Customizing Router Firmware

i've got 开发者_开发知识库a netgear DG834 router, and i want to have a go at hacking the firmware on it to try and add a Wake on Lan option. Netgear let you download the source and the tools to build an image, but i'm not sure where to start.

I've never programmed on a unix platform before, and never done any firmware hacking, just wondering if anyone knows any good resources i can look through

Ta

Check for openwrt or tomato or some other firmware.

Well, hacking would be fine... except that wake-on-lan requires hardware support, which almost certainly does not exist in your device.