So you have yourself a normal off the shelf wrt54g wireless router and you’d like to get more out of it, well here’s some work I’ve done to mine and it’s not too hard and the benefit’s are WELL worth the effort!

What I’ve done is installed the awesome DD-WRT firmware, installed a heat-sink, adjustable cooling fan, potentiometer, and switch to adjust or stop the fan when the noise is not wanted. (really it was more for fun as the heat-sink alone does most of the work allowing you to overclock your router’s processor)

Also it’s been very stable since the upgrades and I am really quite happy with it! And for less then $30.00 worth of parts and some time and effort it’s a bad ass VERY capable router!

Here’s some pic’s of the work involved.

Your soldering point's for your main 12 volt power supply

Added Heat-Sink

Basic connections for the fan, light, potentiometer and switch

Router Guts!

Just prior to final assembly

Running and working a treat!

Top View of router running!

All of the part’s were available at my local Radio Shack including the heat sink (however I did need to trim it down using a dremel) thermal paste, wire, switches, light’s, potentiometer and fan for around $30 bucks. So for under a bill you too can have a pimping router that should run nice and stable, and fast for several years.  Worthy? Absolutely! Nerdy, probably more then your router! If you’ve done any good mods to your router please feel free to post them in the comments and don’t forget to give me a thumbs up!