Re: Router reccomendation please...!

["noel_pilot" <HA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry forgot to mention I don't need wireless as I'll probably keep
using my netgear for that, (i know it sounds mad but i have some ideas
for how havign two routers can help me! LOL)

So just a nice cheap wired router that ideally does port mapping out
of the box!

Thanks.

Noel

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Joseph Heenan <joseph-l@h...> wrote:
>
> In message <dr4pvl+ll26@e...>
>           "noel_pilot" <HA@a...> wrote:
>
> > I already have a Netgear wireless cable router which is great
however
> > I want another router that is capable of Port Mapping.  This is
called
> > many different things it seems but I want the router to be able
to
> > take an incoming request on port 55 say, and map it to port 80 to
a
> > specific ip address.
> >
> > This will then allow me to access multiple devices all requiring
the
> > same port, i.e. port 80.
> >
> > I know my airport express can do this but I need something nice
and cheap!
> >
> > Any reccomendations..??  Doesn't even have to be new to be
honest,
> > anything considered altho my experience with belkin has been
pretty
> > shocking so linksys, netgear, d link, buffalo etc etc or any
others
> > that are good and CHEAP!!
>
> The linksys WRT54GS is good, and can be picked up off amazon around
> 50 ukp usually. I'm not sure if the default firmware does what you
> require, but there'll certainly be a replacement that does. (The
> router is linux based, which means it's easy to do custom firmware
> for it. Don't go for a WRT54G though, which might not be linux based
> these days.)
>
> Joseph
>
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> Joseph Heenan, Glasgow, UK              http://www.heenan.me.uk/
>