I don't know. I am going to keep on hoping that I will be able get by with the router built into my DSL modem when I switch from cable to DSL. Or that I can use ethernet to get my Mac mini on the net while using the mini's Wifi to create an ad-hoc wireless network to get the iPad I plan to buy on the net. Or that I will build a Linux box and the motherboard will have wifi onboard. Or that I will build a Linux box and there is a cheap PCI card I can add to it to get all the ethernet ports I will ever need.
Point is that I want to avoid adding yet another box to my home -- especially if the box is plastic rather than metal and requires its own external AC adapter like the first of the OP's buying recommendations does.
You know, not wanting things is great. Keeping things simple is great. This article is for those of us that favor functionality over simplicity. Just different views on things.
Point is that I want to avoid adding yet another box to my home -- especially if the box is plastic rather than metal and requires its own external AC adapter like the first of the OP's buying recommendations does.