I also had read that there were a number of issues with the v 5.0 WRT54G, so I located a store that still had some v 4.0 models and picked up a couple. (The serial numbers beginning CDF0,CDF1,...,CDF9,CDFA are v 4.0 and earlier; CDFB+ is v 5.0 or later.) I wanted to get one as a solution to the ongoing USB wireless woes at the office -- the USB wireless adapter issued at the office (no wired connections here) causes my kernel to crash frequently, with the latest version of ndiswrapper and wpa_supplicant installed (the SuSE rpms are no better). So I got the WRT54G, flashed the firmware with DD-WRT, set it to client mode and attached two computers by ethernet. So for a few dollars more than a single compatible network card, and a little more than half the cost of out-of-the-box wireless to ethernet bridge solutions (which have lower grade security), I've connected two computers and have the potential to do a lot more interesting stuff with the firmware. And no more kernel crashes. So I am pretty pleased. One warning -- if you intend to flash the firmware, please read up on the proper way to do this. The wiki at the DD-WRT site has very good instructions on this, also on how to unbrick your router should you need to. Please note that v 4.0 and WRT54GL (the reissued WRT54G v 4.0) out of the box need to be flashed with DD-WRT v. 23beta *mini* before you can flash with the standard firmware. Corvin --- "L. Mark Stone" <lmstone@rnome.com> wrote:
On Sat December 17 2005 5:42 pm, lerninlinux@comcast.net wrote:
Just got a Linksys WRT54G and putting it
switch components work great, but I'm having
had been using a 3Com access point, which my ThinkPad and Zaurus could both see without issues, but neither can see
ThinkPad, the output of iwconfig shows zeros for the WRT54G's MAC address (i.e. it didn't associate), although kinternet's "wireless connection" dialog and "iwlist scan" show it by ESSID with the correct MAC address. Neither the ThinkPad nor the Zaurus have the access point's MAC address specified. (I normally use 64-bit WEP, but also tried with no encryption.)
What might I have done wrong? I've spent hours twiddling bits on the WRT54G. It's a version 5, and I upgraded to
that version, it's 1.00.4). The ThinkPad is running SUSE 10.0 and using ipw2100 driver.
We just got the same unit, also version 5. Have not yet tried to set it up. A couple of questions for you if you don't mind:
1) How did you install the latest firmware using SuSE Linux? For the past several Linksys routers we've had there has only been firmware for Windows. How did you load it if it's only available for Windows? (Or is there now firmware for Linux?)
2) I see that there is a sticker over the ports
On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 17:54 -0500, Gil Weber wrote: through its paces. PPPoE and trouble with wireless. I the WRT54G. On the the latest firmware (for that says to run the
installation CD before connecting the router. Again, it's a Windows CD, so what did you do? Ignore the sticker and CD?
3) If you determine that V5 does have Linux compatibility issues please post that to the list. Maybe we can return this one?
Thanks! Gil
I picked a version 5 also. It's terrible, even after updating the firmware. Very unstable; it would lose wireless connections several times a day.
I bit the bullet and bought a SonicWall TZ150W and haven't had a hitch since I finished installing it.
Googling shows many, many unhappy Version 5 customers, and not because they can't flash the firmware with their own OS. The v5 units simply crash a lot.
YMMV, Mark
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