Unless the Linksys router in question can do GigE, I'm not sure most network operators would be interested in buying it. :)
Interestingly enough, the WRT54G is capable of gigE. First, the firmware in the device is Linux and it can be upgraded and changed by the owner in any way that they want. Many people have worked on an enhanced and open version of the WRT54G firmware. http://www.batbox.org/wrt54g-linux.html http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/LinksysWrt54g As for gigE, if you open up the WRT54G you will see that it has a mini-PCI wireless card. Some people take these out and swap them with the mini-PCI 802.11b card in their laptops to gain a speed boost in the laptop. But you can put any mini-PCI card in here that has Linux drivers. And, yes, there are mini-PCI gigE cards on the market. I don't know if anyone has tried this yet, but it's only a matter of time. We live in interesting times...
In this case, I do. It's a consumer product.
One way to solve this problem, and recognize that many IP network operators sell service to consumers as well as peering, would be to offer the inet-access mailing list to come under the NANOG umbrella, and then encourage discussions to move to the appropriate list. There is no reason why the NANOG community needs to limit itself to a single-focus mailing list and a single-track conference. --Michael Dillon