Sometime last night, my wireless router went south.  Weirdest thing, too.  Just suddenly went dark, no blinky lights, nothing.  It was a great little router; a D-Link DI-624, the early model.  Very reliable, fast, worked well with mixed b/g networking and 100BT wired and a second hub strung off the side for my server.  It will be missed. 

Oh, and I don't know if the router puked or its power supply.  It uses a 5V 2.5A DC adapter, and I don't have anything close to it.  I could go get a universal adapter and try it out, but this is my opportunity to finally upgrade to something better.  So for now I am on my old backup router, sans wireless, until the new one gets here.

And oh what a treat it will be!  Presenting the new D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme N Gigabit router!  802.11b/g/pre-n (no I do not have n capability yet, what's your point?), GIGABIT! (1000Base-T) for great speed from my primary to my server (yes 100BT is not saturated yet, but it might...), MIMO for better distance and such, and its cooler looking.  Can't wait!

BTW, saw a great idea on Lifehacker the other day for cable/device management:  Get a cheap pegboard, stash it behind your desk and attach everything to it.  Voilà, no clutter, and REAL cheap!  Gonna try it.