Which Router

[jamjar]

Hi i,m looking to get a Router ,but which one to get ? i like the Netgear ones but saw this model any views on it ?
Linksys WAG354G-UK 4-Port Wireless-G Broadband Modem Router

 

[jamjar]

I had one and it was fine when it worked - but every now and again I'd get random drops of my connection and it wouldn't re-connect easily.

Usually a reboot of the router fixed it, but eventually I couldn't get it to connect at all. I just went back to using my old USB modem and haven't had any connection issues at all.

I could have had a one-off fault, but when I get a new router I'll probably go with something different like the Speedtouch 585i or a Netgear.

Yeah i think i,ll give the Netgear a go,if i get trouble i,ll go back to a usb like you said ,what make usb do u have ? are Speedtouch 300 any good ? or Zyxel ? plus i will need to make sure its Vista compatable ..

 

[jamjar]

i have a wired netgear router and its given me nothing but trouble. setting it up was perfectly easy, but for my use it causes tons of problems. for instance i use bit torrent a lot, and so use UPnP to automaticaly take care of any port fowarding stuff, problem is, if i run torrents for a long time (overnight for example) then the router messes up and keeps thinking im still using a torrent, it even shows on the UPnP page that im using a torrent, even if im not. and when i get that bug, 90% of other internet (even on compleatly different ports) stops working, and requires a router reset to fix.

also the netgear router i got has a terrible log, when using the interface the log page only shows basic things, like admin logon/logoff, failed login, connection to isp established etc.... to get a full log it has to be emailed from the router to you. and even then, the timestamp is screwed up, even if a correct time set on the router, the time stamp is still usualy wrong. also the log is limited to 128 lines, which realy limits what it can display.

imo, dont get a netgear router, switches and NICs ive had no problems with, but all the netgear routers ive tried had problems.

imo if you are looking for a router, get a linksys one, thats what i plan to do next (im going to install linux on it too when i get it to provide some more options).

Thanks for the very indepth and interesting thread,and it has helped me a lot ,i too am a downloader ,i do a lot of t.v series like Lost ,CSI etc plus films i use Emule ,and i,m a little reluctant to go away from what i know works ie usb .its just the drivers problem i have been reading about with Vista made me think of changing ,but i do know that the Thomson Speedtouch 300 will be getting Vista drivers as stated on there website .

 

[jamjar]

have had a netgeat dg834gt for over a year now never been switched off constantly been downloading no probs whatsoever, fantastic router would recomend to anyone.

thanks for that ,but what about p2p does it like that ? does it need setting up to allow it ?