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Keith Abraham wrote: > My ancient Origo 8400 is beginning to show signs of distress so I'm > in the market for a reasonably priced new router. I'm not interested in > wireless but as it's used for connecting to the Internet it should have > a firewall and 4 ports. > > Any suggestions anyone? > > Hi Keith, A lot depends on your budget. Also do you want a combined DSL modem/router or just the basic wired router? Having said that I'm having trouble finding a wired router that *doesn't* have the modem built in. They can be picked up from Ebuyer from as little as £17 +pnp+VAT. Even a decent make like a Belkin, D-Link or USR is around the £20 mark. The wireless, which fair enough you're not interested in, come in around £30 for a decent make, starting lower at £25 for a Dynamode. It seems that 4 ports are the minimum requirement these days, although some 'access points' only have one. My own router is a Netgear FWG114P - probably more than you want to spend as it is currently holding its' price just over £100 two years after I bought it, as it is a 4 port broadband router with wireless and built in print server. Kind regards, Julian -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html