Linksys WRT54GS Wireless Router

Even though this WAS the best SOHO Router out on the market (Small office/Home office)Linksys cut down the quality of their manufacturing parts when they joined forces with CISCO. CISCO was realizing that a lot of large business were using these very small cheap linksys routers instead of spending a boatload on CISCO hardware. Their solution: they made the new Linksys routers come with less RAM and a different CPU and chipset. Most users wouldn't know this, it isn't on the box, it isn't on their website, but it IS inside everyone of the new routers. The chipset is now not a linux based, so people who want to have their own firmware can't do that any longer. On top of that, the RAM was decreased. This decrease in RAM made one problem... slower connection.

You might want to do some research about this Linksys if you plan on doing any firmware hacking or are trying to tweak your network to the max. BUT, this router is GREAT for home users, however I would not recommend it for business with more than 4 computers, but I would recommend Linksys's WRT54GL, all the hardware of the old Linksys WRT54G's in a new, more expensive, box.

Also, this SPEED BOOSTER version has a little bit more memory than the WRT54G brother, but requires a SPEED BOOSTER NIC / Wireless Card (but still not more memory than older versions)