The WRT54GL: A 54Mbps router from 2005 still makes millions for Linksys
Besides DD-WRT, which can be at times quite flaky a unreliable on WRT54GL with its outdated OS base and a slow UI (and also a real pain to keep track on the few working firmware revisions as time progresses over the years; many DD-WRT users and the DD-WRT site will sadly keep suggesting to use half a decade old firmware for it [1][2][3] and any &#x27;official&#x27; activity seems to have stopped years ago) and the Open-WRT which sadly hasn&#x27;t supported WRT54GL for the last several generations [4] despite its by now somewhat ironic name, there&#x27;s also Tomato by Shibby [5] (note: This is a fork of the original &#x27;well known&#x27; Tomato that stopped its development half a decade ago - though surprisingly people sill run even that one), which is amazingly supported today with regular and frequent updates [6], latest security fixes and modern revisions of base software and OS tools, with properly working kernel 2.6-generation, IPv6, QoS and not at the very least with the staple slick Tomato configuration interface. If you happen to run a WRT54GL, you must give Shibby&#x27;s Tomato a try sometime to see what this piece of hardware can still do.<p>Disclaimer: I&#x27;m by no means affiliated, but run WRT54GL hardware actively and at times I&#x27;m still regularly amazed at what Shibby can squeeze out of the mere 4MB of flash space and a hardware that wouldn&#x27;t properly run a smartwatch alarm applet in 2016.<p>--<p>[1] - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dd-wrt.com&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;index.php&#x2F;Linksys_WRT54GL" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dd-wrt.com&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;index.php&#x2F;Linksys_WRT54GL</a><p>[2] - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dd-wrt.com&#x2F;phpBB2&#x2F;viewtopic.php?t=51486" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dd-wrt.com&#x2F;phpBB2&#x2F;viewtopic.php?t=51486</a><p>[3] - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dd-wrt.com&#x2F;phpBB2&#x2F;viewtopic.php?t=288371" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dd-wrt.com&#x2F;phpBB2&#x2F;viewtopic.php?t=288371</a><p><pre><code>  If you&#x27;re lucky, you may also end up with gems like this:
  &gt; Malachi - DD-WRT Guru
  &gt; Your router was made in the 1800&#x27;s. Why do you need firmware made yesterday.
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[4] - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.openwrt.org&#x2F;toh&#x2F;linksys&#x2F;wrt54g" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.openwrt.org&#x2F;toh&#x2F;linksys&#x2F;wrt54g</a><p>[5] - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;tomato.groov.pl&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;tomato.groov.pl&#x2F;</a><p>[6] - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;tomato.groov.pl&#x2F;?page_id=78" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;tomato.groov.pl&#x2F;?page_id=78</a>