Moving to Be- use their router or get my own?

[SiD the Turtle]

I'm currently on Eclipse, which due to its general rubbishness I have asked for a MAC code to move to Be. Now they supply their own box and my current router will not support ADSL2.

How good is this router customisation wise? Do you have access to its settings? I want to be able to set up port-forwarding and other settings without having to phone them up. Also, how many of the Enternet-ports are actually usable?

As we have as many as four computers using the router at once buying an ADSL2 compatible router may be an option. If so which one? I used to have a Netgear DG834 which I thought was excellent until it was fried in a thunderstorm. Is their equipment still good? I've also had Linksys before but I wasn't happy with the quality of it as it would always overheat.

 

[SiD the Turtle]

Thanks for the advice guys. I'll try the BeBox and if I don't like it I can always buy a router afterwards.

 

[SiD the Turtle]

Unless you're a member of the Tinfoil Hat Brigade (in which case I'd suggest unplugging the router) or you're gullible enough to swallow the crap that sites like grc.com peddle, responding to ICMP Echo Requests is not a bad thing.

Hmm if it responds to ping and you can telnet to it with no password, surely that is a VERY bad thing?*

*Note my knowledge on such subject matter is basic.