[Herts] RE: Wireless Router

[Neil Youngman]

On Sunday 08 Jan 2006 07:22, Stephen Birch wrote:
> nicolas(nicolas at nicolasassociates.com)@2006-01-07 20:24:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am after a couple of wireless routers. The main points required are
> >
> > 1. Simple installation!
> > 2. Decent SPI firewall
> > 3. Home solution (and home cost!!!)
> > 4. To be used with a cable modem.
> >
> > Belkin have the current PC pro best buy, with their wifi MIMO (whatever
> > that is etc, wireless router)
> >
> > Any thoughts?
>
> Belkin has a good reputation and so should be okay but I have no
> direct experience with their routers.
>
> I swear by Netgear and have set up several domestic sites using the
> DG384G.  Its a nice little unit which satisfies all of your
> requirements.
>
> http://www.netgear.com/products/details/DG834G.php

I've just returned a Netgear WGT624, as it seemed unable to maintain a 
reliable link with my laptop and even the ethernet links seemed to have 
occasional problems. 

It's replacement is a Linksys WRT54G, which seems OK so far. Up to v4 the 
WRT54G runs Linux underneath and you can even get  a custom Linux distro for 
it. 

Neil Youngman