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Oct 17, 2011 | 11:40 am

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Originally Posted by pittpanther

I have had a WRT54G for a decade - it's the first and only wireless router I've ever bought for myself. It has been a rock solid performer all these years, and I believe I updated its firmware maybe once in all this time.

I really have no idea why I would want to invest the time with these alternate firmware options. Over the years I use VOIP phones, the original Slingbox, Netflix streaming. I really haven;t had any trouble with these tools and I have never wished I had more firmware controls available. I guess if you like tuning and tweaking then it might be a plus for you...

try using the voip phone while streaming an HD movie, or someone downloading an itunes update, or doing some picture uploads. Sort of kills the connection. Now, if one has a good cable connection with at a minimum of 1MB upstream and over say 6MB down then it is certainly LESS of a problem but most DSL services don't offer over 600kps upstream IF THAT

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