Re: Finding a decent router
- From: Whiskers <catwheezel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:37:23 +0100
On 2007-03-29, Nick Kew <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm looking for a new router. This'll be my fourth since
ADSL arrived here, which is a ridiculously high rate.
They've all had some pretty serious bugs making them at
best painful to use.
So it occurs to me I should look for recommendations.
But more than that: why not try and get a little more?
The router[1] is the best place to run a DNS cache,
so let's look for one I can configure, to block all
those adserver/webbug sites in a single place.
And if it supports RBL lookup too, all the better:-)
Any recommendations?
ADSL+wireless also required (and please no big lights!)
but speed is a complete non-issue.
[1] Except the 3Com one, whose DNS (as well as its DHCP)
is just too broken.
I started out using a Belkin F5D7633-4 with my 'ADSL Max' connection, but
it seemed to have difficulty keeping the connection 'up' rather often,
although my ISP couldn't find any faults on the line. In January I
changed to a Zyxel P-660HW-T1 which seems to be more robust with the ADSL
side, and slightly better with the WiFi part too. It's also more
'configurable' via telnet or HTTP (but needs more care getting the initial
setup 'secure').
On my ISP's recommendation, I use OpenDNS <http://www.opendns.com/> which
seems to work very well for my basic usage.
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