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    Default Help me choose a router

    For the last few years I have been using a 2wire modem/router combo. It has come time for me to bridge it as a modem only and buy a real router. I am currently thinking a wrt54gl with dd-wrt loaded. Figured I would see if anyone else has any other recommendations. I need it to have 4 ports at least and do G wireless - do not need N at this time. Also would like it to do QoS as upload starting to become issue on my network.

    If anyone has any thoughts and experiences that would be great.

    Edited to fix couple typos did not catch on preview
    Last edited by buckethead; 03-15-2009 at 10:00 PM. Reason: Fixed dd-wrt

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    Quote Originally Posted by buckethead View Post
    For the last few years I have been using a 2wire modem/router combo. It has come time for me to bridge it as a modem only and buy a real router. I am currently thinking a wrt54gl with ww-drt loaded. Figured I would see if anyone else has any other recommendations. I need it to have 4 ports at least and do G wireless - do not need N at this time. Also would like it to do QoS as upload starting to become issue on my network.

    If anyone has amy thoughts and experiences that would be great.
    Sounds like you already have a good plan. I recommend DD-WRT v24-sp2 (01/01/09) build 11296M NEWD Eko. I also have a 2-wire but due to weird issue with a local server I run I stuck it in bridge mode and went back to using my Linksys with DD-WRT. Runs great! I would not mess with QOS unless you find your call quality suffering.
    Last edited by Xponder1; 03-15-2009 at 09:39 PM.

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    Nothing wrong with the linksys and DD-WRT. I personally have chosen the Trendnet and the Zyxel. I am particular about voice quality. I know we only control the outbound packets; but the Ubicom QOS chip is much better in my opinion than firmware/software QOS such as in the Linksys; even with DD-WRT and Tomato. But that's just my opinion. There are a lot of routers that use the hardware Ubicom chip. Let me know if you're interested. The only one I would avoid are the Dlinks. I don't like Dlink ANYTHING. Even the ones that have the ubicom chip. AKA "StreamEngine". But if you want the hardware versions;
    TRENDnet TEW-631BRP is good
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    tomato software for stability.


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    Quote Originally Posted by usa2k View Post
    tomato software for stability.
    I decided to try tomato out as it looked very light compared to dd-wrt and has the few features that I wanted to add in while dd-wrt had many more than I need right now.

    Would you share your QoS settings that you use through tomato? I have it set up to what I think will work(MAC priority for my PAP2T), but curious how others have theirs set.

    Thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by christcorp View Post
    TRENDnet TEW-631BRP is good
    I have not had any luck with TRENDnet devices in the past so can not bring myself to purchase another.

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    Quote Originally Posted by buckethead View Post
    I have not had any luck with TRENDnet devices in the past so can not bring myself to purchase another.
    I certainly agree with that.

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    Whatever other features you may be looking for, I would suggest adding Gigabit Ethernet to the list. You may not need it right now, but if you ever decide to add network storage or similar bandwidth-intensive functions to your setup, you'll be glad you have a router that can handle it. While dlink may not be a favorite of everyone, I've had a good experience with the DIR-655. Looks like Newegg had this on sale for $80 no too long ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TomP View Post
    Whatever other features you may be looking for, I would suggest adding Gigabit Ethernet to the list. You may not need it right now, but if you ever decide to add network storage or similar bandwidth-intensive functions to your setup, you'll be glad you have a router that can handle it.
    I thought about both N and GigE, but just have no need for the next 3 - 5 years. Current WHS box (only thing besides printer and ATA even using LAN ports, rest is wireless) only has 10/100 and I am not upgrading that soon only one laptop has N. When I upgrade WHS box and add another laptop with N then will do it all at once.

    Anyone have experience with the ASUS WL520gU? It is $20 less than the wrt54gl and both Tomato and DD-WRT support it. I do not need the USB support so that is a non-issue. Thinking if it will run the software it should be as good as the wrt54gl, although just not sure.

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