Router Experiences / Suggestions

[starrouter]

I'm new to MJ and am just now getting around to having wireless broadband hooked up. I haven't bought a wireless router yet but a couple I am looking at are the d-link DIR-615 and the netgear WGR614L open-source router. Before I buy, I was wondering if anyone wants to share their experiences with their own routers or suggest something that is know to work pretty well including with mj. After I buy is too late to ask so now is the time to hear about every-ones favorite router. The cheaper the better but I would really like to spend less than $100 anyway.

[Nobody beats the Whiz!]

I'm new to MJ and am just now getting around to having wireless broadband hooked up. I haven't bought a wireless router yet but a couple I am looking at are the d-link DIR-615 and the netgear WGR614L open-source router. Before I buy, I was wondering if anyone wants to share their experiences with their own routers or suggest something that is know to work pretty well including with mj. After I buy is too late to ask so now is the time to hear about every-ones favorite router. The cheaper the better but I would really like to spend less than $100 anyway.

I briefly had a DIR-615. Junk! It worked with MJ, no problem. However, it wreaked havoc with my other VOIP services. It's notorious for such problems. (I upgraded to latest firmware.)

[starrouter]

One of the offices where I work is using a netgear WPN824 that works real good for them.

I have always thought the Linksys WRT54GL (GL is the one with open source firmware) would be a great router. it has over 2-thousand 5-star reviews on the egg but all references to MJ say you have to flash with tomato which wouldn't be too big a deal but I'm not crazy about flashing a new piece of hardware with 3-rd party firmware.

Any other router suggestions ? I probably won't be buying a router for another week.

[tsmith]

For what it's worth, I'm using a non-Tomato WRT54GL without any problems. I'd considered Tomato, but I'm of the mind "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" attitude. I realize Tomato adds great features (including needed QoS enhancements), but I'm not as into technical challenges as I used to be. Gettin' old I guess.

[starrouter]

Thanks for the comment Tom, that certainly renews my interest in the GL. One I'm considering as a temporary measure is the $25 Trendnet 432BRP. It's cheap, works decently, and is reported to work with MJ. Untile I can get something a little better. Speaking of doing things on the cheap - I already have a WAP54G Access Point. Couldn't I just use static addressing on my modem and NIC's with my WAP ?

[speaker2112]

I'm in the same boat as the OP as I want to get a wireless router soon that will work well with MJ, but one that also provides some wired ethernet ports. I'm looking at the Linksys WRT54G2. Does anyone have any comments about that specific model?

Thanks.