[PLUG] WRT54GL on sale at Fry's

[Keith Lofstrom]

No doubt reacting to Russell's splendid talk about OpenWRT at the
Advanced Topics meeting, Fry's has a sale on the Linksys WRT54GL
B/G Access point for $49.99 ( SKU 4703979 ), advertised in the
Friday Oregonian as a "Linux Router".

This is the version of the Linksys that is easily re-flashed with
OpenWRT and other flash-optimized Linux distros.  

I suggest replacing the wall wart power supply that comes with
12V/1A Linksys units with a more efficient and trustworthy 
switching power supply.  If your wall power is not rock solid
(a furnace or refrigerator motor startup can sag the voltage)
then you may brick one of these units while flashing it. 

One possible replacement is the $9.95 Netgate PS-15V-1.25A-18W :

http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?cPath=24_55&products_id=666

This unit produces 15V - the Linksys will do fine with up to 20V
or so.  It will ride out temporary wall power upsets better than
"dumb" wall warts.  It would be nice if a retailer carried these
locally.

Keith

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