# WRT54G History: The Router That Accidentally Went Open Source

<https://tedium.co/2021/01/13/linksys-wrt54g-router-history/>

- Host: [tedium.co](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/tedium.co/)
- Saved: January 14, 2021 (2021-01-15T02:01:17Z)
- Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/94287337e0f5/
- JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/94287337e0f5.json

## What Jamie wrote

This was the router of legend, and people did so much with it. Great history here. I tried to buy one to play with, but [ended up buying one that couldn't be modded](https://www.thingelstad.com/2005/12/02/the-notsoopen-wrtg.html).

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

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## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://tedium.co/2021/01/13/linksys-wrt54g-router-history/