[TriLUG] Linksys long in the tooth?

[Neil L. Little]

There is 3rd party SW for WRT54v8. The down side is there is no easy 
recovery if you brick it.
73,
Neil, WA4AZL
JARS Forever!!

Michael Tharp wrote:
> James Brigman wrote:
>   
>> I'm starting to suspect that the Linksys products' only, fading
>> advantage is running OpenWRT
>>     
>
> You're probably right. I had a dead Netgear that needed resetting on a 
> daily basis (it was nearly two years old, not that surprising), which I 
> replaced with a brand new WRT54Gv8. It worked fine for about two months, 
> then started tipping over with any large transfer (downloads, 
> bittorrent, etc.). It's only gotten worse since then. Because it's a 
> revision 8, I can't put open firmware on it (that I know of), and since 
> it's based on a Broadcom chipset I doubt the hardware is worth salvaging 
> anyway.
>
> So I did the only sensible thing to do: last weekend, I dug a mini-itx 
> board out of the closet originally destined to be a carputer, threw 
> m0n0wall on it, and it's been working perfectly and even doing packet 
> shaping. The Linksys is sitting on top of it and serving as an AP.
>
> I'll keep your suggestion in mind, should I ever need to buy a SOHO 
> router for a friend/relative/etc. Unfortunately, PCs in a form factor 
> suitable for router duty aren't nearly as cheap as the pre-built stuff.
>
> -- m. tharp
>