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Those who travel frequently know the value of wireless travel routers—and of packing light. The Linksys WTR54GS Wireless-G Travel Router with SpeedBooster is the first and lets you do the second—so well, in fact, that we judged it worthy of four points on a five-point scale. Because it plugs right into a wall power socket, you're not stuck carrying (and possibly losing) a separate power brick. One port on the device lets you connect to the Ethernet port in your room, and a second gives you a wired connection to supplement the wireless capability (which, by the way, is based on the Broadcom Afterburner chipset that won our Editors' Choice in the "faster" networking category). If you want the freedom to roam around your hotel room with your laptop—and especially if you need to network with teammates when you're in meetings on the road—this is a great solution