COMPUTER MASALA: Linksys Router

Thursday, 21 June 2012

Linksys Router

Linksys (a division of Cisco) manufactures a series of network routers. Many models are shipped with Linux-based firmware and can run third-party firmware. The first model to support third-party firmware was the very popular Linksys WRT54G series.The Linksys WRT160N/WRT310N series is the successor to the WRT54G series of routers from Linksys. The main difference is the draft 802.11n wireless NIC, providing a maximum speed of 270 Mbit/s over the wireless network when used with other 802.11n devices.The Linksys WRT54G and variants WRT54GS, WRT54GL, and WRTSL54GS are Wi-Fi capable residential gateways from Linksys. The device is capable of sharing Internet connections among several computers via 802.3 Ethernet and 802.11b/g wireless data links.The WRT54GL is capable of running Linux-based third-party firmware for added features. Supported software includes Tomato, OpenWrt, and DD-WRT