DD-WRT Firmware
Hey everyone, havent been around in a while been rather busy here the past few weeks. I just wanted to share this topic with anyone whom owns a linksys router (model WRT54G and 54GS) is third party firmware for the Linksys WRT54G/GS/GL (http://www.linksys.com/) and various other 802.11g wireless routers based on a similar Broadcom reference design. See Supported Devices (http://wrt-wiki.bsr-clan.de/index.php?title=Installation#Supported_Devices). These routers run Linux from the factory, and as such, their source is released under the terms of the GPL. The firmware is maintained by BrainSlayer (mailto:brainslayer@braincontrol.org) and is hosted at dd-wrt.com (http://www.dd-wrt.com/). The first versions of DD-WRT were based on the Alchemy Firmware from Sveasoft Inc (http://www.sveasoft.com/), which is in turn based on the original GPL'd Linksys firmware and a number of other open source projects. DD-WRT exists as a direct result of Sveasoft's demand for $20 in order to be able to download their firmware. At present DD-WRT is available for free although a different business model is being drafted (http://forum.bsr-clan.de/ftopic4612.html) by BrainSlayer in order to pay his salary, as this is his full time job. The new version of DD-WRT (v23) is a completely new project. DD-WRT offers many advanced features not found in the OEM firmwares of these devices, or even the firmware available for purchase from Sveasoft. It is also free of the product activation or tracking found in the Sveasoft firmware. Note: Beta firmware, by its very nature, will contain bugs. It is not recommended to install beta firmware on large networks that are used for businesses, etc. However, there is now a bugtracker in place for DD-WRT firmware located here: DD-WRT Bugtracker (http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/bugtracker/) (free signup required). Among other features not found in the original Linksys firmware, DD-WRT adds the Kai Daemon for the Kai Console Gaming network (http://www.teamxlink.co.uk/), WDS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Distribution_System) wireless bridging/repeating protocol, Radius Authentication (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RADIUS) for more secure wireless communication, advanced Quality of Service controls for bandwidth allocation, and software support for the SD-Card hardware modification. Quoted from dd-wrt wiki. basically.. this firmware beats the crap outa the linksys default firmware here are a few screenys from my setup

Hey, Nice post, I actually have this router :O I never have something that is upgradable :-) Thanks for the info

yea, i have a guide for flashing and upgrading ver 5 and 6 of the wrt54g router, if you decide to do this .. please use extreme caution as i bricked one router doing this.. http://thescorpion420.dyndns.org/portal/content/view/27/36/ theres the guide for v.5 and 6 only its about the easiet method i could find.

OK.... thanks for the guide :-)

yea no problem, i ve got a few other topics to post in the malware section, i'll get around to doing that later this weekend.

thanks for this pfcdude, I will have to check out what my router is and see if I can use this (it is a linksys and sits in front of me but I am soo lazy to look at it LOL)

lol. Well I installed it. And its the one of the best things ive done with my computer :D I love all the extra features, and being able to forward more ports.

The only problem ive noticed thus so far with this version of this firmware, is that the QoS service is abit unstable, if the default settings are working good for ya .. then i wouldn't recommend changing anything unless you really need too.

Ah, ok. Thanks for the tip :-)

Yea i'm the one that actually wrote that article on how to do that, however I did use files from the bitsum wiki. Check out the rest of my site. Shawn

ahh, cool. welcome here to afterdark. Im just tryin to spread the word about the firmwarem, and your guide had the easiet method.

OK I finally got off my ass and looked at what router I have. It is a WAG54G V.2, does any one know if the firmware we are talking about here will work on mine or is there another firmware for my type of router??

im not sure about that model, but you might could find your answer here http://www.linksysinfo.org/portal/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=130

Well thank you, the only reason I wrote that was I personally thought that the tutorial on Bitsum was a little cumbersome and lacked visuals. Not to discredit his work, without it flashing a v5 or 6 wouldn't be possible. A lot of people need some kind of visual confirmation that this is what their screen should look like. Basically I wrote it in the way I would explain it to my dad. lol. But anyways I can't really think of anything else that I know how to do to write about. Kinda stuck on what to add next. Oh well, later Shawn

yea i know whatca mean. i went by the bitsum tutorial and bricked my old router lol.