I'm waiting for a simple thing that must be out there. It must. How can it not?

A good gateway router with very very good wireless range and very very good QoS capabilities that doesn't require a lot of techie knowledge to set up.

Damned if I can find one from reviews.

In the meantime, I guess I'll have to get a Linksys WRT54GL, download some VOiP-specific firmware, futz around with it (being brave but not knowledgeable) and see if it plays nice with my current m'eh modem - a Siemans 567 (though a Thompson Smarttouch is on it's way to me).

I know. It's not in the interest of a lot of ISPs to have customers with outside VOiP companies (especially if they're also selling the service)... .

Oh, btw, the Siemans? My N800 is less than 12 feet away from the modem with no walls bewteen the two and I can't get a strong signal - not even enough to get web pages loaded under 30 seconds. It's pathetic. Even *after* I went through the hassle of changing channels. Blaaaaa'.

Does that count as a tech toy?