Geeks like us invariably get sucked into providing tech support for less tech-savvy friends and family. You know the drill: “Hey, Mike. I just bought this new [insert tech product], but [insert problem]. Can you help me?” Fortunately, there’s a burgeoning class of tech products designed not for us geeks, but for geeks like us to recommend to friends and family. Linksys’ new line of Valet Wireless Hotspot lines fits neatly in that category.Shhh. You don’t need to tell your friends and relatives that the Valet Plus Wireless Hotspot is actually a 2.4GHz IEEE 802.11n Wi-Fi router with an integrated four-port Gigabit Ethernet switch. Cisco certainly won’t; in fact, they don’t use the words “router,” “switch,” or even “network” anywhere on the box or on their website. Now you could inform your nominal client that he or she can buy a concurrent dual-band (2.4GHz/5.0GHz) router for about the same price as this single-band router, but then you might find yourself setting it up for them; besides, they probably wouldn’t benefit from a dual-band product anyway.The secret sauce that makes the Valet Plus which so easy to set up is actually very simple: Linksys puts a USB key in the box that is pre-paired to that specific router (based on the router’s SSID, password and serial number). All the end user needs to do is plug the USB key into a client machine. The USB key’s default action is labeled “Connect to Your Cisco Valet.” Click OK and if the client machine is new enough to be outfitted with a Wi-Fi adapter (most mainstream consumer rigs are), the user will follow the simple illustrated steps to hard-wire the Valet to their DSL or cable modem and then plug the Valet into a power outlet. If the client doesn’t have a built-in Wi-Fi adapter, they’ll be asked to hard-wire the router to the computer. If the user has more than one computer to connect to the Valet or wants to add one later, they’ll simply plug the USB key into the next machine (skipping the initial router setup steps this time). They can also use the included software to make additional USB setup keys.