Update? wrt54g v.2

Do I need to update or download anything for this. I have had it for a year or 2 and have not preformed any updated. I am not haveing any trouble with this model wrt54g v 2.
Thanks

My guess is Linksys won't help you with installing an older firmware. Linksys has an ftp server with may older firmware files.
Address ftp://ftp.linksys.com/
Router firmware is at ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/network/
It is a little bit hard to navigate at times because the filenames don't use a consistent naming schema and some are mixed cases, some a lower case. I think the firmware you are running at the moment is
ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/network/wrt54gv2_2.04.4_US_code.zip
Thus you should be able to revert back to your current firmware version using the link above. I have never read that it is not possible to install an older firmware. It is probably advisable to do a factory reset after downgrading to an older firmware to clear out any settings which only the new firmware uses...

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