As a follow up to a previous thread/post...

Is there an amp on the market, that can connect to my Vigor router, via
one of its ethernet ports, and feed audio from my wireless laptop?

I have unpowered speakers, mounted in the ceiling. My Apple powerbook
G4 is wirelessly connected to the net via my Vigor 2600G ADSL router
and also contains my iTunes music collection. The router is on the
wall, right near the ceiling speakers, and before I go out and buy a
wireless receiver and amp, to connect to these speakers, I'm wondering
if there's an amp that could be hard-wired (via ethernet) to the
router, and pick up net audio and my iTunes music that way!

Is this wishful thinking? Is there a low-cost amp with an RJ45 port
and, can my router pick up audio from my laptop's iTunes and feed this
to such an amp, and could this also receive streamed audio from the
net, as do some of the wireless systems?

I'm just thinking of cutting out the wireless part of the system, if
this can be done, and is cheaper than buying a dedicated device(s) such
as a squeezebox or Airport Express and separate amp to power the
speakers.

cheerz
deano.