[geeks] Wireless Router reccomendations

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Apr 12, 2008, at 13:41 , Chad McAuley wrote:

> Jeff Cole wrote:
>> So, it looks like my Linksys WRT54G has given up the ghost since it  
>> got rained on. It served me quite well as I bought it in 2002 I  
>> think. I don't need anything fancy, just the functionality that the  
>> WRT54G gave me. The ability to put a third party firmware on there  
>> that gives me CLI access is desired. 802.11b/g is necessary.
>> Suggestions?
>
> Since it served you so well, why not just pick up another one?   
> Well, you'd want the WRT54GL (L = Linux), since the normal WRT54G  
> uses a different firmware which can't be flashed with third part  
> firmware.

Well, there is one reason: The WRT54 series is slow as molasses,  
bogging down under relatively light network loads, especially if you  
use any features besides the most basic.

I like them, but mine frequently is a bottleneck, and I don't even  
have that many NAT or other rules.

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