[wsfii-discuss] Boycott Linksys WRT54G and Switch to Netgear WGT634U

Thu Nov 24 15:03:03 UTC 2005

Karel,
The problem is that the v5 WRT is not open source anymore but runs a
licenced vxworks and has only half the memory. The anounced so called
WRT54GL (L=linux) is not available yet,,,

On 11/24/05, Karel Kulhavy <clock at twibright.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 01:21:07PM +0100, Sven Wagner wrote:
> > hi FreddyLa
> >
> > we now the problem, and for europe, linksys have a new model...
> > The linksys WRT54 GL with opensource firmware...
> > I have only some links in german language about the problem, and I
> > didn't found anything at linksys.com (US)
> > but here are the links
> > http://www1.linksys.com/international/product.asp?coid=8&ipid=841
> > http://www.golem.de/0511/41403.html
>
> What's the problem? You can download the sources on their website. This
> doesn't look like any licence violation.
>
> CL<
> >
> > linksys says, that they don't wanna sell the version 5.0 in europe, may
> > they don't want the "gunfire" from the communities...
> > but I think we have to look for alternative products too.
> > so we check out the Netgear WGT634U or other products from the openWRT side.
> >
> > best
> >       cven
> >
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