[Linux] Linksys WRT54GL and OpenWRT

[Chris 'Chipper' Chiapusio]

On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 08:25:09PM -0600, Steven Benmosh wrote:
>
>   So my questions are:
>
>   1. Is OpenWRT the best software to use, or is there something else/better
>   for that purpose?
>
>   2. How likely am I to obliterate my router by misconfiguring or using
>   OpenWRT, either permanently or temporarily?
>
>   3. If/when I install OpenWRT, would it be ready to go as a router (without
>   throttling or anything advanced), or would it have to be configured
>   correctly before I can access the net from my home?
>
>   Any advice from people with exprience would be appreciated.
>
>   Z.
>
I've used Sveasoft, and then DD-Wrt (and still do on my v6 for VAPs), but the best
firmware for a border gateway is Tomato.  The QoS really works, its really
easy to understand, and built in real-time and historical graphing make it an
excellent choice.  The only thing I miss is snmpd, but its a small price to
pay for real working QoS.

http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato

Follow the directions to a 'T'.  Remember in school how they told you to read
all the instructions before starting to solve a problem. Do that.

As for usability 'out of the box', you may have to configure your upstream
connection if you are not a provided a DHCP address.  You wil also want to
enable your prefered flavor of encryption for the Wifi, but other than that
all the basic stuff is set up and waiting for you to tweak it.

Chip

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