I just bought a Linksys WRT54GL to replace a 7+ year old US Robotics cable router that gave up on e last week.
I used to assign static IP addresses through the router by their mac address... there doesn't seem to be a function for it on the firmware supplied... What firmware should I change it to to be able to set this up?
I also wanted to change the router IP address to something unusual like 192.168.111.222 so it would be more secure from idiots should any try to mess with my setup, but I found I was also unable to change it on the standard firmware, as it seems like it is a requirement to have LAN addresses following on from the router IP.
So what's the best firmware for this open source router? It has to be 100% stable please! And how hard is it to install?
-EDIT- additional question:
This is also the first time I've had UPnP on a router, how does that work? And is it a security hole that could be easially abused? - I clicked on one of my applications to use UPnP to configure the ports, and was suprised an how easially it worked, with just one click!


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Why couldn't this bloody router just come with the features I wanted already on it! I take it loading a 3rd party firmware will void my warranty? Maybe I should wait a while to burn it in first to make sure it doesn't do anything unusual!?

