WRT54GL

Linksys

WRT54GL

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Configure and use a roughly 23-year-old Linksys WRT54GL in 2026?

I just checked eBay for Netgear GS105. Found one for USD 9.99 with free shipping. Get one of those (or an equivalent from a different manufacturer), and your troubles are over. As to WRT54GL, it's been considered non-viable for OpenWrt since 2014: https://openwrt.org/toh/linksys/wrt54g#notes_on_specif

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NC1HM in r/openwrt

July 18, 2026 at 6:19 AM

8

What's your default firewall for emergencies?

Linksys WRT54G does everything and more. Netgate if they can't handle the power of the Linksys

eatingsolids in r/msp

June 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM

18

Got this beast for 7 bucks, but I dont know if CE can access modern modem WiFi

You could get an older router with the protocols needed, connect it to the laptop, then connect it to your active router. Around me at least I always see cheap Linksys WRT54G's for example that would work.

RubiksCube9x9 in r/retrocomputing

March 21, 2026 at 2:54 PM

5

Life cycle of products that become "enthusiast favorites"

Linksys wrt54g until internet became too fast to utilize them.

Work-Play-Work in r/TechNook

July 30, 2026 at 2:55 PM

3

EESZT leállás oka?

Itt tuti egy Cisco Linksys WRT54GL volt az ihlet a Routerhez

Effective-Value-6474 in r/programmingHungary

August 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM

7

What’s the oldest piece of technology that you own?

Linksys WRT54G. It's the Nokia 3310 reincarnated into a router. Simply refuses to die.

Digital_Voodoo in r/answers

March 23, 2026 at 12:37 AM

2

Uneducated - help a fool out please! Installing new APs

I've had good experiences with TP-LINK; 7 devices at a site going on five years, 6 of them outdoors, and no problems, except when I have to add a new device and I've forgotten how to use Omada. Pretty much every consumer TP-Link thing has multiple configuration options, so your router can be set up

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grislyfind in r/HomeNetworking

May 7, 2026 at 7:50 AM

2

Anyone Know Where The Access Point Is?

Wrt54g when people demanded Linksys(cisco) release the firmware source code due to it being on the Linux kernel. So they released the firmware after being pressured and then a $50 router could have the same features as a $500 router. It now lives on with DDWRT and Openwrt if you have an old router t

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XchrisZ in r/techsupportgore

May 15, 2026 at 11:51 PM

2

What is the best router you’ve ever owned?

I've had a few that stick out. Linksys WRT54G. Whatever Mikrotik model the WISP back home handed out. Netgear Nighthawk R7000. For me, all of these were absolute tanks. They just...didn't quit. I still have my Nighthawk because, you know, just in case.

House_Indoril426 in r/HomeNetworking

May 26, 2026 at 3:52 AM

2

Thoughts and stories regarding the legendary Linksys-Cisco WRT54G router

I think it was my first router too👍. It was solid as a rock and the only time I had an issue was early on when an update broke it. Funny timing as I was at Walmart in Canada today and picked up a Linksys AX1800 basic WiFi 6 router on liquidation for $25. Probably about a 1/6th of what I paid in the

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PM013 in r/HomeNetworking

February 11, 2026 at 8:51 PM

2

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