Posted: 10/11/2009 5:06:38 PM EDT
| Hey guys I'm needing some help in finding a router for my new office. I currently have one computer with one DSL router and everything is fine. In the new building I have four offices that are going to all have computers in them and the contractors have ran the Cat6 lines for me to each room and to the router locatation along with the DSL cables. The question is what is a good router to get for internet connection and trouble free. I keep seeing people post about problems using multi port routers. Any advice will be helpfull. |
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Buy the most expensive router from Cisco (not Cisco's linksys division) with the extended warranty, such as the catalyst 7000 series. More realistically: How many computers do you have? (you said 4 offices, but those are rooms, not computers) Do you envision any growth? (two people per office) Visitors? (ie laptops?) Wireless? Do you want an all-in-one router with switch (i'm thinking a networked printer and if you're thinking a 4 port router/switch with four offices and a printer) How reliably must it be? (Can it be down for an hour? is your replacement plan just buy a new one?) Do you need VPN access? Do you need basic filtering to keep people from surfing ar15.com at work? How much money you got? How much can I have? |
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Buy the most expensive router from Cisco (not Cisco's linksys division) with the extended warranty, such as the catalyst 7000 series. More realistically: How many computers do you have? (you said 4 offices, but those are rooms, not computers)4 only Do you envision any growth? (two people per office) no Visitors? (ie laptops?) no Wireless?if not to much trouble Do you want an all-in-one router with switch (i'm thinking a networked printer and if you're thinking a 4 port router/switch with four offices and a printer) printers will be wired to computers How reliably must it be? (Can it be down for an hour? is your replacement plan just buy a new one?) An hour or two is OK but have bought a new computer because one had a problem and was just faster to buy a new one Do you need VPN access? ain't got a clue what that is Do you need basic filtering to keep people from surfing ar15.com at work?no How much money you got? I have none but the company has enough How much can I have? all you want but you have to give it right back 
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It doesn't sound like you will need a commercial grade router for your purposes.
The netgear should work fine given your description. If uptime is critical, can't be down for a couple hours, then buy 2, set them both up the same way, then put one on the shelf for a rainy day. I run probably twice as much traffic across mine, as yours is likely to see. |