Extend Linksys WRT160n v2 range using AirPort
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i can put you in touch with a friend who just did this if you'd like... this is what he posted on my buddy's message board today:
---DD-WRT is awesome. I turned a crappy linksys wireless router (which would freeze up all the time for no reason, so I wasn't using it) into a kickass wireless access point.
It only took a few minutes to install the dd-wrt firmware. And to think I was about to run to microcenter and buy a 50+ dollar access point, then toss this linksys in the garbage. Score one for reuse.
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depends on the version right? i had a wrt-54g v.5 that began to crap out on a regular basis. i couldn't flash it so i just picked up belkin.--
Yeah, the v5 and v6 models (I have a v6) are crippled (they have less memory than the original versions) by linksys, and I guess some of them don't flash well. I was lucky, and mine just worked. From what I was reading, the flashing process for these crippled routers has gotten a lot better in the past couple years.
They actually sell a WRT54GL (for Linux) that has the same amount of memory as the original version, specifically so that you can flash it easily. Lame.