important factors to be considered in company's selection of a router?

Answer 1

Check out some of these sites..
They tell you some of the factors you should consider..
Good luck

http://compnetworking.about.com/library/advisor/blrouteradvisor.htm
http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wirelessrouters/bb/wirelessrouter.htm
http://www.solwise.co.uk/howto_router.htm

Answer 2

Antirion provided a pretty good answer, but I wanted to add to it.

My favorite small business firewall is the D-Link, and I'm afraid I don't have a model number at the moment.

Important factors to consider for a business are:

1) Whether or not you will, in the future, and a server on the inside of the firewall. If so, the firewall needs to be able to support DMZ and/or port forwarding.

2) Configurable rules for the firewall are quite helpful, and can allow detailed and simple customization of how the firewall works. This does require at least moderate knowledge of port numbers and how they behave.

3) You might want to look at a firewall that has the ability to determine if your system is under attack. I cannot recall what this term is, but it allows the router to respond automatically when an external attack occurs.

These are the basic features of even the most expensive firewalls. The differences are usually in quality and power in the two extremes.

Answer 3

You design your hardware around what you want it to do. The only important factors are: 1. What do you want the router to do. 2. What is the cost of those features. 3. What is the cost/effort of configuring and maintaining the router.

Cisco builds world-class equipment, but you have to be a Cisco expert just to configure the darn thing. If all you need is internet access... get a cheap netgear. If you want port forwarding, etc. you might look at a cayman/netopia....

Again the only important factors are function, cost, and convenience.

Answer 4

Think lost of extra ports if your company is grownig fast. You don't want to go into your server room a month from purchase and find you have no space! Stick to good name brands (cisco for example) and also concider warentees (to save you the hastle of having a whole router down for a long time resulting in users with no net, loss of productivity) so they can be replaced quickly (Cisco has a 4 HOUR replacement policy for some of their items). Hope these few ideas help!

Answer 5

Most companies can use a regular Linksys router that is now owned by Cisco. Cisco is the world leader in routers and if you need to route a lot of traffic then I would go with a Cisco router instead of a Linksys router. The Cisco router is capable of a lot of things and you will need to know a few things about them if you go that route.

Answer 6

Technical support, wide range of connection so you can various places in the house without being interrupted online. And Easy instructions to set it up. I recommend netgear....
(Notice that many people is just naming some companies) such insolence ....

Answer 7

important factors buy from a store not online have someone who knows how to set that up