8.09 has been out for a while. use it. avoid 2.6 unless you need it on a gl. I installed it on my gl and had major issues with wifi. install 2.4 first just in case anyway if you do insist on moving to 2.6, as it only takes 10 minutes extra.
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]> wrote: > > hi. someone just handed me a WRT54GL on which to install openwrt > 8.09, and it's possible there's an older version on it already, i > haven't had a chance to check yet. so, a couple questions: > > 1) if it still has the stock linksys firmware, is it still necessary > to install the 2.4 build on it first to get access to the nvram > commands before then installing the 2.6 build? the online docs seem > pretty adamant about that but it's said that for a long time, i'm > curious if that's still the case. > > 2) what's the situation with wireless on the WRT54GL these days? i > read that 8.09.1 is coming out in a couple days, does that change > anything? > > 3) not really a WRT54GL question, but are there any hot new routers > out there for which openwrt has been fully ported recently? > particularly routers with at least one USB 2.0 port? thanks > > rday > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA > > Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. > > Web page: http://crashcourse.ca > Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rpjday > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday > ======================================================================== > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-users > -- (\_/) This is Bunny. Copy and paste Bunny (='.'=) into your signature to help him gain (")_(") world domination. _______________________________________________ openwrt-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-users
