I prefer Linksys over Netgear, just MO. They seem to have better support from the aftermarket community, i.e. DDRT and Tomato. But if your router is more than 4 or 5 years old it's probably time to get a new one. The newest batch of high performance routers are very good...Asus Black Diamond, Linksys E4200, Netgear WNDR4500 (N900) just to make a few of the best ones. Again, I went with the E4200 and could not be happier with it.