Router!

by hellgoat • 6 May 2007, 15:00 • Journals
Yeah, I'm buying a new router. And since I don't know shit about networking, I'm asking you guys for advice.

Now, for what I'm looking for:

We only really need 4 ports.
Safety isn't really that important.
What is important is good support with drivers, manuals and preferably support by email and/or phone.
Easy-to-use configuration.
We're not going to be using any fancy-pants network solutions or something like that.

So I'm guessing one of the large brands like netgear or D-Link. But I don't know which one. The budget isn't really an issue.

On a sidenote, we're sitting on a real kickass connection and downloading like mad. So, if there's any difference between routers when it comes to handling high speeds and large traffic, I'd pick the best one!
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Silent_ 6 May 2007, 16:01
i will rout u right into my ass!
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julianK<3foonr 6 May 2007, 16:02
nothings really necessary but the budgets hasnt got any limits? why dont you just take any random router?
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hellgoat 6 May 2007, 16:03
Cause I want the best router! We've had a lot of issues with two D-Link routers breaking down so this time we went for a real noname-random router. Which sucks. Ass.

Hence why I was now aiming for something more quality.
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Deactivated5924 6 May 2007, 16:03
Safety?
Yeah, I heard some nokia ones kick you in the face, be careful with those.
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dunno 6 May 2007, 16:04
using d-link for a long time, no problems yet
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vinyl 6 May 2007, 16:06
if we're talking about routers - I would listen to that guy :D
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Zodiac 6 May 2007, 16:06
I use D-Link 624, works without problems =]
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Bitmap 6 May 2007, 16:55
I used to have one, but it limited me to ~4 Mbps (like a lot of the cheaper routers).
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matz 6 May 2007, 16:06
ive got a netgear very simple to use and set up, all you'll need is something like this http://www.netgear.com/Products/RoutersandGateways/WiredRouters/RP614.aspx
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annajUNIOR 6 May 2007, 16:15
I also prefer netgear
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mig 6 May 2007, 16:17
i was also thinking about getting a router so i informed myself abit...netgear and d-link are not that good afaik (i read several forum posts, especially about d-link which tend to break after a short time; netgear mainly compatibility problems)...a friend of mine recommended linksys routers which should run without any problems and are very reliable. u may have a look.

http://www.linksys.com
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hellgoat 6 May 2007, 16:31
I went for one of these Linksys BEFSR41 after warm recommendations from Germany arni:

Quotethose blue routers are good. cant remember the name. erm... blue and black. linksys. best imo.


That stunning argument pretty much settled it.

And yes, I've had problem with D-Link as well. Two of them have broke down for us. One got electrified so you got shocked (?) every time you touched it. Nasty.
And yeah, I remember reading people have problems with Netgear and games sometimes.
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Bitmap 6 May 2007, 16:53
That only has 4.2 Mbps throughput (see my post below)...
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Superboyy 6 May 2007, 16:32
"one more from ocrana. and its D-Link... he wins!!! he wins!!!"

i have d-link 524 for a year now and it works fine
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quad 6 May 2007, 16:44
Mine is Linksys WRT54GL. Also have wireless if you need it, and you can update the firmware and put OpenWrt (linux) on it. I did that, and now i'm running a BNC on my router !
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Bitmap 6 May 2007, 16:52
The BEFSR41 only has 4.2 Mbps WAN to LAN throughput according to this.

I wouldn't call that kickass...

Throughput for a number of routers can be found here.
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hellgoat 6 May 2007, 16:59
Ahhh! The jungle!

Well it's too late now, misstakes' been made.

Edit: Almost all of those routers are wireless and we use wired. The ones that aren't wireless I can't find any swedish retailer for.
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Bitmap 6 May 2007, 17:22
Most wireless routers have four Ethernet ports as well, and the wireless connection can be disabled.
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Spirea 6 May 2007, 16:59
I have had several d-links and I've been satisfied with each of them
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cuttyP 6 May 2007, 17:09
my d-link 524 runs for over a year now. Had some problems with the wifi in the beginning, but a firmware update helped. It's ok, but I wouldn't buy it again, as it lacks some options I'd like to have, like detailed traffic reports and stuff.
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h3ll 6 May 2007, 17:32
Linksys WRT54GL does it for me.
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