Best hacked WRT54G firmware...

[Ryder]

Welp ??

 

[LoStMaTt]

What version do you have? If it is beyond V3 you are probably out of luck for a little while.

 

[omega-x]

DD-WRT hands down

 

[Ryder]

I have the latest official firmware and I got a Version 3 hardware

 

[BillLeeLee]

If he has a version <= 4.0, the WRT54G-L, or a speedbooster WRT54-GS, he should be in the clear.

As to the question - I use DD-WRT

 

[Arch]

As far as I know only the version 5 is the problem unit. It runs completely different software.

I guess an appropriate question is, what are you looking to do with the custom firmware?

I find the stock Linksys firmware to be more than sufficient for basic tasks. I have three WRT54G routers, one running the stock Linksys firmware, and the others are running HyperWRT 2.1b1. The two HyperWRT routers connect to the first using WDS+WPA so I have wireless connectivity between all routers. Saved me from having to run wires all around my house.

 

[Ryder]

I want it to be able to forward ports to any address I want too.. because I think that is why it is confliciting with me not being able to open certain ports...

 

[1c3d0g]

Most people swear by HyperWRT's performance:
http://www.hyperwrt.org/

But this new one is showing great promise, to say the least:
http://openwrt.org/

 

[ritterbalck]

bought a linksys wrt54g v4 (its serial number begins with CDFA, if i am wrong please tell me) and i was wondering if they are recommendations for firmware for version 4 routers

 

[1c3d0g]

Looks like OpenWRT supports v.4.

http://wiki.openwrt.org/TableOfHardware

 

[BillLeeLee]

All the hacked firmware will work with v. 4 routers.

The v. 5 WRT54G (CDFB last 4 serial number digits) don't run on Linux. Instead, they run on proprietary VxWorks OS, and the routers also have less flash RAM and RAM than the earlier WRT54Gs.

 

[morpheus6d9]

i also use dd-wrt

 

[Stang Man]

DD-WRT hands down

i've been using this now for about a week as well. I like it a lot more than Sveasoft

 

[Vertigo Acid]

I run a pair of WRT54g's bridged using DD-WRT and I couldn't be happier

 

[Killermac]

I love my dd-wrt a great place to read up on dd-wrt is linksysinfo.org awsome forums for the WRT54G router.

KM