<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Mike Miller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mbmiller%2Bl@gmail.com">mbmiller+l@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;">
On Sat, 3 Jul 2010, Brian Wall wrote:<br>
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> You can do *useful* things with the linux firmware, not true with<br>
> Linksys.<br>
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Can you give some examples of the useful things people are doing with the<br>
DD-WRT?<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br>Beyond the improved stability.... <br><br>1) Larger number of port-forward rules - Linksys had a hard-cap of 10 rules and I needed more than that. <br>2) Graphical bandwidth utilization monitoring for WAN, LAN, and WLAN. This functionality helped me track perceive some periodic bandwidth spikes coming from my wireless link that were causing me issues at times. (My wife's iPhone - forgot the damn things have wi-fi capability and she didn't even realize the wi-fi was on despite lamenting her battery didn't seem to be lasting as long as usual). <br>
3) Overall there were a lot more configuration options all over the place. <br><br>-Rob<br> </div></div>