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Hacking your Linksys WRT54G, Changing to 3rd party firmware

First off, if you don't have a stateful packet inspection firewall/router protecting your broadband connection, you should get one.

For those needing wireless support and want good security, I highly suggest the Linksys WRT54G family of wireless routers. I recommend them because they are solid boxes and one of the few wireless routers I have found that do stateful packet inspection.

And the best part is that you can use a 3rd party firmware instead of what comes on the unit. How is this possible? The WRT54G family of routers uses firmware based on Linux. Hacking your Linksys WRT54G - Changing to 3rd party firmware | Computerworld Blogs

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