Quote Originally Posted by cyberfish View Post
Thid party firmwares also add cool things like VPN, adjustable transmit power, better firewall etc. Well worth the small risk of bricking the router (won't happen if done correctly) IMHO =P.
While trying to restore the original firmware of my WRT54G (v5), it actually got bricked. I was doing this so I could sell it... guess it won't happen any time soon.

I did follow the procedure but there was something abnormal with it. While restoring the original firmware, the light were supposed to stop blinking after a couple of minutes, but in my case, it was still blinking after more than 1 hour, so I decided to unplug/restart it, even if they were telling not to do so.

I have heard there's way to unbrick it, but I've never looked further.