Linksys WAG354G v2 1.01.54 firmware
I have upgraded my Linksys WAG354G v2 firmware to 1.01.57 and then to 1.01.58 the other day and that’s where the things got sour: wireless network has suffered a slight decrease in access range and wireless clients started failing authentication using encrypted WPA-PSK.
Upon further investigation, I found out that several people have also reported the same problems. Unfortunately, Linksys web site offers only 1.01.57 and 1.01.58 revisions of the firmware, and unfortunately, they both have the same flaw with wireless network. A temporary workaround that I have found was going into router’s settings and hitting the ‘Save settings’ button on the wireless settings page – that seemed to kick things back into action, but not for long. Increasing the group key renewal time didn’t help either.
After two days of talking to Linksys tech support using LiveChat on their web site, I was able to finally get my hands on the 1.01.54 rev.004 firmware. After downgrading from 1.01.58 back to 1.01.54 things went back to normal – wireless authentication is working again flawlessly.
To make things easier for people with the same problem, I have decided to upload the firmware for public download:
Download Linksys WAG354G v2 1.01.54 firmware
6 Responses to “Linksys WAG354G v2 1.01.54 firmware”
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deepak on July 3rd, 2010
Thanks a lot.. i wasted 2 days with the live support. they didnt give me the .54 firmware which my router had before the upgrade. i am facing problem with dead slow internet and works fine for sometime once i reset the modem. hopefully the downgrade will solve my problem.
admin on July 9th, 2010
@deepak Ask your ISP to check your line for errors, look into changing ADSL filter and see how the downgrade goes.
nico on June 23rd, 2010
Awesome, thank you! Saved me buying a new router :) I upgraded a couple of weeks ago to .58 and clients would fail to authenticate on the wireless after a couple of days.
kazade on May 4th, 2010
You Legend. I dug out my old WAG354G the other day after O2 blocked VPNs on their own router. I updated the firmware and have spent the last 2 days trying to get Wifi to work properly, I was about to give up when I stumbled across this post. The above firmware fixed it, excellent!
Thanks!!
Arnaldo on November 4th, 2009
Appreciated, upgraded hoping to get better wifi coverage and it turned out there were worse problems with wifi.
Alex on August 14th, 2009
Thank you! That is such a great help, really good of you.