I flashed my WRT54GS to DD-WRT v23 and I am sooo happy.

I am also quite glad I did not sell my router; for at one point I was considering a "newer model" (I have v1.0) which would have meant that I would be downgrading. It turns out that LinkSys had decided to reduce the amount of ram and flash bios options in the newer releases of the hardware to prevent people from being "hacked" and flashed to other firmwares (eg: DD-WRT)

Click here to go to the DD-WRT web site.
Click here to read more about LinkSys WRT54GS routers on WikiPedia.

Here are 2  tips that I hope will save somebody a sweat sometime:

Problem #1: The "Firmware Upgrade" and "Backup" tabs have disabled links. They can not be clicked.

After flashing the firmware from LinkSys to DD-WRT everything will work fine... Everything but these two tabs. And there are no workarounds except a factory reset. Yeap, a dreaded factory reset. Which means that everything will go back to stone age, all settings will be resetted. But for the good of all, a sacrifice of one is acceptable. Reset and the two tabs will come back to life. After this operation though, you should quickly install the Service Pack of the firmware. I suggest downloading the service pack beforehand and then doing this.

Problem #2: After you flash to the Service Pack 2 of the v23 firmware (do not forget to do this by the way) you will not be able to login with the default username and password (root & admin)

The service pack flash will reset your router's user credentials to u:root & p:admin. This is a default behaviour, there's nothing you can do about it. So, what you would want to do is disable the wireless, flash the service pack, login and change the root user and password... as fast as you can... Because you feel vulnerable... Alas, you can not login! The username and password combination is NOT WORKING! You start sweating. Did something go wrong? Was the flash not successful? Do you have a cross-cable to connect to this thing on console? Does this thing have terminal access? Telnet? What the hell...

And then there was light...

Telnet will respond and you will love that non blinking cursor all over again. You will find out that you can actually login with the default user and password, but, the web interface will not respond to this. Here is the solution: At the back of the router is a "reset button". Keep it pressed for about 10 seconds and release. The router will do a cold boot, and voila! The web interface will respond to the username and password. First things first, go to the administration tab and change the username and password immediately!

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Manner rule #1: Cover your mouth when yawning!

It is one of the primary etiquette rules and public manners. I do not want to see deep into your throat, your dirty teeth, your fillings and whatnot. Animals yawn like that, we humans don't!

Manner rule #2: Keep your mouth shut when chewing your food!

Unless you are a peasant this rule does apply to you. Civilized table manners require any human to behave and try to keep the food processing that is going on inside their mouth private. The person sitting opposite to you is not very interested in seeing the chewed food inside your mouth, or hearing the noises you so joyously proudce whilst chewing it. IT IS DISGUSTING AND ANNOYING! Animals, for the lack of lips and basic manners chew food like that. Actually, most of you do look like animals when you are chewing your food with your mouth open and making a rackett in the sack! When I'm eating with such an individual the inevitable mouth movements accompanied by the slurping noises always reminds me of cows, cats, dogs and various farm animals enjoying their meals. And don't even get me started on the way you chew your gum! Just, have a friend capture you on a video camera and compare your chewing gum with a cow grazing happily. You do belong with the cow, really!

Manner rule #3: No matter how quiet you do it, you do not fart when you are in the company of others!

I don't know who set you free. But you ought to be locked up in a room with people of your kind. Farting and excusing yourself from your nitrous by-products. Go to the bathroom, fart there and use the darn room spray. There's a reason for it!

Manner rule #4: Keep your voice down!

Your private conversation is no longer private if everybody within a half-mile radious can hear it. Whether you are on the phone or on a roll, if you are not on the stage and if I didn't pay to hear you mumble about your love life, keep it to yourself. It's really not that hard. Just talk a little lower and respect other people.

Boy, am I in the wrong part of the universe or what? How did civilization move in the opposite direction?

Here, a search for "books on public manners" done for you. Buy a couple of them and study. Maybe you'll learn something.