Great hack. Slight diversion but I just bought that router a few weeks ago, flashed it with Tomato Speedmod firmware [2], and love it. First router I've owned

Great hack. Slight diversion but I just bought that router a few weeks ago, flashed it with Tomato Speedmod firmware [2], and love it. First router I've owned in years that is fast, has no lag, no drops, no hangups, and is completely trouble free. Plus, Linux (ssh, etc). I think that's due to the combination of stable, reliable hardware and continually evolving OSS firmware [1][2][3][4] It also occurs to me the extent to which software can squeeze every ounce of power and performance out of even old hardware, but requires time to evolve and optimize (the last 20% of performance/reliability requires 80% of the work, but makes a big difference). Hence, this 2004 router is better than any other router I've owned since then. And I'm not alone in that assessment, as positive reviews are still rolling in weekly [5][6]. In Bill Gate's day, 640k was enough for any good programmer. Eg, systems were hardware bound. But now that appears reversed, and in many cases systems don't reach the hardware's limits simply because the software isn't given enough time to evolve and optimize. By the time the software gets to, say, 80% of the hardware capability, the model is discontinued for a shiny new one, but with software that's starting over again on a new platform. Thankfully that's not always the case, as with this router, or all of Apple's products for instance. 1. Tomato: http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato 2. Tomato speedmod: http://touristinparadise.blogspot.com/2008/04/linksys-wrt54gl-routers-improving.html http://touristinparadise.blogspot.com/2008/04/linksys-wrt54g... 3. OpenWRT: http://openwrt.org/ http://openwrt.org/ 4. DD-WRT: http://www.dd-wrt.com/ http://www.dd-wrt.com/ 5. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124190 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124... 6. http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-WRT54GL-Wireless-G-Broadband-Router/dp/B000BTL0OA/ http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-WRT54GL-Wireless-G-Broad...