[nflug] Router Recommendations

[John Nichel]

Mark Musone wrote:
> 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?
> 

Mainly the reliability aspect of it.  We've tried things like Linksys 
and D-Link over the past four years, and every time we've ended up with 
a piece of hardware that locks up, needs to be restarted, etc, quite 
frequently.  I'd also like to be able to have a bit more fine grain 
control over the firewall.

> -----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.
> 


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John C. Nichel IV
System Administrator (ÜberGeek)
KegWorks
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