Which of these routers do you recommend?

Confused

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My box i was using as a "router" with Windows ICS has just died, and therefore have decided to replace it with a hardware router. I have currently narrowed down the choices in my price range (£70 (UK) including delivery) to the following three:

Axelen HIP-400E 4 port switch broadband router

or

Linksys router or 4 port switch version (little over budget)

I mainly do HTTP browsing and some FTP transfers, as well as occasionally playing games. I also occasionally run an FTP/HTTP server on my machine, so one that does port forwarding would be nice, but not overly essential.

I would appreciate any suggestions, comments and experience with these routers. Or, if anyone knows of a better router in my price range in the UK, then that will be appreciated :)

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CubicZirconia

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I've been using the linksys router/4 port switch since last October and have nothing but good things to say about it. It was easy to set up and I havn't had any problems. It works fine with games and has port forwarding. I don't know much about ftp/http servers, but if that checks out I'd certainly reccomend it.
 

mboy

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Agreed. NOthing but good things to say about my Linksys 4 port and the one I hooked up for my Dad.