My WRT54G turned up this week. The ebay seller sent it to the wrong address (to home, instead of to work like I requested), but I got it anyway, just a few days later, when I got home, so no biggie.

I haven't much of a chance to muck around with it yet, I plugged it in on Saturday morning, and couldn't connect to it, assumedly because it's not configured (and I didn't plug it into the wired network, so it didn't have access to the dhcp server.

I'm now looking for a wireless bridge, instead of drilling a hole through the wall, I thought I might stick with linksys stuff, since manufacturers usually have better luck with stuff working with their own gear.

I figured I'd get a WGA54G, but then I found them not to be as cheap as they should be. It's actually more expensive to get this silly little 1 port bridge, than to buy another WRT54G.

Also, while looking around, I've found that the WGA54G seems to have a lot of problems, and I've read quite a few stories of people having no luck getting it to connect, spending hours on the phone to support, and ending up having to return the unit for a replacement before it will work.

I don't think I'll be doing this.

I might as well just get another WRT54G, put the alternative firmware on it, and run it in client mode. I also get 4 ports that way, so both the xbox and the tivo will be able to use it, without needing a switch to get more than 1 device connected to it.

There's also a WET54G I've just seen, a slightly more expensive unit than the WGA54G, which I think might be a 4 port unit. Still, I got the WRT54G for $126, and the WET54G is $150 before I've even got it shipped, so it would end up costing half the price again.

Also, it only says that it supports "Wireless-G (draft 802.11g)", not IEEE802.11G, the published standard.

Hmm, I'll do a bit more research, but somehow I think I'm going to end up with another WRT54G. I should have done this earlier, and just bought another one at the same time.

Oh, I'm also looking for an NSLU2. I don't want to get one off ebay, because they're in the US (there's no local ones), so then I'd have to pay extra to replace the power adapter, on top of the shipping, and waiting time.

I googled around, found a few places in Australia that stock them.

It's a bit suspect, I went to the "sponsored links", ie ads that google brought up, and it looks like "Dycom Business Systems", "DPI Systems, and "AlphaOnline" are all the same site (the same products, in the same order are displayed), but the prices are all different.

It doesn't matter anyway, I found that a place called "minidigital" is cheaper than the three of them (on the nslu2 anyway, it's more expensive for some stuff).

I can have the nslu2 from minidigital, including the shipping, for about $160. Have to think about that.

Ooh, I just found the nslu2 even cheaper, at "oztechnologies", and the shipping is only $11, so I could have it for $158.60 shipped.