DD WRT Saved my WIFI

Last year i bought the Linksys WRT150N 4 port Ethernet, with Wireless N. Shortly after Linksys released a Gigabyte version the WRT310N Router.  My wife’s Mac Book’s wireless connection was less than stable and would constantly lose connection.  The store said it had to do with the Mac Book and not the router, even thought the router was only 10 feet away.  We put up with the poor connections until i got a Mac Book Pro and we both had the same issues but never at the same time. Strange i thought.

Linksys support was less than steller. Couldn’t do anything unless i was at home, and when i was home they would not return my support request.  I was talking to the IT guy at work and he mentioned DD-WRT an open source firmware for various routers.

After flashing my router and setting up my port forwarding and triggering, locking it down.

I must say that the interface is much better and does not require rebooting the router after every change. You can simply apply and then save all changes after. It also uses an AJAX interface that makes things snappier.

Even if you don’t have any issues with your router i would suggest looking into DD-WRT, its said that a $60 router can have the features of a $600 router!