Has anyone actually successfully installed the Linksys branded firmware into the Netgear?

I haven't done it yet myself, as I don't need to yet. However there were reports over on http://www.practicallynetworked.com/ of people successfully doing it. Anyway, the latest Netgear firmware also claims to support client mode, so the Linksys firmware might not be needed.

A couple of quotes from the http://www.practicallynetworked.com/ forum:

"Wishing I bought the Linksys at this point. Saw an earlier review here that said they successfully flashed their ME102 with Linksys' WAP11 firmware.


IT WORKED! PERFECTLY!

Now I have a WAP11 in sheeps clothing. Wish Linksys got the benefit from the sale. Oh well, my first purchase of Netgear equipment - my last purchase of netgear equipment. I will not support a company that will not support their products. Simple as that."

"One little bonus I found is that you can update this unit to 128 bit WEP and have it act as a wireless bridge by using the Linksys WAP11 firmware.

Seems that both products use the same chipset, so it flashes with the Linksys firmware with no problems. Also the Linksys utilitys are much more robust then the one that come from Netgear."