An old favorite at an unbeatable price, the Linksys WRT54g gives high speed wireless connectivity for household and small office applications.

The WRT54G is well known for its linux based software. When hackers found that the core was just a slight variation on linux and could be reprogrammed to offer a whole array of functions, the days of the multi-functional wireless router began.

Besides being a router for up to four computers with a wired connection the wireless connection allows users to connect via their wireless cards.

The router can be setup to do DHCP, automatically assigning IP addresses to computers that connect to it. There is auto-negotiation of connection speed, depending on the capabilities of the computer connecting to it.

Most unnoticed, but probably the most important is wireless encryption and security. Make sure to set it up with the highest security possible using a shared key, otherwise it could be hijacked by someone in the neighborhood. And also change the admin password that allows you to access the router.

For the adventurous, go to DD-WRT and try out some of their options to spice up your router with some really cool functions.

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