My speedstream router is just not cutting it, will a Lynksys get the job done for me?

[shanaynay]

If you've seen my other topic on opening the ports on ym speedstream router, you see that I'm just.....tired of trieing to figure the damn thing out. I've done everything in the manual, nothing works. If I get a Lynksys BFS41 (something liek that, I dont rember the exact numbers) will I be able to just get the port fowarding crap done quick and easy?

[Kik]

It's easy on most routers, you've just got to know where to look. or check in your manual, and it'll have it in there.

Here's a few of the most popular picks:

http://www.netgear.com
http://www.dlink.com
http://www.linksys.com

Netgear is my personal favourite at the moment, because it's alot more feature packed, however, I've got a linksys on my network too, and that works just fine all the same.

[shanaynay]

Well I'm just lookin for the easiest one to open ports with. That roten sob speedstreem is a piece of crap. I spent so much time trying to figure out how to open ports, and nothng.

But anyways, what do you think about that linksys.

[Milenko]

Linksys' are easy to confgure, mine works perfectly fine, as does many peoples here. Some won't work, seems like they are configured incorrectly, but if you take your time it should work fine.

[shanaynay]

Do you know of any guides that could walk me through it?

And waht do you mean by some don't work? Like they are defective, or people coudnt figure it out?

[Kik]

We have a tutorial for the linksys routers, which you can find here:

http://www.fileplanet.com/dl.aspx?/counter-strike/server/linksys.zip

[shanaynay]

Ok, I went out and bouht the Linksys BEFSR41 router. I did this configuration- http://www.geocities.com/th3m0th/linksys.GIF

But I'm still getting the same thing. Its still commijng up as LAN. I did save and everything. What could be the problem?