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<blockquote data-quote="dtravis7" data-source="post: 377834" data-attributes="member: 8287">I used to love Netgear.&nbsp; They went way down hill with some of their 54 and 108 routers.&nbsp; They seem to overheat and lock up very easily.&nbsp; My 108 does all the time where the linksys's run 24 a day with out one lockup.&nbsp; Maybe one reset a year if that.&nbsp; My friends 54g and later 108 Netgear both locked and overheated.&nbsp; He had to run a large fan pointed at it all the time or he would loose his connection.&nbsp; My old 11Mbps Netgear was very reliable, but somewhere they took a wrong turn.&nbsp; Their support forums are full of people with lockup problems and their support really reeks.&nbsp; Too bad.&nbsp; Oh well, I will just stick with what has always worked well here, Linksys.The new Airport Extreme is a good router and with the Pre N it's very fast and has great range, but there are other much cheaper PreN routers out there that work just as well for way less $$$.&nbsp; The main thing the AE has going for it is the USB Printing and Multi Hard Drive support.&nbsp; If you need that then it's a good deal.&nbsp; Otherwise it's a lot of $$$ and with a Firewall with no Statefull Packet Inspection and Just NAT redirection.&nbsp; For $180 I expect a real SPI Firewall.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dtravis7, post: 377834, member: 8287"] I used to love Netgear. They went way down hill with some of their 54 and 108 routers. They seem to overheat and lock up very easily. My 108 does all the time where the linksys's run 24 a day with out one lockup. Maybe one reset a year if that. My friends 54g and later 108 Netgear both locked and overheated. He had to run a large fan pointed at it all the time or he would loose his connection. My old 11Mbps Netgear was very reliable, but somewhere they took a wrong turn. Their support forums are full of people with lockup problems and their support really reeks. Too bad. Oh well, I will just stick with what has always worked well here, Linksys. The new Airport Extreme is a good router and with the Pre N it's very fast and has great range, but there are other much cheaper PreN routers out there that work just as well for way less $$$. The main thing the AE has going for it is the USB Printing and Multi Hard Drive support. If you need that then it's a good deal. Otherwise it's a lot of $$$ and with a Firewall with no Statefull Packet Inspection and Just NAT redirection. For $180 I expect a real SPI Firewall. [/QUOTE]

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