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    Another "which ADSL router" thread

    Hi chaps.

    I'm looking at getting a better adsl model/router for work.

    At the moment, we have a cheap Netgear 834GT which works fine, but I now need to be able to do port mapping which it doesn't seem capable of. In other words, I need to have a port forwarding rule where something on the WAN at port 1234 gets routed to internal IP a.b.c.d but on port 5678. The Netgear doesn't offer this.

    At home, I have an old Linksys WRT54G v1 or v2 or something on which I can put DD-WRT or Tomato (thanks for the recommendation - fantastic firmware ) but all the newer Linksys have newer CPUs which don't support 3rd party firmwares.

    Cost isn't too much an issue - it's for work, but of course would rather spend £50-100 than £200-500.

    Also, ideally we'd need quite a few ports on the internal LAN side, so I guess it might be better getting just a router that's good at routing (but doesn't need to have loads of RJ45 ports) and a separate 16 port switch or something.

    Wireless would be useful, only needs to be 11g/54Mbps. No real need for draft n or stuff like that.

    Above all, needs to be reliable as there will be a few servers on the inside which will be exposed to the outside and used frequently so can't afford something that crashes / reboots on its own or needs rebooting every other day. And of course needs to have a reliable and decent SPI firewall or something of the like (and no, I'm not going to buy a Cisco PIX or something like that!)

    So, what do you think?

    TIA

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    Wink Re: Another "which ADSL router" thread

    Linksys' [wireless] WAG160N ADSL2+ is a belter of a router ... and unbelievably cheap (around £55)

    It's also a good looking unit, but it's incredibly small compared to most routers I've owned.
    Small enough to be hidden out of the way very easily, if you were to have it in (i.e.) your living room
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    Re: Another "which ADSL router" thread

    Thanks, just had a look at it. I see what you mean about the shape.

    But what on earth has happened to the documentation. It's a pile of

    I was hoping to see a print of all the screenshots but the manual is just useless. Tells you what to plug in where and how to fix it on a wall but nothing about all (which?) configuration options! Grrr

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    Re: Another "which ADSL router" thread

    Have a look at the Draytek 2820N

    http://www.draytek.co.uk/products/vigor2820.html

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    Re: Another "which ADSL router" thread

    cheers kmac.
    That draytek looks good. Probably has too many features that I wouldn't need, but good nonetheless

    Any more suggestions?

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    Re: Another "which ADSL router" thread

    Possibly this - but I'm a big fan of Draytek....

    http://www.overstock.com/Electronics...tml?cid=133635

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    Re: Another "which ADSL router" thread

    Are you sure you can't do that with the netgear? I used to have an earlier DG834G model and I'm sure that I could specify which lan IP I wanted traffic on a particular port to go to. Maybe they have changed since that model?

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    Re: Another "which ADSL router" thread

    Quote Originally Posted by Zadock View Post
    Are you sure you can't do that with the netgear? I used to have an earlier DG834G model and I'm sure that I could specify which lan IP I wanted traffic on a particular port to go to. Maybe they have changed since that model?
    The OP wants to direct traffic to a different port - the Netgears can't do that.

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