Just curious about WRT54G

[glennzo]

If anyone is using the aging WRT54G router, have you had any issues getting into the browser based setup? I have trouble with it all the time. If I had to guess I'd say that 85% of my attempts fail. Firmware is latest available.

Not looking for help here. Just wondering if you experience the same issue.

Time for a router upgrade I think, even if it works just fine otherwise.

[trigpoint]

Not being especially helpful here, but what version number is on the label underneath?

Could be a candidate for dd-wrt.

[glennzo]

Crikey! I'd actually have to get off my duff and go into the other room to look! It is a good candidate for dd-wrt. I was considering that a long time ago so I've already checked.

[smr54]

If I remember correctly (which I may not) mine eventually became problematic. I wound up giving up and buying something else--I wound up settling on a Dlink, after trying, and not really liking, to the point where I gave it to someone, another Linksys/Cisco router.

However, all of this was two or three years ago, so to say the Dlink is still good or the Cisco still bad would only be speculation on my part.

[leigh123linux]

Why are you using such an old router?, either update it to the dd-wrt firmware or dump it as it's a security risk in it's present state .


http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/rootkits/router-rootkits

[glennzo]

Why are you using such an old router?, either update it to the dd-wrt firmware or dump it as it's a security risk in it's present state .


http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/rootkits/router-rootkits

Um ... Because it's the current router and I never felt a need to replace it. With the exception of the subject of my post it has worked as expected. I suppose I should check the link now ...

[Dan]

Morning, Glenn.

I've had one. Can't say it was a positive experience. In the end, after many hours of negotiations and exhaustive efforts, I carefully disconnected it, escorted it out to a comfortable setting place about half way up a hill -- shining in the sun ...

... backed off about 30 yards (to give it plenty of room to feel free and without a care) ...

...

... and then put a 230gr hollow point pink slip right through its blackened and odious soul.

Then I burned the body in a trash barrel along with old newspapers, chewed-up corn cobs, empty milk cartons and rotting egg shells.

But, your mileage and methods may vary. Mine was to replace it with a DLink D-604 which is, to this day, functioning trouble-free and peachy-keen fine. Of course ... that may have a lot to do with the fact that I graphically told it the story of its predecessor before I installed it.

[AndrewSerk]

I have a few wrt54gs running dd-wrt. I have two wrt54gs in different buildings that function as repeater bridges. With dd-wrt running on the wrt54g I have no issues. Fer the money(you can pick them up for next to nothing because of attitudes like Dans :) ) they are hard to beat.

[Dangermouse]

I used to have one also back in the day, i used mine to connect to my main router as my wireless card couldnt get a quality connection and found it great for that plus other things i wont mention:D

Edit also found they are easy to unbrick:blink:

[RHamel]

I have a WRT54g and am OpenWRT. Just out of curiousity, what is the first 4 characters of the S/N?

[glennzo]

OK, so no one so far has seen the same behavior with their WRT54g, therefore it's either dd-wrt or a new router.

RHamel. I'm at work so I can't provide any numbers right now. I'll see if I can remember when I get home and let you know.

[beaker_]

To be honest, I never troubleshoot and opt to file them instead. *&^$n Consumer grade electronics. A *-wrt might be worth a try. But I wouldn't waste 30min on it.

[Dan]

Hmmm.

Should have been clearer, I guess. Non-responsive to logins 90+ % of the time was indeed part of the reason I "retired" it. In fact, I've got a D-Link WBR-1310 which is about ready to suffer the same fate, for the same problem.

[leigh123linux]

Hmmm.

Should have been clearer, I guess. Non-responsive to logins 90+ % of the time was indeed part of the reason I "retired" it. In fact, I've got a D-Link WBR-1310 which is about ready to suffer the same fate, for the same problem.


Tp-link are supposed to be the top budget router at the moment.

http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/


I used to use 3com equipment but wouldn't any more as they have become total **** since HP acquired them.

[Dan]

I was just looking at a tp-link this morning. <..:p..>

[AndrewSerk]

Hmm, I don't see support for WPA2-Enterprise with the tp-link. Maybe I am just missing something.:C

[CronoCloud]

A few years ago I had a WRT54G V8 go bad in a similar way, bought a replacement WRT54G V8 (because we needed it right away) which was fine, never have had problems with it. Put the old one away, and got around to installing DD-WRT on it...which seemed to "fix" it. I now use the dd-wrt'd WRT54 as essentially a WET54. both my Fedora box and PS3 are hooked up to it.

CronoCloud

[lightman47]

- gotta love corporations growing and product quality declining ...

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how difficult is it ACTUALLY to dd-wrt a router? I've heard stories about how easy it is to 'brick' them - true/false? I have a couple 54GLs that started dropping wireless every 24 hours requiring reboots to get them working again - they sit in a closet upstairs.

[AndrewSerk]

- gotta love corporations growing and product quality declining ...

---------- Post added at 08:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:30 AM ----------

how difficult is it ACTUALLY to dd-wrt a router? I've heard stories about how easy it is to 'brick' them - true/false? I have a couple 54GLs that started dropping wireless every 24 hours requiring reboots to get them working again - they sit in a closet upstairs.

How difficult is really a question of perspective. I would suggest you go to dd-wrt and read all you can about the exact model you plan to re-flash as many models need different methods. If you have them sitting in a closet it won't matter if they are bricked or no t:p