WRT54G

WRT54G/GL running DD-WRT. Started buying them in 2004? 2005? and installed them in all of my family's houses and had them VPN back to a server at my house. Ran perfectly before I replaced them with Ubiquiti gear about 10 years ago. Sure, by that time they were getting a bit long in the tooth, but they still ran and ran well.

>"*They look a lot cooler now than back in the day.*" Some of us actually like the look of the o.g. Linksys WRT54G from 20 years ago. https://preview.redd.it/od03mx6a99ff1.jpeg?width=2800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4d1b717e3a99e538c70937c34673fbb5944e229

Same. I had updated the firmware to one of the open source ones and it just keep running. It wasn't until I got "too many" newer devices in the house that overloaded it (random devices would drop off with no warning) that I needed to replace it. I relaxed it with a beefy ASUS, but that thing died after like 18 months. Since then, I use access points and pass everything through an actual firewall... No more consumer grade "routers" for me.

ASUS RT-N66U. Bought it to replace my WRT54G that failed 13 or 14 years ago and still am using it.

WRT54G with DD-WRT and a cantenna. Despite what the haters say, cantennas made a measurable difference if setup correctly.