Linksys WRT54GL: Will It Do 100MB

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As the title really. If Virgin stick to their promise I should be on 100MB sometime before June. I'm currently in the process of moving everything around at my home and if I do need to upgrade, to do it now.
 
I don't think you'll see full 100mb on the WRT54GL even with Tomato/DD-WRT installed on it. Seem to remember reading it starts to get flakey around the 30-50meg mark.

I'd probably take this opportunity to upgrade to something a bit quicker, Asus RT-N16/RT-N56, Linksys WRT300N or similar to stick with the open source linux based routers :)

Edit: thats the link above I read about it being flakey :)
 
+1 for the Asus RT-N16.

Brilliant router, installed TomatoUSB on it and couldn't be happier.

These open source Linux based routers really are excellent.
 
mmj_uk said:
This was discussed before:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18370389

Hope that helps.
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cokecan72 said:
I don't think you'll see full 100mb on the WRT54GL even with Tomato/DD-WRT installed on it. Seem to remember reading it starts to get flakey around the 30-50meg mark.

I'd probably take this opportunity to upgrade to something a bit quicker, Asus RT-N16/RT-N56, Linksys WRT300N or similar to stick with the open source linux based routers :)

Edit: thats the link above I read about it being flakey :)
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Thanks for the replies. Looks like I will need an upgrade then, I'll check out those routers you've mentioned.
 
JimAroo said:
+1 for the Asus RT-N16.

Brilliant router, installed TomatoUSB on it and couldn't be happier.

These open source Linux based routers really are excellent.
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Same, I bought one to upgrade from a WRT54GL and it's been solid. TomatoUSB also installed with VPN setup on it too.

The thing I like the most is that its pretty hard to brick....I managed to flash it with the wrong firmware after messing about with the TomatoUSB I had installed and "bricked" the router. All I can say is thank god for its hardware recovery mode, I just booted it up in that and flashed with the right firmware, no problems :)

The only thing I think it's missing is dual band wireless, but I think the RT-N56 has that doesnt it?
 
JimAroo said:
+1 for the Asus RT-N16.

Brilliant router, installed TomatoUSB on it and couldn't be happier.

These open source Linux based routers really are excellent.
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cokecan72 said:
Same, I bought one to upgrade from a WRT54GL and it's been solid. TomatoUSB also installed with VPN setup on it too.

The thing I like the most is that its pretty hard to brick....I managed to flash it with the wrong firmware after messing about with the TomatoUSB I had installed and "bricked" the router. All I can say is thank god for its hardware recovery mode, I just booted it up in that and flashed with the right firmware, no problems :)

The only thing I think it's missing is dual band wireless, but I think the RT-N56 has that doesnt it?
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Looks like a great piece of kit. Will be going for this one. Just pained to get rid of the 54GL.
 
For the record, the n16 has been replaced with rt-n66u review. However if 150meg is sufficient for your wireless the n16 is a bargain.
 
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