Could you guys recommend a good home router?

Lyquist

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I bought a Linksys e3000 awhile ago, and now it is totally bricked. I am no longer interested in Linksys. Is there something better? I just want a good web interface, dual channel wireless...N and G. I also want Gigabit Ethernet ports. Is there such a thing? This linksys I have failed after it's first hour of use. I have tried for 2 or 3 days to do everything possible to revive it.

Anyway, what is good that is out there now? My current router, a Linksys Wireless-G has worked great for a long time, just want Wireless-N and Gigabit Ethernet. Thanks in advance.
 
I beta tested the non-gigabit version of that same router. It was very solid and never required a reboot. Ever. Nice router. :)

I own a Cisco E2000 right now, and it's not bad. Runs hot, though.
 
On the fence between the Asus RT-N56U or the Cisco E4200; I think I'll pick up both and see which I like better. Currently using a D-link 4500, which has served me well, but I've upgraded my fios and think it's a good time to upgrade the router as well :)
 
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@ YeOldeStonecat
While it's probably possible to get over 34,000 on most routers with 128Mb ram (possibly with third party firmware) they'll most likely crawl handling that many connections...
A "healthy" home residential line probably never goes above ~2k connections anyways...

I'll take the open source friendly router by Netgear any time over a Broadcom or Raltek-based platform.

//Danne
 
@ YeOldeStonecat
While it's probably possible to get over 34,000 on most routers with 128Mb ram (possibly with third party firmware) they'll most likely crawl handling that many connections...
A "healthy" home residential line probably never goes above ~2k connections anyways...

Typical home grade routers will slow to a crawl when flooded with many concurrent connections, and most home networks shouldn't get up into the thousands for concurrent. But benchmarking routers illustrates the differences in performance under loads, and the ability for router to blow away anything else that had been tested by that place and climb thecharts at least shows some comfortable overhead.

I'll stick to my dual core Intel gigabit platform that I install various *nix firewall distros into...but some people just want an off the shelf retail boxed product for minimal cost and effort.
 
Typical home grade routers will slow to a crawl when flooded with many concurrent connections, and most home networks shouldn't get up into the thousands for concurrent. But benchmarking routers illustrates the differences in performance under loads, and the ability for router to blow away anything else that had been tested by that place and climb thecharts at least shows some comfortable overhead.

I'll stick to my dual core Intel gigabit platform that I install various *nix firewall distros into...but some people just want an off the shelf retail boxed product for minimal cost and effort.

It is funny you mentioned that. Years ago, I used to mess around with something called FreeSCO. It was a linux/router based distribution that ran on floppy. This was before you could really buy routers off the shelf, and before wireless was really popular. I have thought about doing that again, but I just want the simplicity of having a little box, and I don't have a spare computer that I can run something on.
 
I have about decided to get the netgear I linked in the second thread. Mainly because I can get it at Wal-mart, and if it is bad, like the linksys was, then I could take it back easily and get my money back. Does anyone see any glaring issues with the netgear I should be aware of? I noticed they just put out new fimware, and how do i make sure i get a version2? Thanks for your time. Thanks.
 
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