Mohtalim

Okay, after resetting my router twice in the past few hours (granted, it WAS free after rebate), I'm fed up. Anyone have suggestions for a good "stable" router that doesn't have to be rebooted about once a day?

This is after reading a slew of reviews and realizing it's not an easy decision, especially when lots of reviews are superficial and don't cover port forwarding in detail, let alone port triggering.

Notes:

• Wireless is NOT important to me for a router (however, the price premium IS a negative)
• Jason, I won't buy your router unless I can test it for a few days. If you're still interested, mind swapping routers with me ^_^;
• Active connections before 2nd reset
  • running trillian on main box
  • running remote desktop to server
  • running irc (only 3 networks)
  • statically port forwarding a bunch of ports to server box
    (this router requires me to use the same port externally and internally, ftp must use port 21, sucks ass)
  • NOT running BitTorrent
  • Tested multiple ftp connections to my server (from Andrew and from a cable modem in NJ)
  • Numerous web pages (yes, it shouldn't matter, but I'm stating it for completeness)

Reference Material: Hardware Router NTK - Terminology Guide - Triggering on page 5

I've had no problems with my Linksys. They run Linux, FWIW. Might be a couple bucks more expensive if you take rebates into account, but I think there's a reason it's one of the higher sellings units.

I have several linksys routers and none have given me any trouble. You might wonder why I have several, and it's because:
1) was given to parents so I have wireless when I go home
2) is in my office without wireless enabled for sharing my connection between my server and office computer
3) is at my apartment so I have wireless there
4) was given to my gf so that I'd have wireless when I visit

hmm, my $5.99 after rebate D-Link wireless is still working perfectly....ughh except I still haven't received my rebate yet so now it still stands at $65.99.