Looking for a router (again)

[airbornflght]

Ok. This time I'm looking to buy very soon (tonight maybe) Our linksys has died a fiery death. Not really, it kind of faded out.

I've been looking at cdw as they seem to have the best selection of what I'm looking for. I need a smb router that will handle 50ish clients on a 6mb/500kb fiber connection.

We have a static ip/dedicated line, so it just needs NAT and DHCP (am I right?) Also, I'd like it to have a decent feature set. I like the idea of being able to vpn in to my computer while I'm at home.

Anyone care to do a little shopping for me, since I don't really know which brands make good products and which ones are rubbish.:bigggrin: Just point me in the direction of 2-4 routers to choose from if you would, unless you really recommend one over the other.

We're looking to spend ~$200. But really try to keep it no greater than that unless it must be done. This is going to be a pledge class project so 16 guys are splitting the cost.

Routers that have caught my eye:
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=695115
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=727738

[QCH2002]

I'll look at this when I get home.

[airbornflght]

Well, it seems they've went out and bout a router since they didn't want to wait. We got a netgear. It seems pretty nice and coping alright. I have it set to email me its log when it gets full. It has QoS and many other goodies. I'm liking it so far. It's not as heavy duty as i wanted but it seems to be working. Anyone know how I can put a good stress on it and see how it copes?

I've already been mailed one log, it appears we've been getting DDOS'd. Is there anything I can do about that aside from ignore it? The router has an SPI firewall as well as NAT so apparently it's doing its job.

[kryyst]

Best way to stress it is to just have several people start downloading like madmen. Then see how much your internet is impacted on other machines.