I need to buy a 4 port, standard router and wanted the opinions of you all as to what brand to purchase.

I have read good and bad things about each companys routers, so would like to know what you reccomend and a reason why would be nice. Thanks all

D-Link DI-604
Cheap, Reliable, Easy to operate and access admin configuration. What more could you want? Oh and its $27.

I've used/recommended all of those brands...go with the which ever one was cheaper and which one looks the best to you.

I happen to have an extra Di-604 for sale or trade too. Flawless router.

Whoever is cheaper after rebates. Mine cost me about $25 after rebates. I think I got a Netgear wireless. I have had problems with the range of the wireless. Not sure if it was the way it was setup cuz as soon as it had troubles, I ran some cable.

I have a linksys router and cable modem. And I have no problems. I used to have a Dlink router and man would that thing get hot .

i got that same d-link that tex is talking about i got it for 20 after best buy rebates and stuff.

old P1 200 with 5 nics....running linux

i have the dlink DI-704P and never had any problems with it, but yes, it does get very hot.. i dont know if all of them do or not

So what if they get hot? makes a good excuse to get out the power tools and mod a fan in

If i have to choose between only those brands, then I'd go with the D-Link. They're great little units. I use 'em here at woek whenever they decide to put 4 users in an office (happens all the time - don't laugh.)

Great Idea Chrome. I've got a P3 500 that is running RH 8 that I might use as a file server. Add some NIc's and BLAM, router. Thanks Mr. Rust.

not a prblem, great firewall too!!

i live in the uk, the cheapest i can find the DI-604 for is £40 on netshop.co.uk, which i thought was reasonable, until i heard what u lot can get it for! do you know newhere that in the uk that sells them that cheap, or ne websites that will ship to uk, thanx, hen

Go Linksys, netgear sucks and D-link has setup issues.

i have the dlink router tek was talking about. works great, easy to setup, no problems so far.

Actually, I like the idea of turning my packard bell into a router- How would I do that?

was runnin with a linksys 4 port router for about 6 months and i loved it, but it was always very hot so i always had it standing on end to keep it cooler. then last week it died. i wanna get another one since it worked great and the setup was simple. but im not sure now. maybe it was just a bad unit.......?

DLink is ****.

Get a Linksys VERSION 3. Version 3 is the important part, because they're actually cisco routers. Cisco bought linksys and they modified all the hardware so its alot better than it actually was.

How do you know if its the right one? it has a cisco logo on the front of it.

Other than that, Id say netgear. I have a netgear switch and its amazing. I cant tell you much about thier routers because i've never used one, but if its anything like the switch it should be great.

Dlink get last place. Friday night we were using a 604 at a friends lan party, thing overloaded all the time, and would stop responding for no reason. We flashed it 3 times, not any improvement. He also claims it does this once in a while normally. This also happened to my girlfriends 604. Also the UI really sucks and there arent a whole lot of options for em.

damn, i wish i had a girl who was into computers and stuff