Wireless routers that support multiple static IPs?

blahblah99

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I bought the DLINK DI-524 because it was on sale with a $30 rebate for a total of $35... well, in this case I got what I paid for as the router is nothing but a piece of junk.

First off, I have 3 static IPs and would like to dedicate two for two computers, while the third one as a gateway for multiple computers to share.

Are there any routers out in the market that can do this? And what is a good brand? I havn't been up to date with this new wireless trend. I'm starting to look at the netgear/belkin/linksys routers.

D-Link makes decent network and wireless cards, but their routers just sucks.
 

VirtualLarry

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Back in the day, SMC 7004VBR and -WVBR routers supported this; it was one of their unique features, "multi-nat", for up to 10 public IP addresses. Last year, you could get one of the wireless ones for $20 AR (or wired for $10 AR, which I did). Now, they are scarce as heck, and lowest price that I've seen online for them is $60-70. It seems that the only two or three common brands anymore, are Belkin (crap, IMHO), LinkSys (overpriced), and D-Link (seems middle-of-the-road). I've always kinda thought that SMC made decent products, have they exited the wireless networking business entirely? The MS-branded ones seem really nice too, but with MS suddenly exiting the market too, existance of future firmware updates seem to be in jeopardy.
 

sjgmoney

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I have the DI-524 and it works like a champ for me. My setup is obviously different from yours but perhaps next time you might check and see if the router is capable of doing what you want before you purchase.