Best Home wireless router

**jed99** · 16th April 2003

for a cable modem - and to keep it simple, just include the 802.11b standard. I know there are plenty of reviews out there but it be interesting to hear what people think of their own products.

There's an interesting thread on ADSL routers and security below. Is SPI really necessary for a home user who doesn't bother with mapping to internal machines and uses a decent software firewall for outgoing packets? Doesn't NAT at least provide basic firewall capabilities?

I recently bought a Belkin and have seen a few threads on resetting and overheating down the line, so haven't really decided to keep it yet. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

**maltloaf** · 16th April 2003

i bought a speedstream (siemens) with 4 port switch built in, and an uplink port and all usual router capabilities (NAT etc)

This has a very good built in 802.11b wireless access point which works exactly as it should. Been using for 2 months now with zero problems. Nice web-type GUI frontend, NAT config etc, and I think mac spoofing is on there which u may need if you had to register your pc's mac with the operator.

Cheers,

maltloaf

**Pegasus** · 16th April 2003

Originally posted by jed99
There's an interesting thread on ASDSL routers and security below

LOL

Is SPI really necessary for a home user who doesn't bother with mapping to internal machines and uses a decent software firewall for outgoing packets?

Would you leave your car parked in Moss Side with only a single lock to protect it? (no offence to anybody from Moss Side).

Doesn't NAT at least provide basic firewall capabilities?

No it doesn't, NAT is NOT a firewall at all.
A proper firewall will allow you to specify EXACTLY what goes in & out of your machine. However, it would be fair to say that NAT does provide a small degree of protection.

Anyway, back to your original question.
For a fair & unbiased opinion of available hardware that is within most people's budget, take a look at ADSL Guide