I have a Linksys WRT54G router.  The router worked ok with the stock firmware but I upgraded to the sveasoft firmware (www.sveasoft.com), that only coasts $20 a year for alot of upgrades and power boosts along with a better QoS upgrade. 

The bottom line if you need a good reliable router than this is the router for you!  ;) 

I have a D-Link DI-624 rev. C. It works great and is easy to use. It's my first router. It has alot of features like domain/url blocking, DHCP, and a cable tester.
I've only had one problem so far. When I first connected it to my computer (wired) the connection would drop ever 5 secs. or so. The problem was that some older NIC's  autosense feature don't seem to work well with it. You have to set your NIC to 10Bast T Full Duplex.
Since then I've had no problems. It's also a Sept. 2003 editors choice from Cnet.com. By the way my NIC is a Netgear FA311.

Ill second this. Same router, absolutely love it. Especialy with the new cisco firmware

running microsoft mn-700

router
firewall
switch
wireless base (g)

maybe not the fastest etc, but with the wpa wireless encryption nice and secure (good since the company laptop gets linked to it) and at 43 bucks, who the hell cares if it ain't the sexiest thing out there!

LOL nah,its blue,but at points it does look purplish-blue if thats what u mean

NetGEAR cable/dsl router rp614v2
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I am happy with it
wish i could change the ports forwarding and not have to shut every one down
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once its set up which is fairly easy i have no complains
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i thinks its an over all robust router
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I would recomend it

As you all might know by now I have a Dlink di-704p Revision C, I have had no problems with the router itself, it works great. But to port forward you need a static ip, which I find is really stupid. Can anyone else set port forwarding but without having a static ip? ... This is the instructions for a 704p Rev B .... a slight difference, but the screen shots and instructions are the same

http://www.portforward.com/dlink/di-704p-portforwarding.htm

Set your DHCP scope to within  1-2 hosts.

I bought a Linksys BEFSR81 router to be compatible with XBox Live, and what a disappointment.  Comcast just upgraded the service to 4 Mbps down,and the best I could achieve with this router was 2.2 Mbps.  Sent it back after a half-our support call with someone in Delhi.  Definitely NOT recommended.  Now waiting for delivery of a Netgear WGR614 which buy.com is selling for $49 less a $20 rebate thru 1/31/05.

Well, like I said, I spent half-hour with a tech who, at one point, had me reduce the MTU from the default 1500 to 900 which, no surprise, further reduced my download speed.  We went through a myriad of setting changes to no avail.  I now am back using my NetGear RO318, and getting 4 Mbps.  The only reason I bought the Linksys was that the RO318 was suddenly incompatible with M$ XBox Live.  Two weeks ago, I bought a BEFSR41 which intermittently stopped handing out IP addresses.  It was returned, and I opted for the BEFSR81 to add a few more ports. My NetGear RO318 has provided flawless performance for several years, and aside from it's incompatibility with XBox Live (due to M$ changing its operating conditions - sending ICMP packets intermittently that caused the RO318 to hiccup and drop the XBox Live connection) has been a great router.  So, based on that experience, I'm giving NetGear another try.  Perhaps Cisco has some QC/QA problems to address with its Linksys product line.

Upgrading the firmware was the first thing I did.  The latest firmware for this router was dated May 2004, so the router I purchased had to have been in the supply pipeline long before that.  I'm not down on Linksys as a whole; I do have other equipment by Linksys that is functioning well, just not the BEFSR41 and BEFSR81.

I'll be happy if the NetGear WGR614 performs well

I'll report on it as soon as I receive and install it.

yeah that is one thing that I dont like about the netgear.. the install is really annoying..  Glad you like it.. what was your speed on the Linksys again??

yeah no kidding..