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No-Cost Trick to Turn Your $60 Router into a $600 Router

Posted at 00:54, 13/05/2008 by LauraWilliams

Maybe the extent of your browsing optimization is placing the router in a good spot

. Or maybe you’d like to take it one step further. Lifehacker

details how to convert a regular $60 router into a powerful, highly configurable $600 router without spending a dime.

You’ll need:

One of the supported routers.
The generic DD-WRT v23 SP1 mini firmware version located here.*
The generic DD-WRT v23 SP1 standard firmware version located here.*

Check out the Lifehacker gallery

for screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

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