As you may have read, I had some troubles with my Linksys ADSL Wireless router a while ago.. see here for the story
At the end of this journey, I was still believing Linksys was a good company making good products.
Read on.
I bought a Linksys wireless DSL gateway on Ebay in May. It was still under warranty as Linksys products are covered for 3 years.
According to the seller, the unit was brand new and had never been used, as it was a unit that was sent to him from a RMA procedure. In the meantime, he had bought another router.
The exact model I got was a WAG54G-E2 (hardware version 2) with firmware 1.00.43.
The WAG54G-E2 v2 looked like this
The problems
When I tried to change the DDNS settings (for DynDNS), I was getting an error “Strange server response, are you connecting to the right server?”
After googling the error out, I found out this error was fixed in a later release of the firmware.
I got my DS-101 (discontinued product) today and I’m so excited about it I want to tell the world ASAP 
The Synology DS-101 is a Network Attached Storage unit.
By default, it allows FTP and SMB connectivity.
I made a lan tap following this great guide : http://www.ossmann.com/5-in-1.html
This is the schema :
Another link : http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/infosys/security/snort/docs/tap/
I made a loopback plug too and the short cross over cable too…
Here’s my kit :
I used to run my Linksys WPA54G v2 AP with the HyperWAP 1.0 firmware (it original came with a v2.08 firmware)
It was allowing me to decrease the signal so no one could catch my signal across the street. HyperWAP 1.0 was based on Linksys 2.07 firmware which is quite old.
Linksys released a 3.04 firmware a while ago.
Some people released an HyperWAP based on this firmware, adding the few options HyperWAP was already giving and WPA2 security.
I now have WPA2 !! 
Please read http://www.hyperwap.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=53
Download : http://www.wains.be/pub/linksys/wap54g_v3-3.04.02-hyperwap_V3.zip
MD5 : 9ec257a3037816182317dbb0f47bf452
Use at your own risk, be careful about the compatibility with your hardware !
This is my new laptop
I can’t swear it is fully Linux compatible, I haven’t tested the modem yet.
EDIT 24 jan 07 : Sound issue was fixed by installing the latest alsa drivers manually (I currently am under Ubunbu 6.10)
Specifications :
Intel Core Duo T2300 @ 1.66 Ghz
512 MB DDR2 533 Mhz
60 Gb HDD Fujitsu 5400 RPM SATA
DVD+-RW
15″ XGA 1024×768
56K Modem / LAN
Wireless Intel IPW3945 abg (WPA2 working under Ubuntu 6.06)
Ms Windows XP Home Edition (blah)
Currently running Fedora Core 5
EDIT : now running Ubuntu 6.06
For those wondering, bought at Makro for €799 on 10 aug 2006
It’s quite a deal, you just don’t get the new brightview screens and card readers, but I didn’t think it was worth the extra €200+
lspci output
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1b.0 0403: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controllers cc=IDE (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
0000:02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 4222 (rev 02)
0000:0a:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:0a:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
