Oh, right, the WRT54GL!
My trusty D-Link router has been getting progressively wonkier of late. ddmerillat and I find that we have to restart our respective wireless clients a bit more often than seemed necessary. I'd already been contemplating an upgrade to something that can take open-source firmware, hoping to repeat my delight with Rockbox on my jukebox. If I bought two of them, I'd be able to have wired connections for devices in the living room. Obvious beneficiaries would include the Xbox, a Series 3 TiVo if they ever release it, and my Mother's Mac Cube if I ever hook it up, which I'm unlikely to do until I have easy networking for it.
The router of choice for these funky firmwares is typically the Linksys WRT54G line, which includes the WRT54GS and the WRT54GL. Sadly, the WRT54G and WRT54GS have been "updated" to use cheaper components that make them worthless from the perspective of putting third-party firmware on them. The WRT54GL is an older generation of WRT54G, sold specifically to appease the folks who want the third-party stuff. Hilariously, there's no incentive for Linksys to advertise its distinguishing feature: it's based on the old design! It's intended for nutcases like me, which means, of course, that finding one in a retail establishment is nigh impossible. Just for kicks, I armed myself with a list of serial number prefixes and hit the local office supply place tonight, hoping to luck into a WRT54G or GS that had been on the back of the shelf. I scrutinized about twenty boxes, only to find that every last stinking one of them was of the newer vintage. I suppose I could hit the web, but I would like to have it before the contest webcast starts next week. *sigh*
The router of choice for these funky firmwares is typically the Linksys WRT54G line, which includes the WRT54GS and the WRT54GL. Sadly, the WRT54G and WRT54GS have been "updated" to use cheaper components that make them worthless from the perspective of putting third-party firmware on them. The WRT54GL is an older generation of WRT54G, sold specifically to appease the folks who want the third-party stuff. Hilariously, there's no incentive for Linksys to advertise its distinguishing feature: it's based on the old design! It's intended for nutcases like me, which means, of course, that finding one in a retail establishment is nigh impossible. Just for kicks, I armed myself with a list of serial number prefixes and hit the local office supply place tonight, hoping to luck into a WRT54G or GS that had been on the back of the shelf. I scrutinized about twenty boxes, only to find that every last stinking one of them was of the newer vintage. I suppose I could hit the web, but I would like to have it before the contest webcast starts next week. *sigh*