I thought I’d do a little research on the Linksys WRT54G wireless router, of which I own two of. I find them to be a very stable and reliable unit.
The WRT54G, WRT54GS, WRT54GL, and WRTSL54GS are popular Wi-Fi router products from Linksys. The devices are capable of sharing Internet connections among several computers via Ethernet and wireless (802.11b/g) data links.
The WRT54G was first released in 2003. The WRT54GS is nearly identical except for additional RAM and SpeedBooster software.
Linksys released the WRT54GL in 2005 to support third-party firmware based on Linux, after the original WRT54G line was switched from Linux to VxWorks, starting with version 5. The WRTSL54GS is similar to the WRT54GS, while adding additional firmware features and a USB 2.0 port (referred to as StorageLink) which can be used for a USB hard disk or flash drive.
The WRT54G is best known for being the first consumer level network device that had its firmware source code released to satisfy the obligations of the GNU GPL (an example and very popular choice being DDWRT). This allows programmers to modify the firmware to change or add functionality to the device.
Later revisions increased the CPU speed to 200 MHz, and the later Linksys firmware overclocks the MIPS processor to 216MHz to resolve stability issues. Both the RAM and flash memory were doubled to 32 MB and 8 MB, respectively, in the WRT54GS, although both quantities were reduced again in later models.
All models come standard with a 4+1 ports network switch (the Internet/WAN port is also in the same switch, but on a different VLAN) and a wireless chipset by Broadcom which provides Wi-Fi connectivity.
The devices have two removable antennas connected through reverse polarity TNC connectors (except WRTSL54GS).
See other posts on this site regarding ‘unbricking’ of the WRT54G – specifically the V5 which I managed to recover back to a usable state.
The process of banking has been improving over time. Now a bank is so much more than a place where money is stored. We are looking at an increasing incidence of credit card application submission and even more credit cards being issued each day.