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Hello,
I've been thinking about buying a new wireless Cable/DSL router, and I'm
wondering if there's a consensus of what's the "best" one out there.
The one I have *works*, but that's about it. When I change certain
settings it has to reboot (and gives no warning about it), and the
firmware updates are erratic and you always have to cross your fingers
that they didn't introduce more bugs than they fixed.
Here's the type of things I'm curious about:
- Are firmware updates released often and of high quality?
- Are options clearly labeled that they will need a reboot or have other
help?
- Does it support port triggering/forwarding *well*?
- Does it reboot randomly?
- Does port filtering actually work?
- How strict is it when working with other brands?
- VPN might be nice
I'm very comfortable in the tech world, so something that's "easy" isn't
really a priority - I'm more interested in something that's put together
well and works nice as a whole package (refined interface).
I've seen some good reviews of the Netgear WGT624. What else is worth
looking at?
Thanks,
Brian
Hello,
I've been thinking about buying a new wireless Cable/DSL router, and I'm
wondering if there's a consensus of what's the "best" one out there.
The one I have *works*, but that's about it. When I change certain
settings it has to reboot (and gives no warning about it), and the
firmware updates are erratic and you always have to cross your fingers
that they didn't introduce more bugs than they fixed.
Here's the type of things I'm curious about:
- Are firmware updates released often and of high quality?
- Are options clearly labeled that they will need a reboot or have other
help?
- Does it support port triggering/forwarding *well*?
- Does it reboot randomly?
- Does port filtering actually work?
- How strict is it when working with other brands?
- VPN might be nice
I'm very comfortable in the tech world, so something that's "easy" isn't
really a priority - I'm more interested in something that's put together
well and works nice as a whole package (refined interface).
I've seen some good reviews of the Netgear WGT624. What else is worth
looking at?
Thanks,
Brian