Have any of you every played the "cheap router shuffle?"  Those of you who have are laughing right now, remembering the $15 special they picked up online.  Given that I come from a long line of budget shoppers, I'd been stuck with one of these very special cheap routers, which got the job done but was rife with problems and plagued with horrible firmware.  Personally, I'm not a hacker, but was eager to try NETGEAR's WGR614L, a high performance Wireless-G router that has the added ability to upgrade to various third party open source firmwares, with endless potential.

(Note that the installation and operation of third party firmware is out of scope for this review, due to the sheer variety of flavors and versions available.  See WGR614L Resources to get a great start on installing third party firmware to your router.)

Unboxing the WGR614L

The WGR614L is nicely and securely packaged, and includes only the essentials - no annoying waste, zip ties, etc.  It arrived in perfect condition.

The router ships with a power cube, Ethernet cable, installation CD and quick start guide, and nifty stands to enable you to set the router upright for a vertical installation.

Continue on to see how to set up the WGR614L router...

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