What are people using at home these days? The Office is going to get me the new Comcast 100 mbps service (no cap either!) and I am very sure that my ancient (2001 vintage) BEFSR41 will not handle the traffic.
All I need is a wan port in, lan port out, nat firewall, DNS passthrough, DHCP (mac address reservation would be nice!), port blocking, etc. I don't need things like a dmz, VPN tunneling, etc.
My home networking is fine, GigE/Cat6 everywhere, 32 port Cisco SOHO layer III switch, etc, etc. Already have a Netgear 655 running as an AP that I don't want to mess with at all.
Just need a belts & suspenders solution to go between the home network and the Comcast CPE.
(helpful) suggestions appreciated.
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I think your BEFSR41 will handle things. However, if you really want to upgrade, I'd go for a business class router. If you're looking for a gigabit wired router, that's the way you'll need to go. By comparison, Linksys/Cisco still has the BEFSR41 in it's lineup!
The RVS4000 gets pretty solid reviews, and it's under $125. Since it's business class, you'll get more options, too. You may never need them, but it's nice to know they are there.
What's a Netgear 655? Did you mean a D-Link DIR-655? If so, you could always use the DIR-655 as your router. -
The BEFSR41 I own is of the original hardware rev. I can already saturate it by running two backup streams at once.
Linksys and others are (in-)famous for re-using model names & numbers through multiple hardware and firmware revisions. Look at all of the hardware revs the linksys 54G router has gone through. At least three different CPUs, 6 different amounts of flash, different ethernet switches, etc.\
Anyway (as mentioned in the first rock), I don't want to screw with the Dlink 655 wireless box, I have it running as an AP and I take it on trips from time to time. I'm looking for a dedicated box for more or less permanent use at the house. -
The RVS4000 should handle everything you need.
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If you want more expandability, features, and power, you could always go for a "home built" router. Good old P4 desktop PC, a few NICs, and a nice router OS (Endian is great, so is Clark Connect and pFsense.)
We noticed a dramatic difference in bandwidth usability when we switched our old router out with an Endian box. It has more features than you could shake a stick at too! -
After doing a lot more reading, you might want to do some serious research before buying this one. It has a gigabit WAN port, but quite a few people complain about speed issues and lackluster VPN performance. The complaints might be a result of not configuring the router correctly.
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did you not research or have personal experience before you made the recommendation?
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Yes, I did research the router. After further research, as I'm considering getting one, I found some conflicting reviews. I thought it prudent to let you know about my further research.
nat firewall router?
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by newsposter, Sep 9, 2009.