This device has some great features making it great for hacking.
- usb powered
- has USB host
- 10/100 ethernet
- 2.4Ghz 150Mbps wifi
- ~$25
Success with:
- dd-wrt client bridge (wifi client and cat5 output with DHCP etc)
projects to look into:
running air tunes to recieve music from itunes
sharing usb over a network
connecting to a USB SDR device for radio scanning etc