DD-WRT Firmware Pimps Your Router

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Routers are nice. You can open ports up and allow a variety of applications to run from inside your network. Most people seem to just run the standard apps. But, some of you want to run everything. You want to tweak things so you can get at anything, from anywhere. Yeah, I know what that’s like. The problem is that you will need a very expensive router to do most of those things. Unless you download and install DD-WRT.  Take your existing, cheap, piece of junk router and turn it into a “sleeper.”  This thing is sick.

DD-WRT is a firmware update for your router. It extends the functionality of the hardware. Here is a list of currently supported routers:

• Allnet
  • All0277
• Askey
  • RT210W, see flashing notes for Siemens SE505 v1
• Asus
  • Asus WL-500G deluxe
  • Asus WL-500G premium (sp3 builds)
  • Asus WL-500G
  • Asus WL-300G
• Belkin
  • F5D7130/7330 (2mb flash)
  • F5D7230-4 v1000, v1010, v1111
  • F5D7230-4 v1444 (2mb flash)

• Buffalo
  • WHR-HP-AG108
  • WHR-G54S
  • WHR-G125 (special build for G125)
  • WHR-HP-G54
  • WZR-HP-G54
  • WZR-RS-G54
  • WVR-G54-NF
  • WBR-G54
  • WBR2-G54
  • WBR2-G54s
  • WLA-G54
  • WLA-G54C (sp3 builds)
• FON
  • LaFonera_(en)

• Linksys
  • WRT54G v1.0, v1.1, v2.0, v2.2, v3.0, v3.1, v4.0, v5.0 (2mb flash), v5.1 (2mb flash), v6.0 (2mb flash)
  • WRT54GL v1.0, v1.1
  • WRT54GS v1.0, v1.1, v2.0, v2.1, v3.0, v4.0, v5.0 (2mb flash), v5.1 (2mb flash), 6.0 (2mb flash)
  • WRTSL54GS v1.0 (as of 2006-0630 nightly builds)
  • WRT150N v1.0 (flashed with generic v24 beta)
  • WRT300N (as of v24 beta 2006-1210)
  • WRT350N v1.0; not the EU-Version v2.0 (as of v24 beta 2006-1212)
• Microsoft
  • MN-700
• Motorola
  • WR850G
  • WE800G v1 (sp3 builds)
• Ravo
  • W54-RT, see flashing notes for Siemens SE505 v1
• Siemens
  • Gigaset SE505
  • Gigaset SX550i

As you can see, the list is pretty extensive. And here is the feature set:

• 13 languages
• 802.1x Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
• Access Restrictions
• Adhoc
• Afterburner
• Client Isolation Mode
• Client Mode (supports multiple connected clients)
• DHCP Forwarder (udhcp)
• DHCP Server (udhcp or Dnsmasq)
• DNS Forwarder (Dnsmasq)
• DMZ
• Dynamic DNS (DynDNS, easyDNS, FreeDNS, No-IP, TZO, ZoneEdit, custom, and others)
• Hotspot Portal (Sputnik Agent ,Chillispot)
• IPv6
• JFFS2 (JFFS2)
• MMC/SD Card Support (hardware modification required)
• NTP
• Ntop Remote Statistic
• OpenVPN Client & Server (only in -vpn build of the firmware)
• Port Triggering
• Port Fowarding
• PPTP VPN Server & Client
• QoS Bandwidth Management
• QoS L7 Packet Classifier (l7-filter)
• RFlow
• Routing (BIRD)
• Samba FS Automount
• Syslog
• Rx Antenna
• Tx Antenna
• Show Status of Wireless Clients and WDS with System Uptime/Processor Utilization
• Site Survey
• SNMP
• SSH server & client (dropbear)
• Startup, Firewall, and Shutdown scripts (startup script)
• Static DHCP
• Style (Changeable GUI; v.23)
• Supports New Devices (WRT54G V3, V3.1, V4, V5 and WRT54GS V2.1, V3, V4)
• Telnet server & client
• Transmit Power Adjustment (0-251mW, default is 28mW, 100mW is safe)
• UPnP
• VLAN
• WOL (Wake On Lan) (WOL)
• WDS Connection Watchdog
• WDS Repeater Mode
• Wireless MAC Address Cloning
• Wireless MAC Filter
• WMM (Wi-Fi MultiMedia QoS)
• WPA over WDS
• WPA/TKIP with AES
• WPA2
• Xbox Kaid (Kai Engine)

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