Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on February 08, 2011, 15:05:06 PM
I think these days the offset cost of electricity in leaving a smoothwall PC running 24x7 compared to a low power router is - over time - much worse. best off just bunging for an half decent all-in-one and saving a lot of hassle.

true that, even I don't actually use a smoothie in my own house anymore. They do still have the advantage in reliability over most cheap ass routers though so there are still arguments for and against. Comes down to total cost of ownership vs reliability and initial outlay (assuming you have a spare pc lying about).

Since most people don't mind power cycling the router every month or so, the router does come out least hassle in most cases.

I do miss my smoothies total control though, my POS Belkin router annoys me with its refusal to move off 192.168.2.1

I've got a buffalo running DD-WRT, gives me all the config I could possibly need, doesn't fall over, uses low power, wasn't expensive, has great wireless range and quicker and more reliable than the Linksys ones that run DD-WRT!

Quote from: XEntity on February 08, 2011, 16:44:24 PM

Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on February 08, 2011, 15:05:06 PM
I think these days the offset cost of electricity in leaving a smoothwall PC running 24x7 compared to a low power router is - over time - much worse. best off just bunging for an half decent all-in-one and saving a lot of hassle.

I've no ideas how good this is but its cheap and seems to have the main features anyone would need:
http://www.tekheads.co.uk/product/GetNet-GR-124W-4-Port-Wireless-DSL-Cable-Router_25453.html

Apparently GetNet is made by Edimax.

The only issue I can see with that one is one of the features is a setup CD! I've not used a CD to setup a router in years, most now you plug in load up any page on your browser and it re-directs to the router config page Doesn't mean it's a bad router though!

Setup CD is usually used for wireless setup. run the cd & the computer wifi finds the router wifi, then you can configure it.
I usually chuck the cd in the box & set it up hard wired.

I set up a lot of cable routers and when you run the setup cd, it automatically pulls the login info so you don't need to input it manually. You'll need to mess about pulling the power from both router and modem though once it has got the settings and stuff and then power them back on in order of modem then router or they will say they are connected but not let you on the internet. It should tell you this in manual/setup software though.