Whats the best solution for this setup?

I'm running a linksys wrt54g v.6 (soon to be modified with dd-wrt) in a small office environment and all 4 ports are taken. We just got a new computer set up and possibly one more in the near future. My father suggested a switch, but it looks like all the switches are overkill with Gbit and 8-24 ports and probably the same cost as a new router with more than 4 inputs. The set up is not wireless basically bc of the small lapse in speed, possible security issues and none of these 5 computers have wireless cards. Can someone recommend a great solution whether it be a new router with more ports (hopefully hackable with tomato or dd-wrt), a small inexpensive switch, or just brand names for some great/cheap wireless cards that I could buy 5-6 of and be done with it? Budget isnt a huge deal when its worth it. Thanks all for your time Spencer

can you be more specific please?

Just keep your network simple. Get a router with enough ports like http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 833124022. You do not have to deal with another device to plug in, less things to go wrong and easier to troubleshoot (fewer nodes). Do you have a file server or just connection to the internet?

You're making it way to complicated. Just get an unmanaged 5 or 8 port switch and connect the rest of the computers.

Grumpy

What is there to "maintain" on an unmanaged switch?

So what's different than if the cable came unplugged from the router? You must use cheap cables. I supported over 500 servers/workstations using Cisco switches and rarely had a problem with unplugged cables.