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- Yankees368, on 10/12/2007, -21/+65I think anyone who is on digg should at least know what a WRT54G is.
- blueigloo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23Finally - theres hope for this poor router! The Linksys firmware for this (stock and from the website) is incredibly unstable.
- Durrok, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20First off, why not link to the site:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/index.php
Since you just copied what he said there onto yours.
To answer your question squirrel: Yes, there is a range boost among a myriad of other options. Basically gives you the features of an expensive router for 1/3 the price.
Also, hacking is just plain cool. :) - orabox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Some links for people no familiar with the wr54g and other hackable devices. It is a good day now that we can use v.5 hardware
http://seattlewireless.net/LinksysWrt54g (They Started it)
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7322
http://openwrt.org/
http://sveasoft.com/
http://wrt-wiki.bsr-clan.de/index.php?title=Kismet_on_linux
http://www.linksysinfo.org/
http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/index.php - DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Can this firmware boost the range?
- L0phtpDK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8You have to give credit where its due:
It actually was Piotr Gozdur from the forum who got it to work first.... http://forum.bsr-clan.de/ftopic5643-0-asc-45.html
Brain Slayer just removed a bunch of stuff from his firmware that allowed Piotr to find the right method of installing it.
And if you really want to be critical... Piotr removed more stuff to make it the official Micro version we see today...
But over all, I'd still thank Brain Slayer for give us versions up to this point!
Donate via paypal - http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/index.php?link=donate
Edit: Moonoo beat me too it :) - ElectricGrandpa, on 10/12/2007, -10/+17"I think anyone who is on digg should at least know what a WRT54G is."
I'm on this site everyday and I still didn't know what a WRT54G was... I can't believe your comment got 30 diggs either, that's ridiculous... I thought the community here was pretty welcoming/friendly but apparently not... At one point all of you had to learn about it too, what's with the "smarter than thou" attitude? - Oxidizer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7- 1/4 of a 50 litter petrol tank spent driving from shop to shop looking for a v4: £45
- One WRT54GSv4 from Comet: £70
- One ADSL2MUE also from Comet: £40
- One sveasoft subscription: £12
- 3 hours messing about with PPPoE: £13.5 (according to a £4.5 min wage)
- Opening digg to verify your internet connection only to see that that the omnipresent WRT54GSv5 is hackable: priceless. - PathDaemon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6See: It's always the silly little things that do it. Not bad firmware, not an evil packet, but a laptop power supply.
Let this be a lesson! - moonoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Looks like another guy, Piotr Gozdur, was the one who discovered how to actually change the firmware. That's the hard part... He should get some of the TY also. :)
- v0l1tile, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5i _Love_ the wrt54g's!!!!! purchased over ebay and got a v5 in mistake...
now i just gotta get the jtag :D - cheztir, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9definitely, everyone on this site should know what a WRT54G is.
This is good news as a friend of mine bricked his V2 and all thats in stores here is v5. - Agret, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4 ElectricGrandpa the WRT54G has been mentioned hundreds of times on digg and slashdot and other tech news sites, you really need to get out less.
- ramsinks.com, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Brainslayer is the man~ again.
Although I just buy tons of WRT54GL's - so I dont accently buy a V5 for my clients. They all get the upgrade out the door.~~~
;)
I have 100's of modded Warts out in the field with some DD or Tofu firmware - frick'n ownz.
"L" = linux. - Observer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4has anyone tried it yet? I Have a v5 and hoping this actually works
- gotamd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Well, he still probably won't be able to use all the features of the full-blown firmwares because the memory on the v5's was castrated. I would still HIGHLY reccomend NOT getting a v5. If you look through the actual flashing process for that model, you'll probably agree that it's a lot less trouble to just get one used off of eBay.
- Wootery, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Wonder what Linksys will think of this, will no doubt harm the sales of their Linux-ready router.
Perhaps they'll reduce the RAM further, and claim it's to reduce manufacturing cost, again. - Madh2orat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Linksys routers are pretty cheap, the wrt54g series is about 40 USD. I got a version 2.2 a while ago, for 20 bucks after the MIR, I killed it a few weeks ago, and have been using my backup U.S. Robotics one, but it misses alot of the features I used on a regular basis, such as Advanced wireless, security, and port triggering options. Now im definately getting one of the new WRT54g v.5 because I can go back to using dd-wrt.
- gotamd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The *best* thing to do nowadays is get a router off of eBay. You don't /want/ a v5. Also, the WRT54GL's (and WRT54G v4's...they're identical) are a little annoying at times. You're best with a v2~3 WRT54G or a WRT54GS < v4.
- schlagzeuger, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6DAMN. i just fried my WRT54G by accident when I plugged my laptop's power supply into it.... it made a beautiful little wisp of smoke when it took 12V up it's backside
- kruykaze, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3How about Xlink? do you think the amount of memory will allow it?
- MacGyver, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@durrok
The site in the story was more informative than dd-wrt. All dd-wrt said was it will work on the v5 if you know how to flash it, whereas the story that was submitted went on to say you'll need JTAG and tft. - gotamd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4That's really good news, though it's currently a real bitch to do the flash (compared to the ease with which you can flash earlier versions) and it still has a tiny amount of RAM compared to other versions.
BTW, this also works on the new GS's based on VxWorks. - Shadow6363, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8It's cause I am smarter than thou... Seriously though, it really does seem like most computer geeks are becoming less open to sharing their knowledge and welcoming in newcomers. Then again, there does seem to be almost two groups of computer geeks; those that are somehow born with it (I'd like to think of myself as one of them) and are unwilling to share their knowledge, and those that find every book possible and try as hard as they must to learn stuff. Either way, imho, you should have known that a WRT54G is a router...it's like knowing how to breathe.
- Nocturnal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3That is damn awesome. I've been thinking about picking up a router soon and I didn't want to shell out the extra cash for the WRT54GL so if this is something that is promising and is not that excruciating then I may pick up a regular v5 router.
- kevinarth, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4If you people are done beating your chests competing over the ungodly amount of stuff you know, I'll offer mho. I happened to recognize the model number because I own that router, but i don't understand why any non-owner would necessarily know what that number was. It's not exactly like saying HTML or DOS -- something I would expect most to know. Just my 2c
- SquirrelOnFire, on 10/12/2007, -6/+8Can someone explain to the "rest of us" the significance of this?
Why is it important or cool that this router was hacked, and what possibilities does it open up?
Thanks in advance. - 9enisP, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Linksys is owned by Cisco. I'm surprised you haven't learned that while working on your CCNA. I'm just f*ucking around man. Just giving you a hard time. :) Good luck on the cert though, seriously.
- dvshadow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The wrt54g's have always had Linux firmware support and people have used the firmware to do things such as boost the power of the antennas SIGNIFICANTLY (stock 28mw - boost to over 150mw) - add vlans, tunneling..practically anything you could do on Linux!!
the V5 was released with closed source alongside the WRT54GL (Linux hackable vs) that was 20-30 dollars more.
this opens up many possibilities!
****this hack does take some work though****** - ViceVirtue, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2What did even you know, xbob? That v0l1tile needs to find the JTAG port on his Linksys?
- moo113, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Excellent. My buddy just busted his router and he's got to send it in for another and we were quite worried about getting a v5. Guess there's no worry anymore.
- kruykaze, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It shows next to the model number, serial number and mac address.
- gotamd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I think the GL's had some problems with flashing to 3rd party firmwares when they were first released, but those have been worked out by now with updates to the firmwares. There's really nothing wrong with them, I'd just prefer an earlier model WRT54G (or GS...which is what I have).
- Trivialnight, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Got a WRT54Gv5 back in Janurary, found out about the Vxworks being put on it so went back and returned it got a GSv4 before the v5's came out cost $20 more I think though
- moonoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Even before DD, OpenWrt was already small enough to fit on it, just no way to actually load it. That's why it's necessary to replace the CFE (the boot loader) in order to load a new firmware.
Anyway, it's good news for those that already have v5s. A lot of them have had problems with Linksys' new Vx firmware. - oluckboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2http://wrt-wiki.bsr-clan.de/index.php?title=DD-WRT_Docu_%28EN%29#The_right_way_to_flash_your_WRT54G.2FGL.2FGS
- ldenman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2cool, i have that router...too bad I don't know whats going on though.
- bhaugh, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7Or, you know, you could just type a six-character string into Google?
Are we that lazy? - thashiz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I got this WRT54G for $10 after an xmas present return and a $30 rebate ... what a fantastic investment. :D
- addisonj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Anyone have a link to a guide on flashing? no luck finding one here for me...
- ph33d, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's not really on topic, but I thought I'd share anyway... I have a WRT54G v. 2 and I just recently installed HyperWRT + Thibor14. It's pretty awesome, but I've only got one complaint. The wireless download speeds will intermittently (only twice in weeks) plunge to sub-dial up speeds. Disconnecting from the network and re-joining corrects the problem, so it's merely annoying not fatal. If anyone knows the cause or fix, drop me a line.
- studiorats, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I know what a WRT54G. It's the router I use at home and at work.
- rhettardo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1glad to see some one clarified that piotr is the one who got it working
- rakista, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The V5s are fine the firmware problems were resolved in the first few months of producing the new chips.
I have just flashed a normal v5 w/o difficulty. - vertigoblue, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1buy the WRT54GL from newegg... its 50 bucks
- diecastbeatdown, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2uhm, something is wrong with the comment system. i've seen this happen before.... i reply to a comment and my reply ends up under another comment. lame.... too bad there is not a 'remove comment' feature while the edit time is available.
- vertigoblue, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1buy a WRT54GL, its the open source hackable one, with just downloading and updating the firmware...
- kodek, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5You freaking CTRL L and tab over? Just hit CTRL E (or CMD SHIFT F)
- SpacePirate, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6"fu*ck you don't even need to type it into google; assuming you are using firefox with conquery, you just double-click the word>right-click>choose query>Google and you got your answer in the new tab all without touching the keyboard!!!"
You use a freaking mouse? Your fingers should never leave the home row. Cmd/Ctrl-L and tab over to the google box, type whatever you'd like. Learn keyboard shortcuts, they're guaranteed to be faster than using a bloody mouse. - cius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yea, I wanted to hack mine so bad, but then I found out it was a v5. This gives me hope though. I'd really like to see what the FOSS firmware adds to this little machine.
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