Rock-solid ADSL2+Wireless routers

[shaithis]

I am looking for makes/models of ADSL2 routers with wireless that run 24/7 without regularly restarting them....

Please post ones you have used with great success

[Lee H]

I've been through about 10 different modem/routers to find which one was best suited to my needs and which also didn't require a reboot once the concurrent connections reaches above 16.

I went through netgear, dlink 504/604T, origo, buffalo and even USR equipment before I got handed a box with the following router in ;

Asus AAM6020VI-T4

Talk about über stable. I think I rebooted it LAST NIGHT after the thunderstorms up here and that was the first real reboot I did since Christmas Day.

Shame it's been replaced with the newer model, but if that is 1/2 as stable as this one I would be very impressed.

The only step-up I have from this router is the Vigor series and they cost quite a bit

[RavenNight]

Well my Linksys WAG345G, got through bargain mistake at PC World is fab, I've only restarted it once in the months that i've had it and that was becasue I screwed up the settings.

[chrestomanci]

I went through netgear, dlink 504/604T, origo, buffalo and even USR equipment before I got handed a box with the following router in ;

Asus AAM6020VI-T4

Talk about über stable. I think I rebooted it LAST NIGHT after the thunderstorms up here and that was the first real reboot I did since Christmas Day.

I also have that Asus router, and have found it to be very stable. It is also quite cheap.

I chose it because it runs embeded linux, which is probably why it is so stable, and will happly cope with so many concurent connections. I was hoping to use my linux skilz to extend it a bit but so far I have not got round.

On the downside the admin web interface is badly laid out and a bit of a pain to figure out. Hopefull Asus will release a firmware update to improve it.

[Lee H]

On the downside the admin web interface is badly laid out and a bit of a pain to figure out. Hopefull Asus will release a firmware update to improve it.

Really?

I found the menu system very easy to navigate and activate all the functions I needed ( i.e uPnP and DMZ )

I've seen worse than the Asus design but I'm afraid this model's now end of life so I doubt they (Asus) would be releasing any further updates to the router.

[badass]

Restarting routers?

Not something I've ever had a problem with TBH
I've left all on constantly without problems (Some cheapo connexant one that went pop after 2 years, a draytek that has been nothing but rock solid and a BT voyager that is not adverse to never being switched off either)

[peterb]

I used an Mri router for a couple of years (based on a generic Globespan-Virata oem board) and it just ran and ran. I'm currently using a Draytek 2800 - which I see from the stats has been up for 1,480 hours (Had apower cut and the UPS failed 50 days ago) with a line coonection of nearly 480 hours.

TBH, most routers are designed to be left running 24x7 so from that point of view any will do - the main differences in price (apart from market forces) is the level of support that the mfrs provide. Support centres and maintainiing up to date web sites are expensive activities - that is reflected in the product price!

[Lee H]

You guys must not be pushing your routers to the limit then

When using certain chipsets, which has been noticed on the tomshardware wireless test recently, they found that certain routers locked up after 16 or more concurrent connections which required a reboot.

When there's 2 of you both trying to grab stuff from torrents (legal btw - so none of this getting on the high horse and screaming omfg downloader!!!1!) it all starts to go a bit Pete Tong if I have a few on the go at any one time.

[chrestomanci]

Restarting routers?

Not something I've ever had a problem with TBH
I've left all on constantly without problems (Some cheapo connexant one that went pop after 2 years, a draytek that has been nothing but rock solid and a BT voyager that is not adverse to never being switched off either)

I think it depends what you use them for.

I used to have a much older ADSL modem router, that worked fine for years and only got rebooted every six months or so. Then I got into bittorent. Suddenly I was asking it to keep track of up to a thousand concurent connections and it struggled, so I had to reboot it every couple of days to keep it working.

My new modem is coping fine with bittorent, and when I recently downloaded a Knoppix DVD, an Ubantu install CD, and an 850Mb copy of Elephants Dream all at the same time via bittorent it coped fine.