Installing Linux on my router -- OpenWrt, X-Wrt, or Gargoyle?
jpierce420: I have a WRT-150N wireless N router, and it works great stock.  All Linksys routers from the 54G up have Linux already, and I don't know about the 54G, but mine came stock with a web interface..you just go to 192.168.1.1 in your browser and login and there it is.  Linksys recently released the source for the firmware code on their wireless routers, including the 54G, because some Linux GPL guys found out the routers were Linux- based and threatened to sue them if the code wasn't released.  The code for a bunch of the routers is on the Linksys site.  I've scanned through it, and as far as I can tell it just uses some Broadcom hardware/startup code, some MIPS-specific processor code, a vanilla kernel, and the GNU Zebra routing engine, which has been replaced by Quagga but still works great.  Anyways, not saying that the Open-WRT and others aren't  cool, was just saying my 150N works great and has a web interface.  Do the open-wrt and other custom router distros add many new features that the router wasn't previously capable of? Was wondering bc I haven't looked into them much, but might if there's a substantial increase in performance/features.