Hi I had the NetGear WGR614 Wireless router and the signal kept dropping on a wirelessly connected computer and often I would have to reset the router when moderate to heavy traffic was being used on the network and the wired computer would not connect to websites. Netgear would always tell us to reset the router. That's ok after a couple times but this happend daily. They refused to take it back so don't tell me to buy Netgear : ) But I do need a router - wired or wireless - that will not crap out when users are downloading from multiple sources or using a lot of bandwith and there is moderate to heavy traffic. I rather wired because we ended up wiring everything and wireless is more expensive but if you know a wireless one that's good then let me know too. I can't spend more than $200 on the router. Thanks to all who reply...

www.ipcop.org Take an old p2 or newer box, install two NIC's, and install that linux distro on it (download and burn the iso, boot off it, follow the directions). I installed it and set it up literally in 15 minutes, and I had no linux experience at the time. Admins just like the soho routers through webforms, although the connection is encrypted. (You access it through a webbrowser using https://ipcop:445) In fact, after setup, you don't need to have any wires plugged in but the wire from the cable modem to the Red interface NIC (you determine which is Red and which is green), the wire from the Green NIC to a network switch, and a power plug. Why do I recommend this? Have you ever checked the specs on these SOHO routers? Let's compare my ipcop box to a router Netgear offers at $250 for a VPN router, taunting it's beefier CPU to handle multiple VPN and constant internet traffic simultaneously... "A high-powered *150 MHz CPU* ensures speedy data traffic." http://www.netgear.com/products/details/FVL328.php If their high end router has bragging rights of a 150MHz CPU, what does the entry level router have?! I built an IPCop firewall out of an old almost useless Celeron 300A (300MHz) computer with a 5 gig drive and 128M of RAM. Runs like a champ! :-) BTW, you need NO LINUX KNOWLEDGE WHATSOEVER to set it up and use it. Plus it has cool stuff like Intrusion Detection, web caching proxy, easy updates, all connections to admin the router are SSL encrypted, so it's actually safe to remote admin it. "...but in my defense, it was dark, I was drunk, and it was delicious!"

For starters I'm not trying to insult your intelligence in any way with this response. With that said, the WGR614 isn't really designed to do what your asking it to. I have an FVS318 and it is a workhorse. My network has never been down or bottlenecked during heavy use. Multiple users, not a problem. As far as wireless, I just installed a linksys WRT54GS the other day with a couple HGA7S antennas and wow!! what an awsome setup. WRT54GS $79.95 and HGA7S $59.95. Good luck.

Products under $1000 are for home usage, not designed for corporate networks. If you are network administrator you should already know that!! Use professional products such as Cisco, Sonicwall, Colubris for wireless network and ask a certified wireless professional to install it. Danny Larouche, cwna ciw

who said im a network admin? for home use were talking about