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On a more serious note, the pro-level Cisco stuff (not the Linksys crap) is pretty educational. It's kinda fun to get your teeth into bare-metal network protocols.

Or maybe I'm weird

Nah, I definitely get that kind of thing. It would be fun. There is that cost/space issue though. Also, I can't afford for my network to not work because I'm too dense to set it up properly. It's the same reason I'll never replace my own clutch: yes, I could probably do it, but the time/cost/risk are just way too high for something I depend on.