said by PGHammer:Because I don't plan on remaining entirely without wireless forever; in addition, I do troubleshoot the odd wireless laptop/notebook/desktop (which more often than not gets brought here), so constantly enabling/disabling the wireless radio would be even more of a pain than simply hyperstrengthening the connection in the first place and leaving it that way. When I bought the router back in 2005, I was replacing an existing wired-only router (and I had no immediate need for wireless then, either; however, wireless was in my future plans). Through the three years I've owned it, it's served me without problems. The only reason I'm looking to replace it is because wireless-N has become cheap enough to warrant serious consideration ($120 for the Linksys WRT-310N via local Best Buy) and I can actually replace the wired non-gigabit link to one client with wireless-N cheaply and see a performance increase. (This would involve replacing PCI Fast Ethernet with USB wireless-N.)
Sounds like a plan. I have a button on the front of my WRT-54GL and with the firmware I have on it, its as simple as pushing it to turn the wireless on or off but being an apt dweller in NYC I dont like to leave it open unless its in use. Some call it paranoia but I just dont like to take chances. Everything in the house is wired in except the wife's work laptop so wireless is off except on weekends.
