS model that most retailers carry
> now is the v5 models that run VxWorks, and as you mentioned above, only
> have 2mb of flash memory storage.  The DD-WRT "micro" distro is the only
> 3rd party firmware I've heard of that can run on these versions and
> requires a few extra steps plus a JTAG cable to flash the firmware.  It
> also lacks quite a bit of the functionality of the full DD-WRT distro.
>
> The GL version on the other hand provides 4MB of flash, which can run
> most all the custom firmwares and can be flashed with a normal ethernet
> cable.  If you can find them, the most versatile models were the GS,
> versions 1-3.  These provided 8MB of flash storage and 32MB RAM..
>
> Wikipedia has a great section on WRTs:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G
>
> -Ken
>
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