Mar 25, 2011
The WRT54GL: A 54Mbps Router From 2005 Still Makes Jon Brodkin, reporting for Ars Technica:In a time when consumers routinely replace gadgets with new models after just two or three years, some products stand out for being built to last.Witness the Linksys WRT54GL, the famous wireless router that came out in 2005 and is still for sale. At first glance, there seems to be little reason to buy the WRT54GL in the year 2016. Benefits of Open Source Firmware - Custom Flashed DD-WRT DD-WRT transforms a personal-class router with limited functionality into a powerful, multi-use, business-class router. With DD-WRT, a router's enterprise potential can be unlocked at a home user's price. VPN integration. With Open source firmware, users unlock VPN router integration, an impossibility on most wireless routers. Meaning, with [DD-WRT] Linksys 301N &DD-WRT - Linksys | DSLReports Forums
Jan 01, 2007
Dec 15, 2010 Linksys wrt54GL DD-WRT Firmware Upgrade Guide
DD-Wrt is under development and the recent DD-WRT v3.0-r29837 mini (06/06/16) does run quite well on the Linksys WRT54GL. Installed it 12 days ago and it just runs and runs [1]. Yes it is a beta branch, but I've been on the beta track on a variety of builds for over a year and never had any issues.
DD-WRT is designed for Atheros- and Broadcom-based IEEE802.11a/b/g/h/n wireless routers, like the Linksys WRT54GL which actually advertises that it supports DD-WRT. A valuable feature of the DD-WRT project is their supported device database and list of incompatible devices. WRT54G IPv6 - Linksys Community Which wrt54g version do you have? I have version 3.0 and there is a firmware update. The firmware doesn't support ipv6 though. If you want to use ipv6 with your wrt54g, you'll need to cascade it to your asus LAN to LAN. The WRT54GL: A 54Mbps router from 2005 still makes Jul 01, 2016