Yes - as of hardware version 5 of the WRT54G, they switched to VXWorks as an OS instead of linux. This enabled them to halve the amount of memory needed, and thus make the unit cheaper.
However, they were sensible enough to know that most of the reason why the original WRT54G was popular was the linux support, so at the same time the rebadged the version 4 WRT54G as the WRT54GL and continued selling that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G#WRT54GL has some of the detail. On 27/09/2007, Peter Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What James said, with the addendum that my venerable old WRT54G also > runs OpenWRT quite nicely. But it's gone through a few hardware > revisions since I bought mine, and from memory the newer ones might have > issues. > > It's probably worth checking the website before putting money in to it. > > -- > Pete > > On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 13:21 +1000, James Polley wrote: > > The WRT54G does support WPA. > > > > The WRT54GL (http://www.ht.com.au/N/0/keyword/wrt54gl/part/T6018/detail.hts) > > will do everything you want, and also runs linux. If you feel like > > getting your (virtual) hands dirty, there's a slew of distros for it - > > http://openwrt.org, http://www.dd-wrt.com/, http://www.thibor.co.uk/, > > etc. These can give you fantastic features, like being able to set up > > a WDS, configuring multiple SSIDs, assigning all switch ports on > > different vlans, etc. Also, because it's running nice stock linux > > things, you can do stuff you'd do on any other linux firewall, like > > ssh in and twiddle iptables rules. Of course, you've only got 16Mb ram > > to play with, and the CPU is only 200Mhz... > > > > On 27/09/2007, Jesus Jr M Salvo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have Optus cable at home, and have been simply plugging my laptop ( > > > a Compaq Presario V6107AU ) running Fedora7 to the cable modem ( > > > Motorola, forgot the exact model ) to get Internet access. > > > > > > Can anyone recommend a wireless router that I can use instead so that : > > > 1) The wireless router connects to the cable modem. > > > 2) The wireless router serves DHCP to wireless laptops. > > > 3) Supports VPN passthrough > > > 4) WEP / WPA-PSK / AES encyption > > > 5) Allows a USB 2.0 printer to be connected so that it is shared among > > > laptops ( optional ) > > > > > > ... and of course ... works with linux ? > > > > > > I have been looking at these: > > > > > > LinkSys WRT54GX: > > > http://www.ht.com.au/N/-20+-43+-535/part/R8671/detail.hts > > > > > > LinkSys WRT54G: > > > http://www.ht.com.au/N/-20+-43+-535/part/H9739/detail.hts > > > > > > The second one is cheaper, although it does not have WPA or AES. > > > What do people here with Optus cable use ... and what's your feedback ? > > > -- > > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > There is nothing more worthy of contempt than a man who quotes himself > > - Zhasper, 2004 > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > -- There is nothing more worthy of contempt than a man who quotes himself - Zhasper, 2004 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
