[wellylug] Routers

[Jethro Carr]

On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 23:03 +1200, Rob Giltrap wrote:
> This isn't particularly Linux related but here goes.
> 
> In the last 5 years 3 months I have gone through three wired (4 lan 
> port) routers.
> 
> 1) Linksys BEFSR41
> 2) Dlink (DI 504 I think)
> 3) DSE (cheapo one)
> 
> The last one is on it's way out with it freezing up every day for the 
> last three days.
> 
> Has anyone had any better luck than me with these devices or are they 
> built to die after 18months - 2 years?

the consumer routers often suck, and have buggy features, but I haven't
found stability an issue before.

You could get a Linksys WRT54G, which are supposed to be quite good, or
you could go for an enterprise grade device like a Netscreen 5GT, which
will cost a lot more, but is rock-solid and with plenty of powerful
features.

Alternately you could build a router using a Linux PC - if you need
ADSL, you could stick a PCI Sangoma ADSL card in it, which are supported
under Linux.



-- 
Jethro Carr

www.jethrocarr.com
www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?cms=blog

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