Howto: Linux on your wireless router

Posted by fvillanustre on May 15, 2011 6:14 PM EDT
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Running Linux on your wireless router is not only easy but also fun, and provides functionality that vendors normally reserve for their professional device model lines.

Perhaps you have decided that you need a feature that your old wireless router doesn’t support: How about the ability to provide a VPN service to access your home network securely from remote? Or maybe a guest network for those relatives coming over for Memorial day weekend? Wouldn’t IPv6 support come handy for this upcoming World IPv6 day event?. Or maybe you want to upgrade your home network to make your media server stutter free. In any case, running an alternative third-party firmware can provide you with a plethora of additional options and infuse new life into your older wireless router. In many cases, a third-party firmware is also more reliable, less buggy and runs smoother than the original vendor firmware included with the device.

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