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On Wednesday 28 November 2007 17:04, Julian Hall wrote: > Keith Abraham wrote: > > My ancient Origo 8400 is beginning to show signs of distress so I'm > > in the market for a reasonably priced new router. I'm not interested in > > wireless but as it's used for connecting to the Internet it should have > > a firewall and 4 ports. > > > > Any suggestions anyone? > > Hi Keith, > > A lot depends on your budget. Also do you want a combined DSL > modem/router or just the basic wired router? > > Having said that I'm having trouble finding a wired router that > *doesn't* have the modem built in. They can be picked up from Ebuyer > from as little as £17 +pnp+VAT. > > Even a decent make like a Belkin, D-Link or USR is around the £20 mark. > > The wireless, which fair enough you're not interested in, come in around > £30 for a decent make, starting lower at £25 for a Dynamode. I have a Belkin ADSL/4 port cat5/wireless that cost about £35. Its fine most of the time but when BT mess about it can overheat and needs a few mins to cool down before it works properly again - but it only goes wrong when the broadband is down anyway! I'd say its ok for home use but you'd probably want something a bit more stable for 'business' use. Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html