Linksys Router Firmware Upgrade
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When I registered my Vonage complaint the other day, somebody sent me a link to HyperWRT Thibor - suggesting that I flash to the community firmware and forego official Linksys code altogether. I was a little apprehensive about making the move, but ultimately decided to give ‘er a shot (believing I had nothing to lose).
HyperWRT is a GPL firmware project for the Linksys WRT54G/WRT54GL/WRT54GS and WRTSL54GS wireless routers based on the latest stock Linksys firmware. The original goal of the HyperWRT project was to add a set of features - such as power boost - to the Linux-based Linksys firmware, extending its possibilities but staying close to the official firmware. Over time, it has continued to be updated with newer Linksys firmware, and incorporated many more features typically found in enterprise routing equipment.
As documented, the upgrade was seamless - and my Linksys WRT54GS now has twice the amount of options:
- I can adjust the router’s transmit power, higher or lower
- The hardware now has 14 wireless channels
- There’s more Port Forwarding & Triggering fields
- QoS Device is now infinitely easier to configure
- Uptime and load average statistics are now visible
- A reboot button has been added to the ‘Management’ page
- Local domain names are now a possibility
- A much needed “site survey” utility is now built-in
- Dnsmasq for DNS is ready-to-go
Plus, dozens more tools and features that I have no idea what to do with (or how to use, since documentation is beyond sparse). Of interest to me is the “WDS and Wireless Bridge (WET) capabilities” - considering I have more than one router in this house. In combination with OpenDNS, my home network is tweaked.
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Linksys
August 24th, 2006
at 5:53pm
When I registered my Vonage complaint the other day, somebody sent me a link to HyperWRT Thibor - suggesting that I flash to the community firmware and forego official Linksys code altogether… Original post: Linksys Router Firmware Upgrade by at Google Blog Search: linksys
Say it ain’t so
December 13th, 2006
at 8:21pm
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Bill
December 14th, 2006
at 7:07pm
Just wanted to give you a heads up to another firmware that I have been using for the last 2 years. Its called DD-WRT from http://www.dd-wrt.com. This firmware has been rock solid and it is unreal how you can make a $50 router act like a $1,000+ router.
oday shaf
February 15th, 2007
at 12:48am
i want the upgrade of the firmware for the linksys wrt54gl + wrt300n
wrtpuser
May 7th, 2007
at 11:23pm
anyone found a firmware for the Linksys WRTP54G (Wireless G + 2 Voip ports) ? Higest NA firmware i’ve found is 3.1.17
Nate
October 31st, 2007
at 9:15pm
I have a wrtp54g router and my firmware is listed at 5.01.04. It is the stock firmware version, I haven’t upgraded it.
Cell Thug
December 4th, 2007
at 5:55am
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s4n
December 8th, 2007
at 10:23am
Hi,
Im using the dd-wrt v24 since 2 weeks, i have no tested any other firmware. With the dd-wrt v24 beta u have a lot of features that its imposible to do with the original.
My problem its that i cant use ASCII wep keys to connect with other AP or routers.
I wish to know if i can use repeater mode with ASCII keys with the hyperwrt firmware, thanks a lot.
Michell B.
January 8th, 2008
at 4:33am
thanks! ill have to check this hyperWRT out myself. I have tried a few different open firmwares so far and I really like dd-wrt myself. heres a list of other firmwares for your linksys that you prolly dont know about http://www.cyberpunkcafe.com/page.php?80
really worth checking
GovernmentSlave
January 11th, 2008
at 6:27pm
I have DD-WRT been running max transmit power, its on my purple network off my smoothwall so I can give out user accounts to people that live around me and they can’t see my pcs. aslo did the 4gb sd card hack so I can add so many more mods to the linksys running custom firmware.
-=Blake=-
Hannes
March 14th, 2008
at 1:19am
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