Cable router

[nitan]

hi guys, well we are getting a 1024 Mpbs cable connection in our house 60 a month so £15 each as there are 4 of us sharing :D:D:D:D, shud be sweet, but i need a router and fast, one with a built in 4 port switch at least, dont wanna spend too much tho, any suggestions????

nitan:)

[NorthernYankee]

Linksys BEFSR41 it is shweet

--NY

[jema]

I stand by me review of the LinkSysSR41:

http://www.ninjamicros.com/vbulletin/showthread.php3?s=&threadid=8064

jema

[nitan]

thanks guys, i will get one asap

nitan:)

[nitan]

hang on...jema did u like it or not???

[jema]

I think the review makes it clear that I like it a lot. especially at the <£90 price you can find it for.

jema

[nitan]

just ordered this one:

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=19327&PX_Session=fcd265c1b7fcc660776206d14b5e293d

i read a review that sed it was on a par with the linksys, its ulgy but hey, i can mod it ;) , also it is reasonably cheap....

nitan:)

[GITster]

the linksys is that price at dabs... what made you choose the smc?

http://www.dabs.com/Linksys/linksys.asp

[NorthernYankee]

I have used the SMC too, I installed it at a customers office and while it is nice, the user interface is not as intuitive and refined as the Linksys. The Linksys is the one I use at home.

--NY

[crono]

Linksys is the easiest to setup I recently set one up for my brother with their newly released software which makes it ABC simple, Hook up modem directly to NIC then it records all your ip info then it asked you to hook the modem to the wan port it applies all the saved settings and your DONE.

[Player0]

I got the Dlink 704P cause it was on sale. Works okay, the only personal router ive used myself, so I dont know if anythig is better or worse ;)

[jema]

My general opinion is that apart from very advanced and rarely used features like VPN a router should be a fairly generic piece of kit, with only ease of setup as a determining factor.
NAT is now pretty much worked out, and there is no longer any excuse for bugs in the implementation.

jema

[NorthernYankee]

Exactly my point I find the GUI for the Linksys the best of them all.

--NY

[nitan]

ok cancelled that SMC one and going for the linksys :D

nitan:)

[NorthernYankee]

You won't be disappointed m8

--NY

[jema]

Originally posted by nitan
ok cancelled that SMC one and going for the linksys :D

nitan:)


As a point of interest I have written a utilitie to allow automatic settting of the LinkSys. The configuration is normally via web pages. my utilitie can access the web page and change values, so for example I schedule turning on and off my childrens internet access at certain times of the day.

jema

[nitan]

thats pretty cool, jema is there a way that i can restrict bandwidth to certain comps on the network such that certain IP's on the LAN can only recieve data at a certain rate??

nitan:)

[jema]

In a word NO. I have not heard of this sort of option on other routers either.

jema

[nitan]

ok cheers jema...

nitan :)