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What router is best for heavy P2P with heavy limit of 80$?

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My main interest is heavy downloading from internet eMule/Torrent etc, gaming, browsing net thats basically all i do so i dont need any special features just relayable hardware firewall that can simply close all ports except chosen ones (well of course some extra protection features would be nice) and dont want it to slow down my connection or drop connections under heavy load (i read some user comments that Linksys does), but i cant find anything better in price range <100$.

My current options are:
LinkSys Firewall Router BEFSX41
D-Link Cable Bridge/ Router DI-808HV
ZyXEL Firewall Ruuter + Print server P-335
Asus broadband router RX3041H
SMC broadband router SMC7004VBR
TrendNet Firewall router TW100-BRV204.

My aim is D-Link or Linksys and added other ones just in case, though if u aware of better choices from any of this manufacturers thats in price range, feel free say.

EDIT: Also my maximum connections in emule is about 3000 currently, any router can support that much, if not how much maximum connections (not concurrent connections) i can expect from router?

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try eBay, you should be able to pickup a better router than those. Look for a Netgear FVS338. It is a SMB class router and will take the traffic. Just make sure you upgrade to v2 FW. The 328 model is not as robust but a good router. Both are 8 port. Look at the router table and see it meets your needs.

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Damn i am from Europe so cant ebay, and we dont have any netgears here, can u suggest something from other manufacturers?

You sure that Netgear FVS338 is able to hold 3000 maximum connections at same time?

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Actually I do not know many, was not listed in there specs. But I do know it is design for heavy bussiness use.

Throughput: Up to 90 Mbps WAN-to-LAN, up to 60 Mbps for 3DES throughput

Processor Speed: 266 MHz
Memory: 16Mb Flash, 32 Mb DRAM

It has some major HP compared to the one you listed.

Reply to blue68f100

I absolutely suggest the Zyxel X-550 MIMO router. It got excellent reviews on Toms, as well as user reviews on newegg, etc. It's about 80 bucks, and It's really well designed for high-throughput, many connections, etc. It's the same as D-link's DGL4300, but it's 10.100 instead of 10/100/1000. I haven't had any problems with it, versus my old linksys 11B router.

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