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DD-WRT

The drop-in replacement for Broadcom-based wireless routers, including the Linksys WRT54GL that I’m using at the lab, replacing the Airport Extreme Base Stations.

Unlike OpenWRT, DD-WRT attempts to mimic the web-based interface of the factory Linksys firmware. Menus are very similar, and exactly the same in some places. DD-WRT just adds a better-looking interface and lots more configuration choices.

Among the things it gives you over the standard firmware are:

  • A “Control Panel” web page showing clients and signal strength
  • An SSH interface
  • Hotspot support, built-in. No need for ZoneCD.
  • SNMP support
  • Radio power tweaking
  • overclocking the Broadcom chipset
  • Better firewall and VPN software
  • Samba fileshare mounting
  • Static DHCP and static routing

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