Custom router firmware --- is it worth it, and why?

[el mariachi]

I have a Asus WL-520GC with a weird behaviour...

Is it worth the trouble giving it a custom firware? Why would that be a good move?

[dragos240]

I have a Asus WL-520GC with a weird behaviour...

Is it worth the trouble giving it a custom firware? Why would that be a good move?

It could give it better performance, but be careful what custom firmware you choose, because some are still in beta, and could get your router bricked.

[el mariachi]

I'm just asking about what the pros are first... I don't even know which custom firmwares are supported by my router (i just know of the existance of tomato and dd-wrt)

[fjf]

I have the dd-wrt in my lynksys and it is much more stable. Now the disconnections are rare.

[matthew]

I use dd-wrt on my old Linksys wrt-54g, ver2. The original firmware was pretty good, but dd-wrt gives me more stability, stronger connections, an adjustible signal strength, and better options for traffic filtering based on ports and usage. I am sold and will specifically look for a router it will work on when this one dies or becomes too outdated to be useful.

[el mariachi]

Thanks everyone! guess all is left to do is try the thing hehe I'll give dd-wrt a spin ;)

[OffHand]

Thanks everyone! guess all is left to do is try the thing hehe I'll give dd-wrt a spin ;)
Just don't rush it and read the instructions (twice).

[el mariachi]

humm I'm already using, without reading them lol the router is behaving half-perfectly (before it was worse). it's better :D