best decently priced router for college dsl or cable?

[Rordog]

hey all,

i'm heading to college next year and will be hooking up w/ either dsl or cable. i'm looking for a good router to throw in my network mix for next year, not only for security, but to hide multiple machines behind 1 ip ;-)

right now i'm looking at the Netgear rt314, the EtherFast Cable/DSL Router ? BEFSR81, and the SohoWare Secure Cable/DSL Router ? NBG800 (all of which have a 4 port switch built in).

any reccomendations on any of these or any others? i would like to stay below $200, but i could be flexible. like i said, mainly for security and to help facilitate hosting options.

 

[Zach]

I've used the SMC. It's great, has a print server. Look for reviews and do searches, this topic has been heavily dicussed. Also, for pricing go to pricegrabber.com and pricewatch.com.

 

[nnnyyy]

You missed the deals floating around on the netgear and the SMC. They were dirt cheap! (like $50 and under after rebates). If you dont need it yet, just wait for a deal.

 

[Southerner]

I use the SMC too. Do a search in the Hot Deals forum -- I think someone else is offering it for $49 post-rebate with now...

 

[dcdomain]

Yeah, I have two of the SMC's. Outpost has it for $50 after mail in rebate right now.