Comment Re:Here you go (Score 1) 344
Oh, and another thing; multihoming. If you need multiple IPs, there is NO way to set it up in the GUI. You need to go to the shell prompt to do that, and create your forwarding rules in iptables. If you need to do that, you may as well set up a full-blown PC and forget about WRT altogether.
Why? The hardware cost would be higher, the power consumption would be dramatically higher, it would generate much more noise, and it would require more space. Either way, I'd still be adding a second IP to the external interface and configuring static NAT via a shell.
Generally, people who have multiple public IPs also have someone on staff who configures their equipment for them. That kind of a configuration is also relatively trivial. On the other hand, improving DD-WRT's GUI for QoS/traffic shaping would probably benefit more users. That's something, which is quite a bit more complicated to do from a shell, that could benefit many less-knowledgeable users who use their connection for VoIP and online gaming.