WRT54G Distribution questions

[Peter Kahle]

Josh ChaitinPollak wrote:

> With all the chat about the WRT54G's, I thought I'd share my  
> experience this weekend. I decided to try an alternative firmware, so  
> I searched around and considered SveaSoft, DD-WRT, and OpenWRT.
>
> I ruled out OpenWRT as too much work. They didn't have a nice 'this  
> is how you do it' guide, and I didn't feel like needing to shell in  
> to my router to make changes. Maybe OpenWRT has a configuration  
> webpage, but it wasn't obvious from their homepage.
>
They do, though it's relatively new. It's only included in the 
WhiteRussian RC4 version. That's been stable for me on two WRT54GS's 
(one in client mode, one in AP.) My only problem is I have to reboot the 
client after I reboot the AP, because it doesn't try to re-establish a 
connection. That should be easy to fix with a script, I just haven't 
gotten around to it.

As for your other problems, I have a separate DHCP server set up, so I 
don't use the one on the WRT, so can't comment on your problems there. 
And because all the firmwares use the existing nvram settings, they all 
hold over your changes across flashes.