John R Pierce wrote:
But I've been reading posts recently saying that there hasn't really been a Linux router to replace the WRT54GL, and in particular Linksys's recent 11n replacement is not as good as the old model in many ways.
thats a very odd statement. the radios on the WRT54Gx family were nowhere near as good as the N600 and such newer radios. the WRT54's had very slow processors.
My broadband speed is 6.58Mbps. (I am in a fairly remote location.) I connect to my router/access point at close to the advertised speed of 54Mbps, so I don't think there is any danger of taxing the router. I don't think the router's speed makes much difference unless the broadband connection is an order of magnitude greater than mine.
I notice that the Linksys WRT54GL is still recommended by the dd-wrt wiki, http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Index:FAQ #Which_router_should_I_buy.3F.