How do I build a great home router?

How do I build a great home router? My trusty old WRT54G seems to have stopped working and I have an old Dell around, so I thought "why not use the old computer as a router?" Where can I find good information on setting up this machine as a router? Some things I'd like:
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bert [Entry]

"There are a lot of BSD based Router distros out there.
I personally use OpenBSD as it is touted as Secure by default. Having installed it a number of times, it now take me less than 15 minutes for a fresh install. It has a great packages system, and has a new release every six months, but you can keep running your router as long as you need. It is basically a rock solid BSD operating system.

I have been using OpenBSD for over 8 years as a firewall/router/content-filtering-cache for my home network. The best part of most modern BSD distros is that they use OpenBSD's Packet Filter (PF) which IMHO is the easiest firewall ruleset to configure.

If you want a pre-setup disto, check out www.bsdrouterdotorg."

bert [Entry]

I suggest Vyatta Community Edition. It's built on a Debian base.