DD-WRT is a third party firmware which is open source. You can install it in different wireless routers. Please check DD-WRT hardware compatibility to see if your router is supported.

There are many advantages when running third party firmware instead of the factory defaults. The first one is flexibility because they allow you to do many things that normally you can’t do with proprietary firmware. The second is better support.

Believe it or not, it is more likely that you can find a solution to your problem in these communities than in the manufacturer’s site.

DD-WRT is a great firmware, but the thing i don’t like about it is the endless beta revisions and versions. And also, sometimes the authors add features that are useful to some but break other features already working. I recommend you to stick to final versions or stable releases.

If you are interested in third party firmware for routers, please read my previous article, where i wrote about this topic and Tomato, my favorite firmware (i have it installed on my home router) for its minimalistic interface, great charts and useful features.

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