The best gigabit router on the market?

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Hi chaps, I am looking for recommendations for a new router as my current setup draws too much power and makes too much noise. I am using a Juniper J2300, Cisco 3550, Netgear WG602v3 wireless AP and the modem Sky sent me with my broadband package.

The sort of features I am looking for are as follows, they don't all have to be met but the more the better:

Built in ADSL2+ modem, multi pvc support would be a plus.
Gigabit LAN ports
Built in wireless AP, preferably to 802.11n spec
Command line management
Low power consumption
Separate RJ45 WAN port
IPv6
Firewall
VLAN support

Does such a device exist? I've been looking at either the Draytek Vigor 2830n, Cisco RV220W or the Billion BiPAC 8200N. if any of you have any advice I would love to hear it!
 
How skilled are you with Linux? You could probably achieve that using a small intel Atom board and a couple of PCI/PCIe Intel NICs. Keep your Wireless AP and the Sky modem & boom, you're in :)
 
Although I use Linux quite a bit I don't think I would consider myself skilled exactly. I don't know whether I would have the ability to make an effective router/firewall though I could certainly give it a shot. I had given it some thought before but making a mini-itx system (or similar) seems pretty expensive compared to a conventional router.

How easy is it to create a wireless AP on a linux platform if the motherboard had a mini pci slot card onboard?
 
Seems very odd to me that you have some decent high-end kit, and then want what is essentially a piece of garbage all-in-one router/ap/firewall?

Why do you need a gigabit router exactly? Is your WAN connection >100Mb?

Seems pointless, just get some gigabit switching.
 
paradigm said:
Seems very odd to me that you have some decent high-end kit, and then want what is essentially a piece of garbage all-in-one router/ap/firewall?

Why do you need a gigabit router exactly? Is your WAN connection >100Mb?

Seems pointless, just get some gigabit switching.
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Perhaps I shouldn't have put 'gigabit' in the thread title, the only real reason I wanted a gigabit router was so that I didn't have to have a separate switch along side. I could have just one small, neat box which draws next to no power.

I love the kit that I have and it's been great fun setting it up and using it but I really can't cope with the amount of power it all draws. I know that whatever I get just isn't going to compare to it in terms of functionality but it just has to be done.

kg648 said:
Draytek all the way!
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Out of curiosity which model(s) of theirs do you use? The 2830 has just come out and there really isn't a great deal of user feedback on it.
 
Personally there is nothing I know of which does all that in one box that I'd use, strip out the switching and it's easier but I still don't know of a box I like which has decent wireless, routing/firewall and an ADSL2+ modem in the box...probably a Cisco 1941W comes closest with the appropriate HWIC (indeed you could also chuck in a switch HWIC and have a one box solution I guess if that gives you enough ports) - not a cheap box though.
 
1941 is a cracking lil router, 2U though.
Look at the 1921 for a 1U option although not sure if it does wireless.
 
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