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Author Topic: Need a new router - suggestions? Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 12-24-2006 07:12 PM                     I have never had good luck dealing with other people's D-Link equipment, so I've never bought it. I've have a Linksys router at home for over two years that works great for normal use, but I occasionally need to run a lot of connections (75+ asking for the same port) through it at once which sometimes causes it to lock up. But for normal everyday use, it's great. I recently bought a Linksys gigabit switch to use behind the router that has made me very happy since I don't like waiting for files to move across the network. So I guess you could say that I like to use Linksys, although the Netgear switches I've used have not given me any problems. I don't know about their routers, though. Whatever you do, don't go super-cheapo and get something crappy like Belkin.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 12-24-2006 08:04 PM                       Oh, crap, Phil! I just bought a Linksys system. I wanted Netgear, but the particular unit I wanted wasn't on the shelf at Best Buy, so... Christmas Eve, and they were getting ready to close, so I took the plunge with Linksys. So far, it setup like a breeze (unlike that DLink POS), and now every friggin' computer and game console in the house is online!! I'm writing this from my laptop (for the first time). Thanks for all the input.  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 12-24-2006 11:28 PM                        I've had a Linksys wireless router (4 port switch) for about three years now and it works like a champ. Had my buddy set it up as a secure network.. so anyone coming over looking for wireless has to get a WEP key... I'm actually thinking about upgrading to a faster router.. I hear the 802.1n is a much faster signal processor (something like 100mbs) and I like teh idea of faster is better... ;0  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 12-24-2006 11:41 PM                        I forgot to mention that the Linksys router I have had going for the past few years (BFSRSFS41 or whatever) was used when one of my PCs acted as a web server and it handled lots of incoming requests great, though sometimes the software on the PC would quit running and therefore a connection wouldn't be made if someone dialed up the site. I think I just got lucky and obtained one of the rare good Linksyses. Also I have a lot of illegally downloaded videos on my PC, and I have illegally installed some software onto my Xbox which will allow me to illegally watch the illegal videos on my TV. The Xbox always finds the PC and I can view or listen to any media file (illegally of course) as a result. The router handles high definition streams going through, people accessing the web site, and my Mac checking for e-mail and downloading porn ALL SIMULTANEOUSLY without any problem. Phil's post reminded me that I also smashed my old Linksys router to the point of being unrecognizable one time when it failed. I was very angry. That was the router before this one. Maybe my current one saw what I did to the one that stopped working, and now it knows better?  |  IP: Logged Jason Burroughs Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 654 From: Allen, TX Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-27-2006 04:44 PM                     I've pretty much exclusivly used Linksys routers and switches for the home network. The only real problems I have had, have been related to the crappy power bricks. The power brick issues could easily happen regardlesss wether it was Linksys, Netgear etc. I currently have been using a WRT54G for about 2 years, with various versions of the firmware - there's a GREAT 3rd party market out there for Linksys devices. Wireless is pretty efficient for when we bring the work laptops home, and for a wireless bridge to the living room. About 6 months ago we upgraded the switch to a gig switch.  |  IP: Logged Joel N. Weber II Expert Film Handler Posts: 115 From: Somerville, MA, USA Registered: Dec 2005 posted 01-02-2007 12:14 AM                     I've found that the Juniper NetScreen series of routers seem to work better than the various consumer-grade routers I've dealt with, but whether they're worth the extra money probably depends on whether you're dealing with a decent-sized organization that believes time is money, or whether you're a home user trying to spend as little as possible. The Juniper routers do offer a bunch of extra flexibility which comes at the cost of needing to spend more time really learning about what they can do to use them effectively. (Also, the newer SSG series probably offers a better price/performance ratio than the old NetScreen series if you want anything bigger than the NetScreen 5, but I haven't quite yet gotten to see an SSG series router in production use.)  |  IP: Logged David Buckley Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 525 From: Oxford, N. Canterbury, New Zealand Registered: Aug 2004 posted 01-02-2007 03:15 PM                        Juniper - thats funny Daryl is absolutely on the money here. If you want a cheap router for home xDSL use, then they're all about the same, and it's pot luck. If a router costs next to nothing and works for a year then blows up, buy another, they're disposable. You dont need support. If internet is critical to your business thyen you should be prepared to pay up in the same way you are prepared to pay for any other critical element of your business. That means quality kit, and being prepared to pay people to come and fix things. I feel for Netgear. Netgear were one of the first el-cheapo brands, but they were the birthchild of Bay Networks, and the original NetGear kit was economically priced, worked, and came in metal boxes. I've got several items of NetGear kit (mostly print servers) that are now many years old and still work, and I'm sure will continue to work for years to come. I dont know if modern NetGear are still a cut above the rest, but since their product is at similer price points to everyone elses, somehow I doubt it. Cheap brands of router I've had good luck with include ZyXEL and Draytek Vigor, this message comes to you through a Vigor 2600 and ZyXEL ZyWALL, both over 5 years and running...  |  IP: Logged

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