From: Adam Flinton 

Frank Haber wrote:

> I've used only Linksys WRT54Gs so far, the famous hackable one.  They've
> become fairly reliable recently with the 2.xx software.  At least they've
> stopped locking up, dropping wireless entirely, and other lovely tricks.
I've
> shut off UPnP here, but many, many  machines come through here with UPnP up,
> and I've seen no problems.  I use it 90% wired, and that's just fine, except
> the DHCP is kinda brain-dead, keeping old dupe local entries for a long time
-
> weeks.  It's a touch slower than my wired routers, just a touch less crisp.
> The v.2 software is lots faster than the old stuff.
>
> I'm not satisfied with either of the third-party firmwares for the 54G, and I
> haven't gotten back here, since they're not reliable for VPN, for me, yet.  I
> don't use the power boost, since 802.11 is such a crapshoot in dense,
> thick-walled NYC anyway.
>

I just got one of the linksys WAP54G'es & a couple of the linksys usb2
wifi-g adaptors (I fail to see the point of a pci card for stuff like this
anymore).

Just out of interest.....how do you tell what bios it's running on &
how easy is it to upgrade?

Adam

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