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Originally Posted by Martian
The big appeal of the WRT54G was that it could be flashed with Tomato or DDWRT. When they changed the hardware so that couldn't be done anymore it lost it's biggest selling point. Now it's just outdated.
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Which is why you buy a WRT54GL
They have about 10000000x versions of the WRT54G line with the L being the one that has the firmware which can be overwritten and use the third party of your choice. I am running a GL I bought back in Sept. 07 with the latest stable DDWRT firmware and has been a rock for me.
I have an issue with the whole Draft N community, I am far from the network guru, but your average Joe who walks into a store to buy a router, unless they bought an N NIC to put in their PC or N USB, they just don't have a need for the technology and even then the N adapters should still work with a G/B router. Very few general users have the need for the range or speed when a G/B router would suit their needs just fine, but the store personnel working for that almighty commision dollar tell them they need N since it is new and works better.
I have a buddy of mine who went to Circuit City and said they needed a wireless router and wireless cards for their PC, they had no clue what they were purchasing and ended up being sold a router for around $100 and 2 $80 adapters for their PC when in reality they only needed the one for wireless since the other is hardwired.
If I was running some great server where I had to max out my speeds and had 10 feet of steel and concrete between my access points or PC's then I might consider something a bit stronger than my GL. I personally would much rather wait until the N has become standard and no longer in draft stage (even though the word is that it pretty much is the final version, just not official, no major changes coming before it goes gold). If/when I do make the plunge I would still first go after a Linksys product though.