What You Said: Supercharging Your Home Router
Earlier this week we asked you to share the ways you’ve enhanced your home router. We’ve rounded up the responses here; read on to see how your fellow readers supercharge their home routers.
Custom firmware rules the roost when it comes to tweaking your router. The majority of responding readers highlighted the custom firmware on their routers and the benefits in provided. Kevin, for example, runs his entire extended Wi-Fi network using DD-WRT:
My main router is a Linksys with DD-WRT. It runs QOS, a private VPN, some port-forwarding and manages my PPPOE connection. (My DSL modem is in bridge mode and is completely passive.)
I have a couple of other Linksys/DD-WRT units that act as wireless bridges. One of them is connected to a couple of cheap Ubuntu boxes that act as network storage and do nightly, on-site back-ups of all of my data. Now, if I can just find an off-site solution that’s not too pricey.
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