Years ago I used a Linksys router of some sort. This was back when
the Linksys was almost the only such under $200 router available.
When I wanted 80211.b as well I switched to a D-Link DI-714; I've used
two of these in different locations. (I never upgraded firmware, but
what I have appears to be the latest.)
Basically, I'm not happy with the DI-714, mostly because of various
reliability problems:
- Every once in a long while (weeks or months) the router clearly goes
insane and needs to be rebooted - ping times to the router of 4 or 5
seconds (normally 0.5 ms!), web pages that load but at what looks like
2400 baud speed, etc.
- I sometimes experience short connectivity outages which are clearly
my ISPs fault, not the router's (e.g., I can ping the router and the
cable modem but not my ISP's gateway router that the cable modem talks
to).
