Hey, just so you know ... this post is now about 18 years and 6 months old. Please keep that in mind as it very well may contain broken links and/or outdated information.

I guess I never blogged the fact that back in March I had replaced my aging (i.e., over a year old) Netgear router with a cheapie Belkin. Well, after I switched from WEP to WPA encryption, I started having way too many wireless drops and networking issues. So, I replaced the Belkin (sold it on e-Bay) and went back to vendor I bought my very first piece of wireless hardware from back in 2001 … Linksys.

The WRT54GS is your standard wireless router. The “S” is for Linksys’ proprietary Speedboost technology (which I currently don’t use since I don’t have any other Speedboost devices, but might in the future). I was happy with my decision just a few minutes after I got it working: the web-based administration and options are soooo much better than the Belkin, and WPA is breezing along without any drops. I think my throughput even increased. Good times.