OpenWrt, the open source firmware that sprang from Linksys’ use of open source code in its iconic WRT54G router and subsequent release of its work, is 20 years old this year. To keep the project going ...

The OpenWRT project is now two decades old. The project has come a long way since Linksys was forced to release the GNU-licensed code for the original WRT54G router from which the project takes its ...

Home DSL fed network with m0n0wall router and separate WRT54GS on my home network with OpenWRT as a simple access point. I'm looking to add an additional access point that can do 5GHz and or has dual ...

In context: OpenWrt's history began in 2004 when US hardware manufacturer Linksys built the firmware for its WRT54G series of wireless routers. The firmware contained code shared through a GNU license ...

Last month, I kicked off a series of articles on transparent firewalls, beginning with a brief essay on why firewalls are still relevant in an age of Web applications and tunneled traffic. I also ...

In this series of articles, I'm showing how to build a transparent firewall using OpenWrt (Linux) running on an inexpensive Linksys WRT54GL wireless router. In Part I, I explained why firewalls are ...

With each passing year, hardware devices grow less dependent on proprietary components and more reliant on open source technologies. Network routers are among the main beneficiaries of this trend, ...

Everyone remembers their first wireless router: The blue-and-black Linksys WRT54G. The way you fumbled with those ports. The way you left the admin password at its default setting. The way you tried, ...

The Linksys WRT54G is probably the cheapest and most widely sold embedded Linux device in the world. It is also incredibly fun to play with. A lot of people don’t want to take the full plunge into ...

LAS VEGAS–How many of you remember the Linksys WRT54G wireless router? You may remember it as the first router you ever owned, or you may remember it for its distinctive blue, boxy look with antennas ...