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I'm trying to decide what router to get, after my Netgear wgr614 decided to die on me.
It seems one thing thats still hard to do even now in 2009 is a good router that doesnt randomly restart when its been running for an hour, thats why I need to do some careful research before buying my next one :eek:
Please do post what router you use and what you think of it.
Go on :afrog:
I personally don't think it matters. Most of the major manufacturers make good routers. CISCO has always been rated highly but $$$$.
One suggestion, if your concern and primary need for a router is security, then buy two and put them in series. You can't get any better security than this.
I use a Linksys at home. I have had it in place for about 2.5 years now and have to say it is still working great. I have never had an issue with it being up and avail. More issued with my DSL line.
Netgear DG834
It's good, works pretty well. My rule is as long as you get a name brand (Netgear, Belkin, Linksys etc) you cannot go far wrong.
Agreed - from the major brand names, you'll be fine.
Thats what I thought when I bought the Netgear, however, it has brought me nothing but pain and suffering until the day it commited suicide by almost catching fire when i plugged it into the socket.Quote:
Originally Posted by mendhak
I read reviews of different routers online, alot of other routers seem to enjoy the pleasure of restarting when they feel like it (much like my old netgear), thats why I was looking to get a couple of opinions on specific models that could be considered a safe purchase :D
I have installer several Trendnet with and without wireless.
Easy to setup, change, block outgoing addresses, direct ports to any address (port 80 to my shared server, but not my PC)
I use the Lynksys 45hundredsomething WRTG ... been running w/o a glitch for 5 years now... no, wait, it's older than that....
Like gary, I've had more problems with my ISP than anything else.
-tg
I have the Belkin Vision One. Works like a charm.
It's pricey...but I have this Linksys/Cisco router Cisco SMB RVS4000. I've had it for 3 years and have never had to reboot it, or had it reboot on it's own (at least not that i've noticed). It seems like there are several poor reviews on Newegg about it, but they all seems to be related to the VPN support. I've never used the VPN on this router so i can't speak to that point.
It looks solid and Cisco is quite the company..the price is alright..but I see it has gotten really bad reviews on some swedish sites...
Routers must be the most unreliable piece of hardware ever.. for some people a certain model can work flawlessly for years, but for some people, the same model wont even work properly for 6 months before it begins dropping connections and rebooting.
Perhaps in Sweden then. I haven't really heard many horror stories regarding routers.
Stop buying all those Bass and put a small fraction of that into the router :lol:
I use a Linksys. My second linksys in about 5 years, just replaced it in 2008
Although most routers made by major manufacturers are good, but obviously some are better than the others within comparable configurations. If you know what you're looking for (wire or wireless? If wireless, G or N? Gigabit port speed? VPN capable?...), it will be much easier for us to recommend a particular brand/model that suites your needs.
I hear your pain my friend. I have had several routers in the past which have had some very annoying bugs / caveats. A D-Link which would only hand out an IP address if the device was broadcasting its Windows name via NETBEUI/IPX, a Linksys with a freezing problem (it managed to freeze the entire network - it was probably responsible for crashing the entire Internet a few times too, but I just let the CIA believe it was terrorists) and a Netgear that had a bug in port forwarding a specific port (port 80 to be exact).Quote:
Originally Posted by Atheist
The unfortunate truth is that most of these home networking devices are poorly tested, cheap tat; and if you want to do anything other than connect to the Internet from a couple of Windows PCs you start encountering problems. Since my Netgear woes I have used a U.S Robotics Modem / Router; it doesn't crash, stays connected and I have only found one bug so far; (the telnet interface allows you to do some pretty advanced stuff such as adding your own firewall rules using IPtables, however, does not allow you to save it), i.e. when it restarts you have to re enter the commands of live with the old configuration.