I want to thank the people who wrote the software and the documentation.

I was able to install new firmware into my WRT54GL without any problems. It just plain worked like it was supposed to. I bought a second WRT54GL and installed it there as well, and each unit can see the other. 

My biggest problem now is that I'm too far away from anyone else here in the Charlotte, NC area, so my mesh is only my two nodes. I'll be ready when a neighbor sets one up.  

Thanks again for software and documentation that just plain worked.

de K4EGP