DNS resolving works, but no sites would connect. The firmware reverted back fine, but now I can’t seem to even go online. I thought maybe I got the wrong version of the firmware, so I tried to installing the newest firmware from Linksys to see if the problem still occured. However, I noticed that websites were loading awfully slow and when I tried to download a file, it would only get 4KB/s and eventually disconnect. The firmware upgrade went through fine, and I started customizing the settings and adding port forwards. I finished upgraded the firmware to DD-WRT v2.3 (Standard Generic). DD-WRT on the other hand is trying to replace what Sveasoft’s has done with Alchemy and to continue the project freely.
HyperWRT is the enhanced version of the existing Linksys firmware with bonuses, but has only a limited feature set. Talisman, their old firmware which works on the WRT54G and WRT54GS, is still free, but Alchemy, their firmware that works on the WRT54GL is not. Sveasoft decided to charge for their newest firmware ($20/yr for support). There are several open source firmwares that work with this mode: At which then I’ll have to unplug the router and power it back on. So I recently purchased a Linksys WRT54GL, hopefully to solve my lagging problem when the old Belkin router was ever overloaded with packets and connections.
