Cant find a single router/modem that fits my needs?

[DrMekon]

The only one that came close, was the Netgear WNR3500L, but this is a router only, so would have to get a modem too, and am trying to cut down on the amount of hardware I actually have... jsut want a one box for all!

What I do want:

ADSL2 modem
DD-WRT compatability
At least 4x Gigabit ports
USB port for priinter (dont need usb storage)
Wifi
VPN


Not much really is it? Any suggestions???

 

[DrMekon]

After hunting around and doing abit of research, im gonna stick with my ISP modem "bebox", and grab the Netgear WNR3500L (will I live to regret thhis choice.. who knows... but it does seem to be considered as one of their better routers!!!).

USB ports on routers, seem to be mainly for shared storage.. but Im damn sure read/write speead to any attached devce will be shockingly slow. I even think home user NAS boxes are ridiculously slow with gigabit stated models getting barely over 100mbps throughput due to onboard processing power, or rather the lack of it... Id hate to imagine what sort of speeds a router with usb har drive attached to it could struggle to achieve!!! Anyway, Ive not actually seen many choices that have a usb for printing purposes, which would seem far more useful, but, there has been success using dd-wrt, so Ill give that a go...

Thanks for your input....