WRT54g GS v5 and DD-WRT

EDIT: Meant to type GS not BS in the title

I am playing around with the WRT54g and I wanted to use DD-WRT firmware however I haven't found suffcient documentation on this to feel confident enough to do the upgrade. Also I've noticed that there might be a problem with the v5 router, something about the OS. Anyway can anyone refer me to a place that has good documentaion on it or even just tell me here the important things to know?

thanks,

Fist Time Poster, long time network user,

Jeremy

I think i found my answer here but if you have anything to add I'm more than happy to read it.

Bitsum Technologies Wiki - WRT54G5 CFE

I have found this site to be an excellent resource for Linksys products.
Linksysinfo.org - #1 In External Linksys Support Forums-viewtopic-WRT54G and WRT54GS v5.X WARNING
As you can see the version 5 WRT has a different OS than the previous versions.
Hope it helps
Lyndon

HI There. DD-WRT seems to works best on the WRT54GL router. some of the GS modles arnt supported by DD-WRT. this is due to the BIOS and Shipset. As linksys have been changing there chipsets.

Is this not enough documentation?

DD-WRT Docu (EN) - WRT Wiki

Actually the DD-WRT works great on:

WRT54G
WRT54GS
WRT54GL

The issue with the versioning is it has to be Version 3.1 or earlier (I was lucky to have a Verison 3.0 from waay back before I started). With Version 4 and 5 versions of the WRT54G*, Linksys greatly reduced the amount of RAM in these units, which severly limits the "extra" things you can do with DD-WRT. Like the Sputnik and RADIUS support (for Hotspots/coffee shops), VoIP and other features.

But there a "MICRO" build version of the DD-WRT firmware that will fit on these version 4 and 5 routers by stripping out all of the features we all like. Just without the cool extra options. Version 7 is not supported (at this time).

One of the main benifits, even with the Micro build, of going with DD-WRT was to have Wireless Bridging, and Wireless Client Bridging - this allows you to not have to run CAT5 in your house. There's also WDS which is suppose to be the norm now for bridging, but I haven't had any experience with it yet.

Using Wireless Bridging you can connect two opposite corners of your house, without cabling (just need to run a cable from the remote router to your desktop in the corner, like 3').

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Eric A. Duncan