Bofra Posted July 2, 2006 Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 Ok, I'm about to buy a new router and need guidelines. I've seen that most people here suggest the Linksys router WRT54G(L) but I haven't seen much about WICH linksys WRT54G(L) router to get. This is what I know so far, the WRT54G router of version 5 does not allow custom firmware as it isn't based on Linux. However, later official firmware seems to work good with bittorrent and uTorrent in general. The WRT54G of a version 1-4 allows custom firmware, WRT54GL does aswell.So, the question would actually turn to: Is it better with custom firmware or does the official update to WRT54Gv5 work well enough? I have the possibilty to buy both the WRT54GL and WRT54Gv5 but I don't know about the WRT54G pre5, maybe it's the same as WRT54GL only slightly cheaper?Well, that's about it, sorry if this is posted in the wrong forum or if it has been asked/answered before, but I've used the search function extensively without success.Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted July 2, 2006 Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 v5 = shite. They work horribly, even with the latest firmware. They also have a DCC exploit.Get a WRT54GL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bofra Posted July 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 Wow, quick reply there, thanks Firon.I was getting a different image from the v5, seemed like it was "fixed" and worked well with BT and uT. But well, now that you put it that way I guess I'll go for the WRT54GL . It also nice to have the customization options Linux can give. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonGato Posted July 2, 2006 Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 v5 without a custom firmware is plain and boring.It's awesome what they did with the GPL code those "hackers" out there. For a small price difference you get an awesome router, there is no choice in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted July 2, 2006 Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 you have a choiceyou get the v5 and have no end of problems, or you get a GL or Gv1-4 and get a router that could potentially compete with a cisco corporate one.your choice of going for the GL is definetly the way I would have went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted July 2, 2006 Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 Get the WRT54GL, it's the exact same router as WRT54G v4.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrt54g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonGato Posted July 2, 2006 Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 Well, finding a v1-v4 would prove a complex task unless you buy one used. The GL is the one that replaced those after the v5 fiasco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saribro Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Get the WRT54GL, it's the exact same router as WRT54G v4.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrt54gExactly, after the last firmware update my v4 got relabeled to GL on the adminpages . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 My G v3.1 got relabeled to GS. Thibor's firmware does taht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Also interestingly enough, I had cause to update the firmware on a client's old WRT54Gv2 to the latest Linksys 4.30.5, and it now considers itself a WRT54GL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Yeah, all the Gs are using the GL codebase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyFender Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 You can do custom firmware on a v5 without any hardware modifications. I saw this posted a few days ago. I personally haven't tried it, but I plan to eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 It has 2MB of memory, so you end up with an extremely minimal DD-WRT. And building a JTAG would cost as much as you would've spent buying a GL anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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