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Yes, but you need to first install linux on the router, there are many flavors such as Tomato, OpenWrt, x-wrt, and freewrt, but I think DD-WRT is probably the best place to start. Then you need to split the network as mentioned below.

I find the webif interface to openwrt to be even better.

QoS Setup screenshot

I find the webif interface to openwrt to be even better.

QoS Setup screenshot

There is some controversy surrounding DD-WRT; you must decide if you want to support them or not. I use OpenWrt with the X-Wrt extension, which also has powerful QoS functionality in a GUI.

It's not so hard if you install Webif2 "X-wrt" from http://x-wrt.org/ - ok, before the webui is running you need to log in and use the ipkg to install the darn thing, but past that point you can do pretty much anything via web interface.

I can recommend the X-Wrt add-on suite for OpenWrt. It replaces the OpenWrt webif (web interface) with webif^2, which is much-improved. It adds a lot more control, many more options, real-time performance graphs, and all sorts of neat things. Installation was a single command, or you can do it via a web page.

For those comparing DD-WRT to OpenWRT regarding ease of use - you should check out the webif^2 package for OpenWRT which brings ease of use to the nice OpenWRT backend.

Everything is controlled from a nicely organized GUI, from basic network setup to OpenVPN and chillispot .

Check it out : http://x-wrt.org/

I've used

-OpenWRT
-OpenWRT versions with GUI and tools (there are flavors that are geared towards DD-WRT type users)
-DD-WRT (Several versions)
-Linksys Native Firmware

All of these i've used in production environments and at home. The winner?

Tomato. Yup. It works be the best. It has the best QoS, and just performs better then anything else i've tried. Its one of the few UPnP based units that WORKS all the time with iChat and its needs. IT won't drop NAT relationship tables like DD-WRT loses a PPPoE link and hence screw up my VoIP/IAX connections for my phone systems. Its WDS wireless will stay up for months at a time or longer unlike DD-WRT's which breaks my AirTunes once in awhile.

The only negative is that Tomato does not yet include a VPN server/client of some short, but its the only shortfall. Its stable, works and has a powerful AJAX interface. You can apply changes to nearly anything without losing your PPPoE etc. Alot including DD-WRT just blindly reboot the entire unit if you so much as fart a configuration change.

For me, you say whatever, I say Tomato. It uses what linksys made work, and work well, and the rest is nothing but improvements. DD-WRT is not entirely open source anymore, with Pay Rich-Feature QoS only and a closed source GUI.

OpenWRT with its extensions (http://x-wrt.org/) or Tomato and id say tomato wins hands down out of box experience.
Check out Tomato's GUI demos on the website (flash videos)

Get a Buffalo Unit thats compatible or use the LInksys WRT54GL and enjoy.

http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato
http://x-wrt.org/

I've been using a D-Link 524 router for a while in my home setup. It's given me nothing but trouble, rebooting and randomly blocking computers on the network [part of it's built-in security junk, it's blocking logs show it will block perfectly valid computers for random reasons]. Firmware updates don't seem to fix it.

I got tired of that and searched for a router capable of running OpenWRT in case the default firmware sucked.

I found the Asus WL-500g Premium and bought that for about $100 at the time. The default firmware worked fine, but I decided to try openWRT, then tossed that in favor of X-Wrt which had a better web interface.

The router's current uptime is 37 days with no crashes or any oddities what so ever. Last restart was for a firmware reflash.

As for reception, try lesser-used channels. 6 is a really common channel, so try 1 or 11 instead [or any other channel].

Note however, that if you go the path of openWRT or X-wrt, you're going to have to spend some time working out the kinks at first. Mine worked fine, except wifi couldn't access wan, which took a bit to figure out how to fix it; openWRT's wiki and forum were a big help in figuring out that.

there are a number of ways, from deep packet inspection (studying packets and throttling those that appear BT-ish) to just cutting the uplink speed for a naughty subscriber. i think i my ISP may have done that to me already, judging by my ratios.

i do my own traffic shaping in my house with a linksys router running openwrt and x-wrt. i do all my BT stuff from a vmware machine dedicated to all things BT (a win2k workstation running uTorrent) and i told the QOS config to file all traffic to and from his internal IP as bulk. i also use QOS to give priority to all traffic to and from my VOIP telephone adapter.

in case you are not a linksys firmware freak... putting openwrt on your router is like upgrading your PC to openBSD. loading x-wrt on your openwrt router is like installing KDE on your openBSD machine.

the result is BT can leech and seed 24x7x365, the humans in the house can surf and game unimpeeded and phone calls suffer no jitter from MMORPGS or BT.

i feel sort of like a hypocrite for being a net neutrality fanboy and using QOS inside my firewall... but at least i can trust myself to not degrade my access in favor of my own proprietary offerings.

some may say i am a little too trusting, but i have known me for a long time... i think we can trust eachother.

OpenWRT does have a good web gui, it's just not installed out the box. Check out http://x-wrt.org/. I believe that the people behind both OpenWRT and DD-WRT are working together to merge the two branches. OpenWRT is more configuable, but DD-WRT is easy to use.

I'll try an OpenVPN test tonight & let you know the throughput if I can.