WRT54GL

You could get an older router with the protocols needed, connect it to the laptop, then connect it to your active router. Around me at least I always see cheap Linksys WRT54G's for example that would work.

Wrt54g when people demanded Linksys(cisco) release the firmware source code due to it being on the Linux kernel. So they released the firmware after being pressured and then a $50 router could have the same features as a $500 router. It now lives on with DDWRT and Openwrt if you have an old router t

I think it was my first router too👍. It was solid as a rock and the only time I had an issue was early on when an update broke it. Funny timing as I was at Walmart in Canada today and picked up a Linksys AX1800 basic WiFi 6 router on liquidation for $25. Probably about a 1/6th of what I paid in the

I bought an old router (linksys WRT54G and an Asus RT-AC65U which I modify with ddwrt fw) from a 2nd hand shop near me, and also 2 small lan switches of 5 ports each. Pretty much what I need for my old consoles and I can set up the router for wifi. I think those 4 things cost me less than 20 dollars

I had a Linksys WRT54GL, and I thought that router was awesome at the time. I've also had one of those Asus routers, and I thought it was pretty good. I had installed 3rd-party firmware on mine though; I had DD-WRT on the Linksys (though you might need the GL version for that rather than the G), and