Now that the native 802.11G SB2 is out, I am going to purchase a wireless DSL router to accomodate it. The router has to have PPPOE; firewall, DMZ, and port-forwarding capability; and at least one ethernet wired connection for my main PC. I am considering a Netgear WGR614NA, but am open to other options. Does anyone have any suggestions?
The real workhorse is the Linksys WRT54G. We have two in our house, and we use them both heavily with our Mac Powerbooks. It has all the features you list, although I don't use them all.
I find it provides *much* better radio coverage than the Netgear WGR614 I had been using, probably because the Linksys has two diversity antennas while the WGR614, like most other base stations, has only a single antenna.
The WRT54G is a big seller in most retail outlets (there's usually a big pallet of 'em at the local Fry's) and it is often heavily discounted and/or sold with rebates. There's also an active hacker community producing useful substitute firmware, though I don't have any personal experience with any of it. The Linksys runs Linux internally, so they've released much of their code under the GPL. I don't know that Netgear has done this.
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