Programmable Wireless Router

hello folks, sorry its been such a long time visiting.

I am doing a project for uni which will mean making a router do some unusual things like talking to other types of network. I need to find a wireless router (speed is irrelevant) which can be reprogrammed. It will need a nice big buffer because i intend to change the way the routing tables are structured and i intend to have a large store and forward memory.

My question is, has anyone here ever tried such a thing and if so would they recommend a company which makes routers which may be good for reprogramming?

I would prefer to buy a router and change it but if no-one has any ideas, i will try asking belkin or cisco (probably without a reply) and then decide to use a pc as a router. but like i said i think for this project, having something that isnt as expensive as a computer and not too much more expensive than a normal wireless router, would be ideal.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.


Cheers
Chris.

PS. I have a belkin 802.11b Access point. Will this be possible. I know its a really odd subject but if anyone at all has any comments...

 

Linksys WRT54G uses open source firmware so you would be able to modify the source to do anything you want. It is the only wireless router that I know of that is open source.

 

You are a star! That is exactly the kind of thing i was looking for!

I had a feeling you might know something about that.

Cheers again.

Chris.