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reply to powerspec88

Re: Linksys WRT54GL w/ Tomato Crashing Regularly

The ND version has a transmit power issue. Raising it or lowering it does nothing.

reply to MaestroC
Also having WRT54gl with tomato crash when an IOS4 device comes back into wifi range. Its a 3gs

Been happening a few weeks- since IOS4 basically, been solid for 3 years previously

I was thinking it was a iOS 4 issue as well. Setting both my iPhones to static IP's looks like it has fixed the issue. My uptime is now 6days.

reply to MaestroC
Not sure the static IP is an option since I move onto 3-5 networks in a typical day, all based on different private network addresses.

The crashes are a daily issue now though- I can remove the iphone from the equation pretty easy for a few days to verify it as a cause.

Set a static DHCP address on the router, it's under Basic -> Static DHCP.

reply to MaestroC
Another thing to check is boosting the transmit power. That alone is enough to overheat & crash some wrt54's on a regular basis.

Test by putting the transmit power back to 28mW for a few days and see if the crashes go away. If this is the cause, then you need to add some heatsinks & fan or at least try a more moderate gain.

reply to powerspec88
ND stands for "New driver" and any of the WRT54Gx 's with a Broadcom BCM5352 can run Tomato_ND fine.

for what chip is in what model
See:»www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Su···b.2Fg.29