[ale] Broadband wireless router

[Jay Finch]

The WRT54GL is made specifically to run Linux on it - But you can 
install DD-WRT on a regular WRT54G, but it's a bit more difficult.

I run DD-WRT on a 54G myself, and love it. :)

Hope that helps!
Jay

Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 20:46 -0800, Steve Nicholas wrote:
>> All,
>> Have recently upgraded to Comcast BB.  Works great so far.  Looking 
>> for a broadband router with both cat5 and wireless capabilities 
>> compatible with Linux (currently FC5).  I would only use the wireless 
>> for my laptop, which would be maybe 10% of the time.  The other 2 Pcs 
>> (mine FC5, wifes XP :-( would have a cat5 connection.
>>
>> My question is: is there a router that can handle both cat5 and 
>> wireless, but with the option of turning wireless off when not needed 
>> ?  Homes are close, and wireless networks abound in my neighborhood.  
>> Networks bleed over, and I like the security of cat5 for my remote 
>> admin work.
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Try to find a Linksys WRT54G that is compatible with the OpenWRT 
> firmware.  It is quite nice, and with OpenWRT you can do virtually 
> anything with the Wireless network, including separating it from the 
> wired network that you have in the house, if you wish.
>
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