[nflug] Router Recommendations

[John Nichel]

Christopher Hawkins wrote:
> Not to put words in John's mouth... But I often hear complaints about those
> little boxes at anything more than 10-15 users. Usually the issue is
> something like lost packets and connections that get slower under load,
> users who briefly lose their Internet and then get it back after a few
> seconds, and general glitchy-ness. It doesn't seem to be bandwidth per se,
> but more of an inability to reliably handle that much NAT traffic.   
> 
> Chris
> 

I didn't list that in my reply to Mark, but that is another issue. 
Forgot all about it...probably because we've been putting up with issues 
like that for so long, it just seems to be the norm.  ;)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nflug-bounces at nflug.org [mailto:nflug-bounces at nflug.org] On Behalf Of
> Mark Musone
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 11:59 AM
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Subject: RE: [nflug] Router Recommendations
> 
> What part of it have you outgrown?? If it's a router for a T, it should be
> able to handle the (small) amount of traffic of 1.5Mbs..
> Is it firewalling, internal lan routing, or something else that you've
> outgrown?
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nflug-bounces at nflug.org [mailto:nflug-bounces at nflug.org] On Behalf Of
> John Nichel
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 11:36 AM
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Subject: [nflug] Router Recommendations
> 
> Hi,
> 
>    It seems that we've outgrown our cheap little SOHO type routers.  I'm
> looking for a good, reliable router which can handle two WAN connections (we
> have a T with cable backup) and 30 users.  I've been able to soften the blow
> to my boss that we can't get away with $75 routers anymore. ;)
> 
> Any recommends are appreciated.
> 
-- 
John C. Nichel IV
System Administrator (ÜberGeek)
KegWorks
http://www.kegworks.com
716.362.9212 x16
john at kegworks.com