The original firmware *is* linux. The router gives you a (slightly) pretty web interface, but underneath it's using standard linux components -eg, the firewalling is done with iptables.
I've not used openwrt, so I can't comment on that. I have used the SVEAsoft firmware, although only for my home router. I'm very happy with that.. and you don't lose anything, because SVEAsoft start from the Linksys firmware and expand upon it. On 9/19/05, Gottfried Szing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, > > i am currently looking for a wifi router that will replace current linux > box (it died this week after a long life full of work - RIP). but i dont > want to replace the box with a new linux box because the new hardware i > will get in shops will be an absolute overkill. > > i am looking for router which can act like linux as a full-featured > router (sharing via wifi/lan, dhcp-server, dns-server, firewall, > wep/wap, nat, ...) . > > last time i have read an article about openwrt and i would like to have > a router that is supported by this project. but the list of supported > hardware is overwhelming. i have seen a lot of people using the linksys > WRT54G. > > could someone share some experiences with this piece or with openwrt? is > it really that easy to use the linksys with openwrt and are there any > tradeoffs using linux instead of the original firmware? > > thanks, gottfried > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > > -- There is nothing more worthy of contempt than a man who quotes himself - Zhasper, 2005 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
