[adsl] Looking for a good ADSL Router.

[Steve Barr]

I use 3Com Officeconnect routers most of the time.  They have a good feature 
set, built-in wireless, DHCP, VPN passthrough etc etc, are happy with Macs 
and are very stable.  4 ethernet ports and reasonable firewall.  They work 
well on marginal lines too which is a big plus. You can manage remotely via 
your browser no problems (not that you'll have to!) Around $120 + GST.

Cheers,

Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter" <prk206 at orcon.net.nz>
To: "ADSL List Post" <adsl at lists.unixathome.org>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 4:28 PM
Subject: [adsl] Looking for a good ADSL Router.


> Hi Folks,
>
> I have a family member (with her young children) returning to NZ and
> they are wishing to get an ADSL service for their new House. I have
> had ADSL myself for 6+ years, however as I have been employed in the
> NZ Networking industry for 30+ years, my implementation is very
> specific to my needs, and now I have been asked to provide a
> recommendation for quite a different set of requirements -
>
>  1. Anything that needs Windows or USB is OUT, this is a MAC OS X
> only family.
>  2. A recommendation for an ISP that is happy to support MAC (or
> non-Windows) users, who are at a fairly low level of computing
> knowledge. No-one in the house is computer literate past the most
> basic knowledge. Simplicity is key here.
>  3. A recommendation for an ADSL Router with Ethernet connectivity
> and with good Web management (and doesn't REQUIRE Windows).
>  4. I have confirmed that they can simply plug their MAC into my
> Etherswitch and they have Internet access via my ADSL connection, so
> Networking should be fine as long as the Router has an active DHCP server.
>  5. This will be a (wired) Ethernet only environment, there is and
> should be no Wireless capability in any device.
>  6. Some form of Web Site filtering within the Router would be
> desirable, but not essential.
>
> So far a Dynalink RTS 1335 looks like a starter (4 Ethernet ports
> should be plenty), but I would prefer comments from people who have
> actually USED this or similar devices. Yes, price is important (but
> does not have the final say).
>
> Cheers..............pk.
>
> -- 
> Peter from Auckland.
>
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