Linksys WRT54GS led lights (version 5)

Question

Does anyone else have the new router with the Easy setup CISCO button and green Secure Easy Setup logo?   I have notice that my CISCO button light (white or amber colored) 'bleeds' into the green Secure Easy Setup logo.  Specifically the into the top/left of the logo.  I just want to know if all these units do this or if it's only mine.   Petty yes...but it's driving me nuts :)

esquire · Answer

Steven, it's from WRT54G v3.1 and WRT54GS v2.1 onwards.

steven troise · Answer

wow a version 5. i have the wrt54gs router and dont see that logo.

Phil8400 · Answer

it's bad enough for me to question it :) If it's a cosmetic flaw affecting all models (with this logo), I would consider this poor attention to detail.  How hard is it to make a correctly fitting background 'plate'?

esquire · Answer

How bad is it?  I have seen a slight bleed on a few WRT54G units.

esquire · Answer

Most likely cosmetic since I have yet to get my hands on a WRT54G v5 unit :smileyvery-happy: (and definitely not likely to get one either)

NemesisDB · Answer

it's a budget junk unit from linksys.  go figure that the case would suffer as well when they removed all the good stuff from inside.

Phil8400 · Answer

Why do you call it junk?  I'm aware that they've reduced the ram and that the hacked firmware no longer works, but what's your take on it?   So far, it's been really strong.  No disconnects or failures to connect.  I haven't tried bittorents yet though.  My old router (Dell 2350) would lock up 95% of traffic while downloading multiple torrents, and I'd have to power cycle the router.  All was well bypassing the router.

NemesisDB · Answer

reduced ram and flash are definite points.  i've also heard more good things in terms of signal and range from similarly priced buffalo units (which can run the 3rd party firmware).  for torrents more ram and CPU (some asus models among others I think) are probably a good idea.

rwm32 · Answer

If I disable SES on my WRT54G v.5 router, the 'logo' LED doesn't light up at all.... yipee.  *Much* better aesthetic with just the little green dots.   At times reading these boards, I can't help wondering if I inhabit a parallel universe.  Here I am, with two entirely satisfactory two-year-old I5150s (not overheating, no AC or motherboard problems yet...) intensively used for gaming.  They both have the much-maligned Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG WLAN card, as does my I8100. These also work perfectly and sustain 54Mbps for hours, connected across 3 floors of our house with WPA2 via the apparently also dubious WRT54G v.5.  Having said all of which, the whole lot will go bad on me tomorrow, no doubt.  But meanwhile, I'm happy in my little bubble of second-rate technological bliss....

NemesisDB · Answer

just keep pressing on the touchpad ;-)

esquire · Answer

@rwm32 wrote:

If I disable SES on my WRT54G v.5 router, the 'logo' LED doesn't light up at all.... yipee. *Much* better aesthetic with just the little green dots.

At times reading these boards, I can't help wondering if I inhabit a parallel universe. Here I am, with two entirely satisfactory two-year-old I5150s (not overheating, no AC or motherboard problems yet...) intensively used for gaming. They both have the much-maligned Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG WLAN card, as does my I8100. These also work perfectly and sustain 54Mbps for hours, connected across 3 floors of our house with WPA2 via the apparently also dubious WRT54G v.5. Having said all of which, the whole lot will go bad on me tomorrow, no doubt. But meanwhile, I'm happy in my little bubble of second-rate technological bliss....

If you do live in an alternate universe, we must be in a similar one :smileyvery-happy:

(but I have a WRT54G v1.0 and a WRT54G v3.1)

Deines75 · Answer

Oh, yeah, mine does that too...hmm...never noticed that.  Hope that's not the reason that mine isn't working properly.

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