I tried several other router OS'es like pfsense, m0n0wall, and zeroshell, but preferred DD-WRT x86. Power consumption measured using a kill-a-watt is 16 watts under normal use for comparison my old Asus WL-500W router with DD-WRT used 13 watts if I plugged in a USB stick for storage/optware. But I have no need for any of those, since Windows Server 2003 has USB support, with the ability to run Windows programs there is no need for optware, and my mini-pcie wireless N adapter supports access-point mode in Windows. The only things missing are optware, USB support, and WiFi. This build of dd-wrt x86 standard supports 65535 connections. I am running an older build of DD-WRT from 2010 because the newer non professional builds only support 4096 simultaneous connections unless you buy dd-wrt pro and activate. My native OS is Windows Server 2003 DD-WRT runs in a Virtual Machine.
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