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Jmac · 06-22-2009, 11:00 PM

The WRT54G has shitty memory management (at least without 3rd party firmware and, even then, it's only OK ... I had a Rev. 2 w/ 8 MB of memory and a 250 MHz CPU and, even with DD-WRT or Tomato, I had to power cycle the thing every week or two).

Depending on which revision you have of the DIR-625, you may have 4 MB or 16 MB of onboard memory and early firmwares didn't really have great memory management. Upgrading the firmware certainly would help and, if you turn off the auto-detect connection speed feature (manually set your connection type and speed), it will probably run for weeks, if not months (if you have the 16 MB model), without a power cycle, even with heavy bittorrent use.

06-22-2009, 11:00 PM	#6
Jmac Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Duncan, BC Posts: 10,128 Thanked 5,568 Times in 2,107 Posts Failed 231 Times in 90 Posts	The WRT54G has shitty memory management (at least without 3rd party firmware and, even then, it's only OK ... I had a Rev. 2 w/ 8 MB of memory and a 250 MHz CPU and, even with DD-WRT or Tomato, I had to power cycle the thing every week or two). Depending on which revision you have of the DIR-625, you may have 4 MB or 16 MB of onboard memory and early firmwares didn't really have great memory management. Upgrading the firmware certainly would help and, if you turn off the auto-detect connection speed feature (manually set your connection type and speed), it will probably run for weeks, if not months (if you have the 16 MB model), without a power cycle, even with heavy bittorrent use.