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[Dean Leiber]

On Jan 7, 2014, at 6:20 PM, Greg Law wrote:

> I've dealt with Netgear before and got nothing but runaround trying to get a NAS repaired under warranty. I finally got fed up and banned Netgear from my life permanently. As it stands, I wouldn't touch Netgear products even if the gave them to me.
> 
> I've been running an ASUS RT-N66U with Tomato for the past couple of years and haven't had a single problem with it. The RT-N66U is an excellent router hardware-wise, but the firmware leaves a lot to be desired. Tomato has a lot of options and has been rock solid, even locking out remote access from the wireless and WAN side with a couple checkboxes.

I've heard good things about the ASUS routers and they seem highly recommended by the prosumer crowd. After having problems with consumer routers tho (I'm running numerous IP Cameras)  I decided to switch to more 'industrial' brands. Currently I'm using  ubiquiti equipment and its been rock solid so far. There are a few brands (ubiquiti, engenius, etc.) in the WISP market which compete very well price wise with the prosumer brands and I'd suggest people at least take a look at them. They are a little harder to setup than your standard consumer router, but they tend to be more reliable. I haven't had to touch my router once since I set it up and that was over 6 months ago;I can't say that for any consumer router I've owned. I've also found that investing in descent network switches (I use HP Procurve currently) and quality cabling can help a lot too. Stay away from those $10 switches available at the big box stores and your network (and sanity) will thank you. 

Dean