I have a vanilla Linksys WRT54GL on my home network. This feeds directly into an HP ProCurve 2524 manageable switch which connects the many devices in my home office. Why am I using an enterprise grade manageable switch in my home office? Because I can.After reading about how to upgrade your router to a super-router on Lifehacker, I just couldn't resist. I installed the open-source Tomato firmware per the instructions on Lifehacker. I gave and it try, and I'm definitely impressed.
The default transmit power of the WRT54GL is a miserable 42mW. Using
the Tomato firmware, I temporarily adjusted my transmit power to a
whopping 251 mW. However, be warned, any transmit power above 80 mW
can cause significant damage to the unit. After leaving the router
running at 251 mW for about 5-10 minutes, the top of the unit was
scorching hot. I immediately turned the power back down to around 80
mW and it has been running fine ever since.
Wikipedia has a nice overview of the Tomato firmware.
Wikipedia has a nice overview of the Tomato firmware.
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