I'm reviving this ancient thread (2009!) because this just published article on the WRT54GL (clearly the best "home" router/firewall ever made) reminded me of it. I guess I was wrong when I said it won't be manufactured for much longer....
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/07/the-wrt54gl-a-54mbps-router-from-2005-still-makes-millions-for-linksys/ John On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Juan Sicardi <[email protected]> wrote: > I have successfully flashed a couple of WRT160N's (not NL) with DD-WRT. > They've been running for a few months now without any issues. > > Performance seems better than the WRT54GL (it's got a 300MHz CPU). Another > plus is wireless N support. > > Other than the price ($150+) there isn't really anything I can say the > WRT54GL was better. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Apache [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Henry > L.Coleman > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 11:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] A good replacement for Linksys WRT54 > > Thanks John, when you get one of these new routers could you do a review > for us ? > > I know there are many TAUG members who love the WRT54 router (as I do) and > would be interested in > the latest and greatest product. > > H > > Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > > John Lange< > > On Thu, 2009-06-11 at 23:14 -0400, Henry L.Coleman wrote: > >> Any suggestion on a good replacement for a WRT54 series that can handle > SIP - these seem to have been replaced by > >> other routers making them hard to find. Any small 4 port will do (but > not Dlink):) > > > > Yes the WRT54 series is in the process of being discontinued. So far the > > WRT54GL is still being manufactured but not for long. > > > > The good news is, the WRT160NL is the replacement and (according to > > Linksys) it can be flashed with new firmware. I don't have one yet so I > > haven't been able to test it with tomato. > > > > -- > > John Lange > > http://www.johnlange.ca > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- John Lange www.johnlange.ca
