Finally took the plunge and got myself a WRT54GS v4 yesterday. Purposely went up to KL from Malacca for a one-day-trip. Reached Lowyat on 12pm and hunted up and down for GL/GS. Sigh, no sign at all. 3rd floor only sells GS v5 and no sign of GL.

Went to the 4th floor and suprisingly TechDos is selling GS v4 with the label RM290. 3rd floor is selling GS v5 for RM250 only! But then after bargain the salesperson quoted me RM275. Still unwilling to get from him though... Went to Linksys counter and geez! They quoted me RM330 for GS v4! Damn, its so freaking expensive!

Ended up going back to TechDos and tried bargained with another salesperson, and he gave me RM260! Hehe, took it immediately and double checked the serial to confirm its a v4. Next is to hunt for Linksys usb adapter with speedbooster; and i got mine from 4th floor for RM220. At first i wanna get GL from Richx's bulk order which will cost me less than RM400 in total, but ended up leaving Lowyat with RM480 worth of goods.

Went home and immediately flashed it to DD-WRT v23 (not SP1), so frankly i didn't manage to test out the original firmware. There's a line of steps that is bolded and in RED color from the firmware upgrade instructions - WAIT FOR AROUND 5 MINUTES. Hands too itchy and i just click on "continue" without waiting...

Heck, i was diverted back to the firmware page, but without any nice GUI. Freaked me out man! I thought i did something wrong with the router!! Off the power switch and on it back... finally got the familiar black GUI ! Yippie, success!

My GS is placed upstairs with both antenna parallel with the floor whereas my computer is downstairs, seperated by just a wall (ceiling to be more exact). Got 54MBps and excellent signal. I tried closing my room door (which adds another "wall" to the amount of barriers between the router and my PC), and i got good signal @ 36MBps. Left my PC on whole night running BT and manage to download 1.3GB last night, average download speed is 55kbps.

Overall very satisfied with its performance!  

edit: Forgot to add, WRT54GL is on sale in Lowyat 4th floor. Price is a shocking RM270 each. Here's some of my findings (14th July 2006):
- WRT54G v5 (no more older versions), didn't check out the price
- WRT54GS v5 (RM250 lowest i think, haven't bargain)
- WRT54GS v4 (RM260 lowest from TechDos but i'd grabbed the last unit, RM330 from  Linksys booth)
- WRT54GL (RM270, only available at 4th floor)
- WMP54GS (PCI adapter with Speedbooster, RM170 from TechDos)
- WUSB54GS (USB adapter with Speedbooster, RM220 from 4th floor)

mind some one answer my question ? my question is on page 24

If I'm not wrong, there is no way to see your DSL SNR Margin for now.

http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/ddwrt.phpIts under the Wireless category - Clients.

http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/ddwrt.phpIts under the Wireless category - Clients.

I am having the exact same problem. I have read somewhere that WRT54G Wireless isnt that great....Try to change your channel to channel 1 and instead of WPA , use WEP. That should fix it. Change ACK Timing from 2000 to 0 . That should 'fix' your problem for now

anyone mind telling me the improvements of Speedbooster? I still get 54MBps max leh

speedbooster only increased your coverage and stablility of your wireless connection, but not the speed

BS mentioned that the cheapest yet most exellent router is Buffalo WHR G54s which capable to transmit up to 125mbps...and quoted price at $43+ (around rm160). But unluckily it is currently not available in Malaysia. Maybe someone could manage a bulks order for us all here...
P/S: still waiting for any news from Richx...sighh...