Netopia Cayman 3386-ENT Broadband Router - 1 x 10/100Base-TX WAN, 4 x 10/100Base-TX LAN

We had a firewall crash at the office and decided to replace our old, high-end, Raptor firewall with a Netgear RP614. That router was easy to setup and configure and got us up and running quickly after the firewall crash. However, it was unreliable and tended to suffer from heat exhaustion. During one business day we had to reboot the router 20 times before finally leaving it unplugged overnight so it could cool off and function normally again. We gave up and decided to go with this router.

This router packs the punch of some high end Cisco routers at a fraction of the cost. It is highly configurable, and allows for a variety of complex NAT/PAT setups, port forwarding, packet filters, classless subneting, and more. The manual is very comprehensive. VPN connections do not require any custom software. The e-mail support has been in 24 hours or less.

I have two complaints:
1) The latest firmware does not allow for stable PPTP VPN connections. They...Read more

This is exactly what I needed, an ethernet to ethernet router that is relatively inexpensive but more reliable than a Linksys.

The setup took some effort, but my previous routers were consumer plug-and-play models. I setup web and email servers on my LAN and exposed them to the internet using the router and dedicated IPs. This router has been a solid workhorse. Barring power interruptions, it's been up since the Fall of 2008.