Need to replace my router - any suggestions?

[silverblade]

Seems my wireless router has finally given up working.

I have a separate ethernet modem at the moment, which is apparently actually a router itself (since that is how I'm using it. huh!)

The only reason I need the router is for the wireless.

So, any suggestions on what I should replace it with? I'd be happy to replace both router and modem with an all-in-one provided it is stable and can do port forwarding/firewalling etc.

For combination modem/router, what works best with the ADSL2+ stuff?

[Rik]

Can you post your line stats, Silver? Depending on line length, I'd say Netgear or 2-Wire 2700.

[Tacitus]

......So, any suggestions on what I should replace it with? I'd be happy to replace both router and modem with an all-in-one provided it is stable and can do port forwarding/firewalling etc......

Do you want to do simple port forwarding (eg: port 22 to port 22 on a particular machine) or do you need to do port address translation (port 22000 to port 22 on a given machine)?.

If it's the former, then I would go with what Rik says.  Otherwise you are going to be into the high end stuff such as the Draytek 2820, Zyxel 662HW, or possibly one of the high end Netgears.  There are no doubt others, but all will most likely have a price in excess of £100.

[silverblade]

Possibly a dumb question, what exactly would my line stats look like? You mean like SNR and things like that? I'll dig 'em out.

I don't need any port address translation, just plain forwarding. The WRT54G I was using did have OpenWRT installed on it, which gave it potential to do a load of things it wouldn't be able to do by default.

I have contemplated building a machine to act as a router as I have a few bits of kit spare, but the problem is the wireless again - I'd need something that can act as an access point on Linux or BSD for that. Big fan of m0n0wall which worked fine for some older 802.11b cards but doesn't work with the newer one I have.

[Rik]

The figures I'm interested in are the downstream sync speed, attenuation and noise margin, often wrongly labelled as SNR or SNR margin.

[Lona]

I would recommend Netgear every time.