
One thing that I demand in a router is the ability to broadcast a secondary SSID for my guest’s to be able to access wireless internet in my home without also having access to my entire network of computers and devices. My SetupĭD-WRT is my personal firmware of choice. These alternate firmwares don’t just provide a consistent administrative experience across all compatible models and brands, they also turn a cheap home router into a flexible and competitive enterprise router. This is the point where you usually break down and start research things like Tomato, OpenWrt, and DD-WRT, just to name a few of the more popular alternatives.

And more advanced functionality that the cheap home interfaces simply don’t grant you. If you’ve done any amount of work with routers, you know that it doesn’t take long to start craving consistency.
