If you're self-employed or a smaller company that has gone wireless, then you know it's a jungle out there picking out the right gear (much less installing and securing it).

The first big decision: whether to stick with the current standard of 802.11g or go ahead and invest in what's called "pre-n" (802.11n) equipment. 802.11n isn't expected to get it's official blessing as the new industry standard until next year. However, that's not stopping vendors from pumping out what they call "Draft N" WiFi equipment. The IEEEs task group working on next year's new standard for N has agreed that all "Draft N" gear (version 2.0) will be compatible with the final standard when it comes out in 2008.

In other words, green means go.

Here's a list of current Draft N products on the market today, for your perusal.