The original poster mentioned that they did not want to have to deal with maintaining self-installed open source firmware. Even if an open source firmware was

The original poster mentioned that they did not want to have to deal with maintaining self-installed open source firmware. Even if an open source firmware was the preferred solution, OpenWRT or another libre firmware would be a better choice. DD-WRT is harder to keep updated, often relies on closed source wireless drivers, and has had several remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in the past.