Slow speeds and a high price make this an underwhelming offering

Leigh Dyer infuses a cheap standalone router with the power of Linux.

Even at a glance, the Linksys WRV54G looks to be more than just an 802.11g/b wireless access point. It acts as an Ethernet switch connecting up to four wired devices, making this a good bridging choice between wired and unwired networks. It's also a router capable of hooking up to a DSL modem, which is useful for basic connection sharing.

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good speed, good features and plenty of flexibility make this a winner

Booya's BWSC23 PCMCIA card was one of the few pieces of hardware we tested that offered an amazing level of interoperability with other manufacturers' access points and PCMICA cards (for ad hoc networking). Set-up was so easy in fact, that it quickly became the default card for testing other 802.11b-compliant hardware.