Linksys Alchemy firmware question

Hello:

Can I use Alchemy-V1.0.bin.zip on this Linksys WRT54G if the current version
on the router is v4.00.7?

If not, what can I use?

Thank you.

Bryce.

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 22:27:54 -0700, "Bryce" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Can I use Alchemy-V1.0.bin.zip on this Linksys WRT54G if the current version
>on the router is v4.00.7?

You will need to determine your hardware version before proceeding.
See supported hardware list at:
http://www.sveasoft.com/modules/phpB...pic.php?t=9344
It proclaims Alchemy 1.0 support for:
WRT54G v1.0 v1.1 v2.0 v2.2 v3.0 & WRT54GS v1.0 v1.1 v2.0


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"Bryce" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Hello:
>
>Can I use Alchemy-V1.0.bin.zip on this Linksys WRT54G if the current version
>on the router is v4.00.7?

Almost certainly you can, given that as far as I know
Alchemy-V1.0 will run on any WRT54G that Linksys Beta v4.00.7
will. I'm not as sure about the WRT54GS though, so make sure
which you actually have.

Here is some useful info to help identify your particular
WRT54G. You can find the serial number, and there should be a
version number too, on the bottom of the unit.

WRT54G Models:

Serial NO. Hardware
Starts With Version Chipset
=========== ======== =======
CDF0 v1.0 ADM6996L
CDF1 v1.0 ADM6996L
CDF2 v1.1 ADM6996L
CDF3 v1.1 ADM6996L
CDF5 v2.0 ADM6996L
CDF7 v2.2 BCM5325EKQM
CDF8 v3.0 BCM5325EKQM

WRT54GS Models

Serial NO. Hardware
Starts With Version Chipset
=========== ======== =======
CGN0 v1.0 ADM6996L
CGN1 v1.0 ADM6996L
CGN2 v1.1 BCM5325EKQM
CGN3 v2.0 BCM5325EKQM


>If not, what can I use?

With a WRT54G, almost any of the various firmwares available.
HyperWRT, DD-WRT, Satori, Alchemy and Talismen are all general purpose
packages with significant feature additions not available with the
Linksys firmware. Satori is the oldest release and has the fewest
features; however, it is also probably the most stable and the least
"tampered with", so if you don't need more than the simple things like
being able to telnet in, it is perhaps the best.

The most featureful seems to be DD-WRT, which has significantly
more work done on enabling a variety of network features.
However it is also the least stable of the bunch because it is a
work very much in progress. However, if you only use the older
feature set, it probably is not different than Talismen.

Note that Sveasoft produced, in order, Satori, Alchemy and
Talismen. And DD-WRT's early versions are based on Alchemy and
more recent versions are based on Talismen. HyperWRT, like
Satori, is based on the source code distribution from Linksys.

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You guys are great.

Thanks.


"Floyd L. Davidson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Bryce" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>Hello:
>>
>>Can I use Alchemy-V1.0.bin.zip on this Linksys WRT54G if the current
>>version
>>on the router is v4.00.7?
>
> Almost certainly you can, given that as far as I know
> Alchemy-V1.0 will run on any WRT54G that Linksys Beta v4.00.7
> will. I'm not as sure about the WRT54GS though, so make sure
> which you actually have.
>
> Here is some useful info to help identify your particular
> WRT54G. You can find the serial number, and there should be a
> version number too, on the bottom of the unit.
>
> WRT54G Models:
>
> Serial NO. Hardware
> Starts With Version Chipset
> =========== ======== =======
> CDF0 v1.0 ADM6996L
> CDF1 v1.0 ADM6996L
> CDF2 v1.1 ADM6996L
> CDF3 v1.1 ADM6996L
> CDF5 v2.0 ADM6996L
> CDF7 v2.2 BCM5325EKQM
> CDF8 v3.0 BCM5325EKQM
>
> WRT54GS Models
>
> Serial NO. Hardware
> Starts With Version Chipset
> =========== ======== =======
> CGN0 v1.0 ADM6996L
> CGN1 v1.0 ADM6996L
> CGN2 v1.1 BCM5325EKQM
> CGN3 v2.0 BCM5325EKQM
>
>
>>If not, what can I use?
>
> With a WRT54G, almost any of the various firmwares available.
> HyperWRT, DD-WRT, Satori, Alchemy and Talismen are all general purpose
> packages with significant feature additions not available with the
> Linksys firmware. Satori is the oldest release and has the fewest
> features; however, it is also probably the most stable and the least
> "tampered with", so if you don't need more than the simple things like
> being able to telnet in, it is perhaps the best.
>
> The most featureful seems to be DD-WRT, which has significantly
> more work done on enabling a variety of network features.
> However it is also the least stable of the bunch because it is a
> work very much in progress. However, if you only use the older
> feature set, it probably is not different than Talismen.
>
> Note that Sveasoft produced, in order, Satori, Alchemy and
> Talismen. And DD-WRT's early versions are based on Alchemy and
> more recent versions are based on Talismen. HyperWRT, like
> Satori, is based on the source code distribution from Linksys.
>
> --
> Floyd L. Davidson <http://web.newsguy.com/floyd_davidson>
> Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) (E-Mail Removed)