I am looking into buying a Linksys WRT54G series to use as my router, DNS and Firewall.
I would like to be able to share my internet connection with a couple of other small organisations too and have control over the management of such a service.
Which of the firmware options is best suited for sharing connections and possibly boosting the signal in other offices?
EDIT: There will probably be a maximum of approx. 25 people using the network at 1 time.
Best Answer
It's not really answering the question, but you might run into trouble with the hardware itself not being capable of handling office volumes of traffic.
The WRT54G is a home-grade router, and often not even capable of handling home traffic levels! (I've crashed at least one with my home network.)
You'd probably be better off with a Cisco 877W router.
To answer the question, probably DD-WRT, it seems to have the most robust featureset.
It's also not clear whether any of the modified firmwares support VLAN tagging (I suspect not), but it's something that I'd really want if i were sharing a connection between multiple separate networks. Another reason why a more high-end router would be more suitable for the job.