>Oh and if your thinking I can install dd-wrt then check it out as currently they don't support the chipset inside the ea3500 and have no plans to either. Curre

>Oh and if your thinking I can install dd-wrt then check it out as currently they don't support the chipset inside the ea3500 and have no plans to either. Currently. A better strategy is buying a router based on whether it is supported by FOSS firmware or not. Just eliminate any router that isn't, and pick from what's left. Even if you end up with older hardware, you get the benefit of highly tuned software for it which can compensate for the hardware. I'm still mind-blown by how good my Linksys WRT54GL [1] is running Tomato Speedmod [2]. Best, most trouble-free router I've ever owned. I get the strong impression that the corporate firmware is produced to be just good enough, whereas something like Speedmod has been continually tweaked, tuned, and improved over ~8 years. Like a late-cycle console game squeezing every ounce of performance out of older console hardware. 1.a. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series#WRT54GL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series#WRT54GL 1.b. http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-WRT54GL-Wireless-G-Broadband-Router/dp/B000BTL0OA?tag=duckduckgo-d-20 http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-WRT54GL-Wireless-G-Broad... 2. http://touristinparadise.blogspot.com/2008/04/linksys-wrt54gl-routers-improving.html http://touristinparadise.blogspot.com/2008/04/linksys-wrt54g...