I need a ADSL router with the following in it and be well priced:

ADSL Modem Built In

4+ 10/100 RJ45 Ports

802.11b/g

Bult in Firewall

NAT & Port Forwarding Avaliable

Cheers for the help

Draytek Vigor - Take your pick from the series, all more highly specified than any of the SOHO competitors.

Quote from: BXGTi16VDraytek Vigor - Take your pick from the series, all more highly specified than any of the SOHO competitors.

Ill second that: really good kit.

Looking for sub Ã,£80/100

Any good Netgear ones?

Could you not try a second hand draytek on ebay - they are a LOT better than the standard ones people would go for - or failing that one of those linksys ones that you can get hacked firmware for?

http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/MFR/ShopDetail.asp?ProductID=2233 (Ã,£55.33)

Linux OpenWRT firmware. (Status is untested though on WAG54G).

Still once youve got linux on there, you can even do quirky things like running Q3 servers AFAIK.

Linksys were/are gradually switching to a locked-down VxWorks (same OS as on the Mars Rovers...btw)

Netgear routers suck mightily. Linksys and D-Link are common, cheap, and just fine.

Quote from: maximusotterNetgear routers suck mightily. Linksys and D-Link are common, cheap, and just fine.

pfft, you have been using the wrong ones then.  the DG835G isnt brilliant but work better than any D-Link crap ive had the misfortune to use.

the DG835GT i have has been solid except for one unfortunate firmware upgrade that i just rolled back from.

however if he wants a wireless and he has that budget then either:

WAG54GX2
or
DG834PN

Last two Netgear routers I tried were DOA out of the box. Complete turds. In fact, turds may possibly have offered better router satisfaction than the Netgear crap.

The $20 rebate they offered on my wireless card took four threatening letters to redeem, then the check they sent bounced. Im not the only one. They routinely offer all sorts of rebates to enhance sales, but refuse to redeem a goodly portion of the mail ins, as most folks wont fight for $20.

I rank them above Microsoft as being completely evil sh*t. From what Ive gathered from various sources, theyre no more than a criminal resale organization.

Ive used and supplied half a dozen Netgear dsl routers and theyve all performed fine and been well built. As have lots of others here.

Their business practices are criminal, thats enough for me to not recommend them.

Certainly a lot of products have this taint upon them and you cant avoid them all, but a certain few, like Nike sporting goods and Netgear are so appalling as to be worth the personal satisfaction of boycott.

Their hubs and switches are perfectly OK. I cant speak for their SOHO stuff but their managed and unmanaged desktop and rackmountable switches are fine. At works, we run the majority of our network on them.

That said, I didnt have a particularly good experience with a Netgear WAP I bought

Quote from: maximusotterTheir business practices are criminal, thats enough for me to not recommend them.

Certainly a lot of products have this taint upon them and you cant avoid them all, but a certain few, like Nike sporting goods and Netgear are so appalling as to be worth the personal satisfaction of boycott.

your recommending a company that is known bandwidth thief, who say they arent responsible for something they hard coded into their firmware over one with other bad business practices?

Oh the sound of mocking laughter

Ive not had any good experience with Netgear wireless products, they are only marginally better than Edimax IMO.

I have a 3com, pretty solid and gives a good wi-fi connection. If you are going to use wi-fi though I would advise having software firewalls on *all* computers that might be connected to the system.