Re: [SLE] WRT54G wireless woes
- From: Corvin Russell <corvin_russell@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:43:12 -0800 (PST)
I also had read that there were a number of issues
with the v 5.0 WRT54G, so I located a store that still
had some v 4.0 models and picked up a couple. (The
serial numbers beginning CDF0,CDF1,...,CDF9,CDFA are v
4.0 and earlier; CDFB+ is v 5.0 or later.) I wanted to
get one as a solution to the ongoing USB wireless woes
at the office -- the USB wireless adapter issued at
the office (no wired connections here) causes my
kernel to crash frequently, with the latest version of
ndiswrapper and wpa_supplicant installed (the SuSE
rpms are no better). So I got the WRT54G, flashed the
firmware with DD-WRT, set it to client mode and
attached two computers by ethernet. So for a few
dollars more than a single compatible network card,
and a little more than half the cost of out-of-the-box
wireless to ethernet bridge solutions (which have
lower grade security), I've connected two computers
and have the potential to do a lot more interesting
stuff with the firmware. And no more kernel crashes.
So I am pretty pleased.
One warning -- if you intend to flash the firmware,
please read up on the proper way to do this. The wiki
at the DD-WRT site has very good instructions on this,
also on how to unbrick your router should you need to.
Please note that v 4.0 and WRT54GL (the reissued
WRT54G v 4.0) out of the box need to be flashed with
DD-WRT v. 23beta *mini* before you can flash with the
standard firmware.
Corvin
--- "L. Mark Stone" <lmstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 17:54 -0500, Gil Weber wrote:
> > On Sat December 17 2005 5:42 pm,
> lerninlinux@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >
> > > > Just got a Linksys WRT54G and putting it
> through its paces. PPPoE and
> > > > switch components work great, but I'm having
> trouble with wireless. I
> > > > had been using a 3Com access point, which my
> ThinkPad and Zaurus could
> > > > both see without issues, but neither can see
> the WRT54G. On the
> > > > ThinkPad, the output of iwconfig shows zeros
> for the WRT54G's MAC
> > > > address (i.e. it didn't associate), although
> kinternet's "wireless
> > > > connection" dialog and "iwlist scan" show it
> by ESSID with the correct
> > > > MAC address. Neither the ThinkPad nor the
> Zaurus have the access
> > > > point's MAC address specified. (I normally
> use 64-bit WEP, but also
> > > > tried with no encryption.)
> > > >
> > > > What might I have done wrong? I've spent
> hours twiddling bits on the
> > > > WRT54G. It's a version 5, and I upgraded to
> the latest firmware (for
> > > > that version, it's 1.00.4). The ThinkPad is
> running SUSE 10.0 and using
> > > > ipw2100 driver.
> > > >
> >
> >
> > We just got the same unit, also version 5. Have
> not yet tried to set it up. A
> > couple of questions for you if you don't mind:
> >
> > 1) How did you install the latest firmware using
> SuSE Linux? For the past
> > several Linksys routers we've had there has only
> been firmware for Windows.
> > How did you load it if it's only available for
> Windows? (Or is there now
> > firmware for Linux?)
> >
> > 2) I see that there is a sticker over the ports
> that says to run the
> > installation CD before connecting the router.
> Again, it's a Windows CD, so
> > what did you do? Ignore the sticker and CD?
> >
> > 3) If you determine that V5 does have Linux
> compatibility issues please post
> > that to the list. Maybe we can return this one?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Gil
> >
>
> I picked a version 5 also. It's terrible, even after
> updating the
> firmware. Very unstable; it would lose wireless
> connections several
> times a day.
>
> I bit the bullet and bought a SonicWall TZ150W and
> haven't had a hitch
> since I finished installing it.
>
> Googling shows many, many unhappy Version 5
> customers, and not because
> they can't flash the firmware with their own OS. The
> v5 units simply
> crash a lot.
>
> YMMV,
> Mark
>
>
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