I recently bought a very inexpensive (rebated) Asus WL-520GU router and flashed it with DD-WRT. I plugged in an old usb printer to the router and set up a print service on the router. It can also mount a usb drive and has an ftp service. I think it could do samba too, but I haven't gone that far. It's working very well for me. Everything I read about the router was positive about the hardware and advised replacing the firmware. It took a couple hours to do the multiple steps but it was well documented.<br>
<br>Kendall<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Kenneth Younger <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kyounger@gmail.com">kyounger@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
I'm in the market to buy a new Wireless Router with all the bells and whistles.<br><br>I've long be interested in running a custom firmware, because I know they deliver a lot of functionality that the manufacturer's can't -- at least that's how it was a while back when I was looking into it.<br>
<br>What are your opinions on this? Do you feel like it's necessary to use these anymore, other than from a hobbyist perspective? (ok Josh, I'll give you that they are probably a bit more secure too :)<br><br>-Kenny<br>
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