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Ok folks, I've been looking for a router that has some feaures and so far
the only one I have found is a Belkin 802.11G one. It isn't working out for
me so far, I'm on my second one. There's a lot of issues for me. So, i am
asking all of you to please if you would be willing to help me out, I'd like
to return the favor and pay you maybe $15 for helping me. I'll pay $15 to
the first one who suggests the right kind of router for me and I buy it. It
needs to meet my needs though. I'll pick the best suggested router from all
the suggestions.
Here's what my needs are and what i've tried so far.
First, I can not get DSL. Won't use dial up. I have cable. Earthlink powered
by comcast. 3mbps. I live in Washington state.
I have tried the netgear RP614 and linksys 1 port router one. Those do not
have parent control web content filtering in them at all. I have currently
the Belkin 802.11G and in 2 weeks, I'm on my second router. It is buggy and
unreliable. It freezes a lot, the set up pages when you hit apply changes
won't reload the page sometimes, or it takes a long time, and a couple other
issues. However it has the most important feature I need. Parental control
web content filtering. I also won't use a linux pc for this, but it needs to
be a real router.
Ok, so here's my needs and wants. This list is not in any specific order.
1: I would like for it to show how much the WAN port only, downloads and
uploads. It would be nice if the router had a page in the set up pages for
this information. I guess also this would be SNMP. This feature is not 100%
needed, but greatly wanted and desired. Figure 100% wanted, 80% or so
needed.
2: Parental control web conent filter. This is 100% needed. Is a must in any
trouter I get. Not just a keyword or url box you put stuff in to block, like
all the netgear has and linksys, but a full rating system, blocking
categories etc parent control filter. The Belkin uses www.cerberian.com for
thiers. you have 56 categories to select etc. I would like it to filter
usenet newsgroups also. Not block port 119, most routers you can set it to
block ports, but filter them. Block the porn newsgroups, but leave the rest
alone, or enter in keywords to block. Also block totally from running, p2p
networking apps like kazaa and limewire etc. My guess is that this all would
be from the parent control content filter company or whatever.
3: Wireless G, not B as G is compatible with B and much faster. The router
does not have to have wireless, but it is preferred.
4: 4 port 10/100 switch built in.
5: good warranty and tech support. like a toll free tech number 24./7
support. this is a request from something i buy, not a need.
6: Under $200. This is 100% must.
7: hopefully can be bought from comp usa. A friend of mine works there and i
can get it cheaper. Staples, Best Buy, those type stores are ok too. if got
from catalog, must have a 100% money refund return policy if it didn't work
out for me or i didn't like it. Or if I was able to buy from the comapny,
online or something. That might work ok too.
8: hopefully you can help find a couple reviews online about what you
suggest also. it'd be nice to know a little about the router before i
actually bought it. specificaly some mention of the parent control filtering
it would use and the ability for you to get download and upload stats from
the WAN port or SNMP or whatever it is that does that.
Ok folks, I've been looking for a router that has some feaures and so far
the only one I have found is a Belkin 802.11G one. It isn't working out for
me so far, I'm on my second one. There's a lot of issues for me. So, i am
asking all of you to please if you would be willing to help me out, I'd like
to return the favor and pay you maybe $15 for helping me. I'll pay $15 to
the first one who suggests the right kind of router for me and I buy it. It
needs to meet my needs though. I'll pick the best suggested router from all
the suggestions.
Here's what my needs are and what i've tried so far.
First, I can not get DSL. Won't use dial up. I have cable. Earthlink powered
by comcast. 3mbps. I live in Washington state.
I have tried the netgear RP614 and linksys 1 port router one. Those do not
have parent control web content filtering in them at all. I have currently
the Belkin 802.11G and in 2 weeks, I'm on my second router. It is buggy and
unreliable. It freezes a lot, the set up pages when you hit apply changes
won't reload the page sometimes, or it takes a long time, and a couple other
issues. However it has the most important feature I need. Parental control
web content filtering. I also won't use a linux pc for this, but it needs to
be a real router.
Ok, so here's my needs and wants. This list is not in any specific order.
1: I would like for it to show how much the WAN port only, downloads and
uploads. It would be nice if the router had a page in the set up pages for
this information. I guess also this would be SNMP. This feature is not 100%
needed, but greatly wanted and desired. Figure 100% wanted, 80% or so
needed.
2: Parental control web conent filter. This is 100% needed. Is a must in any
trouter I get. Not just a keyword or url box you put stuff in to block, like
all the netgear has and linksys, but a full rating system, blocking
categories etc parent control filter. The Belkin uses www.cerberian.com for
thiers. you have 56 categories to select etc. I would like it to filter
usenet newsgroups also. Not block port 119, most routers you can set it to
block ports, but filter them. Block the porn newsgroups, but leave the rest
alone, or enter in keywords to block. Also block totally from running, p2p
networking apps like kazaa and limewire etc. My guess is that this all would
be from the parent control content filter company or whatever.
3: Wireless G, not B as G is compatible with B and much faster. The router
does not have to have wireless, but it is preferred.
4: 4 port 10/100 switch built in.
5: good warranty and tech support. like a toll free tech number 24./7
support. this is a request from something i buy, not a need.
6: Under $200. This is 100% must.
7: hopefully can be bought from comp usa. A friend of mine works there and i
can get it cheaper. Staples, Best Buy, those type stores are ok too. if got
from catalog, must have a 100% money refund return policy if it didn't work
out for me or i didn't like it. Or if I was able to buy from the comapny,
online or something. That might work ok too.
8: hopefully you can help find a couple reviews online about what you
suggest also. it'd be nice to know a little about the router before i
actually bought it. specificaly some mention of the parent control filtering
it would use and the ability for you to get download and upload stats from
the WAN port or SNMP or whatever it is that does that.
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