Carl,

I went with the hw router because at that time I had only one linux 
machine to play with.  And by play I mean break stuff.  And everytime I 
took the machine down I lost the internet connection I was using to 
learn how to fix it.  Not to mention, my wife got upset when she 
couldn't surf ebay for a day or two untill I got around to fixing it.

So basically, I got the hw router for convenience.  Don't get me wrong, 
I wouldn't discourage anyone from learning how to setup a router on 
linux.  I've setup several little 486 linux routers for friends that 
wanted to start home networks and they have had zero problems.

Carl Parrish wrote:
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> Will what was your reason for going with the hardware router? With
> prices dropping the way they have I have been tempted to get one. But
> can't justify it because my little 486 box is handling everything just
> fine. 
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