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WGR614L Announced at CES - To Arrive In First Quarter 2008
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We have some exciting news from Netgear! At CES 2008, the company announced the newest in their line of open source routers: the WGR614L.
This Wireless-G router is a customizable open source product. At its heart is a Linux operating system, which can be modified at will by users to arrive at customer software applications or to achieve custom functionality and optimizations.
It utilizes a faster 240 MHz core clock, with the potential of overclocking. You'll be able to use a wide variety of third party firmwares, such as Sveasoft, Tomato, and DD-WRT. The WGR614L also implements WPS and WPA2 standards to make it compatible with Windows Vista (some open source firmwares may affect this functionality.)
Due to its ease of use, rich customization options, and enhanced CPU, the WGR614L is slated to be the new "router of choice" for those introducing themselves to the world of open source routers.
We'll keep you posted as we hear more about this exciting new product from Netgear!
Comparison of WGR614L and KWGR614 Routers
| Feature | WGR614L | KWGR614 |
| CPU | 24-MHz MIPS32 CPU core with 16-KB instruction cache, 16-KB data cache, and 1-KB pre-fetch cache | LX5280 32-bit RISC CPU, clock rates up to 200 MHz, embedded 4K I-Cache, 4K D-Cache, 8K I-MEM, 4K D-MEM |
| WiFi Chipset | Integrated Broadcom 5354 | Realtek 8185L onboard |
| RAM | 16MB | 16MB |
| FLASH | 4MB | 4MB |
| CPU MHz | 240 MHz (overclockable) | 200 MHz |
| System Clock | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Ethernet | 4+1 port 10/100 | 4+1 port 10/100 |
| Hardware Switch | Integrated L2 Switch Only | Integrated L2/L3/L4 switch forwarding, filtering and Access Control Accelerator in ROME hardware. Frees up CPU for most of the traffic and allows wire speed forwarding. |
| External Antenna | Single | Dipole |
| Antenna Gain | 2 dBi | Two detachable 2 dBi antenna |
| Replaceable Antennae | Fixed | Replaceable |
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