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Is there any modern FOSS firmware for Linksys WRT54G routers? Is it possible for me to compile the latest version of OpenWRT for a WRT54G router with 4 MB of flash and 16 MB of RAM? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have a few different Linksys WRT54G routers and I've installed DD-WRT - build number 44715 - on them. However, this build appears to have been made in 2020. So, I was wondering if there's a more modern version of dd-wrt for this router. If not, is it possible for me to compile the latest version of OpenWRT for these routers which have 4 MB of flash and 16 MB of RAM?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Crazy and I thought 2GB RAM in a Turris Omnia are low XD

Good luck!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, I'd say 2 GB of RAM is actually quite plenty for a router since it doesn't need to do anything that RAM intensive. Even a desktop computer running Linux with no GUI only uses around 100 MB of RAM.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

It has support for running a VM, so absolutely will run something there! Probably Fedora IOT ARM