Buy.com has the basic but solid refurbished Linksys WRT54G 802.11g Wireless Router for $33 with free shipping. This is a tried and true router for those who don't want to fuss with X2 X3 MIMO N hype.
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#1
Mordor - Posted 9:11 am PDT 10/15/08 (136 Posts)
I bought one of these back in 1942 - still running strong!
#2
dandragonrage - Posted 9:20 am PDT 10/15/08 (442 Posts)
It WAS a tried and true router - 4 years ago.
#3
inferno - Posted 9:22 am PDT 10/15/08 (854 Posts)
Only problem is the newer ones aren't supported by the open source firmware (hyperwrt, dd-wrt tomato) which can make these pretty useless!
#4
RavinDJ - Posted 9:24 am PDT 10/15/08 (294 Posts)
#3 - that's why you get WRT54GL :p
#5
dgower - Posted 9:27 am PDT 10/15/08 (183 Posts)
these are old back of the warehouse full of dust with rat holes in them. I think you'll be safe with them being an older version to use the open source firmware.
#6
ChugokuOtaku - Posted 9:28 am PDT 10/15/08 (1438 Posts)
basic but solidly refurbished?
#7
dandragonrage - Posted 9:29 am PDT 10/15/08 (442 Posts)
No. "basic but solid" "refurbished WRT54g" (so he claims, anyway)
#8
jsehlms - Posted 10:10 am PDT 10/15/08 (56 Posts)
FWIW, we ordered at least 10 of these a few months ago when they were listed and all work great. Some we gave to employees for home use, others we put DDWRT on for specific uses.
#9
byuan85 - Posted 10:29 am PDT 10/15/08 (351 Posts)
God has spoken.
#10
kongfused - Posted 11:07 am PDT 10/15/08 (9 Posts)
I ordered one of these refurb units last month. They were backordered then, and just recently received one.
It was a version 8 WRT54G. You can load DD-WRT (micro) on it.
It was a version 8 WRT54G. You can load DD-WRT (micro) on it.
#11
ToDzKi - Posted 12:13 pm PDT 10/15/08 (78 Posts)
Found one at Goodwill for $6.99 and DD-WRT'd it.
$33? BAH!
#12
jlayman920 - Posted 2:08 pm PDT 10/15/08 (257 Posts)
I had a new one that was a piece of shite, it needed reset at least once a day. I beat it with a hammer in a fit of rage, went and bought a netgear and have had no problems since (neither router nor rage related).
#13
megabyte10240 - Posted 3:06 pm PDT 10/15/08 (592 Posts)
I can tell you this a reliable router, dlink is shit
#14
Oio - Posted 7:56 pm PDT 10/15/08 (1361 Posts)
DD-WRT on the WRT54G is amazing. Super stable, advanced features found in hardware costing 10x the price.
#15
luckylane - Posted 7:06 am PDT 10/16/08 (73 Posts)
classic
#16
BLT5000 - Posted 4:43 pm PDT 10/16/08 (158 Posts)
This thing is a champ. I've had mine for about 4 years. Running Tomato on it...
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