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I'm done with this ******, recommend me a good router!

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Philippine Mango

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I'm tried of consumer grade routers, they're just CRAP. CRAP CRAP CRAP. Ya know why? Cause they farking overheat and cant handle a load going on 24/7 365, stupid POS. Amiright? Or Amiright?

I have a linksys router and it's just bothering me now, the connectivity issues with the NAT are so erratic that it's painful to use. The internet will load a webpage at normal speed on second and then the next it's brought to a hault.

Solution? Let the router cool down for about a few hours so it's cold and then turn it on again, after that, POOF problems go away! No, a simple power disconnection and reconnection isn't the solution because the issues will crop up with in about 10 minutes opposed to a few hours later.. UGH


So, I'm asking, what is a good 'old timer' cisco or high end brand router I can get off ebay? I was thinking of just turning one of my older computers into a router and firewall (combined? Bad idea?) or something.

I dunno. Maybe I should get a dedicated firewall and dedicated router? I dunno what to do but what I do know is that I'm not paying less than $300 for something new especially network related. PERIOD. I'm willing however to get an older cisco router off ebay for cheap that WAS expensive at one point.

The reason I ask should I get separate firewall and DHCP server functional equipment is because I've heard that only low end consumer crap has the firewall and DHCP server integrated, why is that?
 
If you're sending data 24x7x365, you do need some serious equipment, although i'm curious what you're running from your home.

You can try Cisco's 800 series routers, which are designed for SOHO environment, which may handle your data flow.
You'll probably need to look into the location of the router, or other means for the cooling.
From your post, it sounds like you're having heat and performance issues. If that's not the case, please let us know.
 
Hmm.

And the hundreds of thousands that use them and are happy with them are:

Figment of imagination? Carzy? Lazy?

Or, the omplainer are usually the ones that mistakenly bought a Nice passenger car to carry Tones of Sand to a construction site.
 
All I can say though is that my friend is experiencing the same issue which is really weird and I don't know why but it could be due to the fact that bittorrent is open all the time.. I want to avoid SOHO as I do want better performance but I don't need any GIGe uplink or anything like that.

Looking for the following (and forgot to mention in this thread).

A Good Router, a small/medium business sized router from the year 2001? I dunno if I need a dedicated firewall or not as I asked about using a computer for a firewall then asked if I should use it as a DHCP server and I got frowns from forum members for some reason but I'm not sure bleh.

And second I need a GOOD 16port gigabit ethernet switch as 10/100Mb/s really won't cut it for my needs.
 
I had heat issues with a linksys router also - air flow was fine, sitting on a desk, not cluttered, etc...

I replaced it with another router (upgraded to .11G) and haven't had problems with overheating.
 
For your router/firewall why not use an old computer to run Linux? Take a look at PFSense.

And as for your switch needs take a look at the Dell PowerConnect 27XX line of switches. Plus the 2716 and 2724 support Jumbo Frames.
 
Originally posted by: Cooky
If you're sending data 24x7x365, you do need some serious equipment, although i'm curious what you're running from your home.

You can try Cisco's 800 series routers, which are designed for SOHO environment, which may handle your data flow.
You'll probably need to look into the location of the router, or other means for the cooling.
From your post, it sounds like you're having heat and performance issues. If that's not the case, please let us know.
Click to expand...

My Cisco 830 router works and never has any issues. Love the thing, especially compared to my friends who have linksys stuff that gives them fits.
 
I have seen those issues on countless Linksys and Netgear routers/wireless routers. It's usually heat, power issues (those cheap AC adapters wear out in a year) or just plain age. Most don't last 5 years. I have 2 of them at home that constantly drop connections for one of those 3 reasons. I feel your pain.

I say get a real 16-24-port rackmount switch (I sold some old Linksys switches here a few weeks ago) and stick with that. If you need wireless, stick a WAP on the switch.
 
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