Linux on 5th generation WRT54G routers
A while ago, I swapped Linux firewalls - moving off a full PC to an old WRT54GS running OpenWRT. Due to the constrained environment, there are a few things this gadget cannot do that the old firewall did, but I am very happy for having made the swap. It set off a ripple effect, reducing the number of permanently running servers and allowing me to move the remaining one to a space where the noise doesn’t bother me.
It’s too bad that the contemporary Linksys routers (with the possible exception of the -L models) cannot support OpenWRT. It’s good to hear that there’s now a way around it: Linux hackers re-claim the Linksys WRT54G.
Predictably, what can be made to run on the 5th and 6th generation WRT54G’s is a very slim distro, but at least it can be done.