Wireless Routers for Linux?

[Temlakos]

Eugen Leitl wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 03:07:21PM -0500, Mike Chambers wrote:
> 
>>On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 21:19 +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Linksys hardware is ok. Just don't use Linksys firmware.
>>
>>Where else would you get firmware besides Linksys?  Never new anything
>>outside Linksys existed until now.
> 
> 
> Linksys got caught violating GPL, and were forced to post sources.
> Multiple forks sprang up, with literally dozens of alternative
> firmware sources available.
> 
> I'm recommending OpenWRT, but there are several more suitable (coming
> with a rich GUI):
> 
> 	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G
> 
> 
> 

Maybe that explains why Linksys issued "Version Five" of their router, 
with only half the RAM and EEPROM, and a proprietary "operating system." 
But I digress.

I'm more interested in what one can do with OpenWRT or another 
Linux-embed OS for router boxes, that one cannot do with the 
factory-default OS. I've heard that one can establish VPN's with a 
minimum of fuss. True? And if so, how?

Temlakos