I dont know what is the best, But I have a cheap 40$ Linksy's router and it works great. We have 7 computers in the house. Three wired and four laptops and it works fine. I have never had any problems with it, I dont think its gotten hot but I have not really checked it. lol I dont know much about routers but this one has done a good job been worth the money, and I never really looked at any others someone told me to get a linksy's so I did.

NETGEAR routers are quite good. I've used two versions and they seem to work perfectly without having any trouble. First version: DG834G. Second version: WGR614v9. I've got these routers for free from internet providers. For the DG834G I got from AOL. (I no longer use it but I still have the router lol.) The WGR614v9 I got from Virgin Media, which is my current internet provider. If you do not want to change your internet provider, you can just buy a NETGEAR router, usually around £40 (its worth it) and modifiy the IP's to your current internet provider. NETGEAR routers also come with extra features, such as parental controls, portforwarding, port-triggering, security etc. So why not get a NETGEAR router?

I find that all netgear routers are good, but they have poor popularity and many sites that edit your router and require router editing, dont support it. In this case, I would suggest that you use a D-Link router, they have a very sleek design with 2 arials on their router on many models. They also have good support with sites that require router changing and have great support! They also can reach speeds of 54.00 MBPS easily and without a doubt, hardly ever break down. But I suggest buying it direct from store as if you buy it with an internet package, yeah sure its free, but the model will most definatly suck at speed and have a horrible design! So overveiw is that a good deign D-Link router to get! Also, the D-Link models also stick upon walls with the correct equiptment and expertiese! Thanks for reading my post!

Even though I never used them, I've heard a lot of good things about Linksys routers. I guess this is expected because they are made by Cisco Systems, which you know are the best in networking.
I personally own an Edimax Router and I'm very happy with it. It supports the "n" technology which provides great bandwidth. Also, most Edimax routers come with a Wireless LAN USB that enhances the wireless distance and can give a wireless connection even to desktop PCs.

This post has been edited by EinReaper: Oct 19 2008, 05:37 PM