[OT] choice between USR8054 and DI-524 routers

["H. S." <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com>]

I am faced this choice and I am not sure which one to pick: D-Links 
DI-524 or USR 8054 (or USR808054CAN). I have never used a H/W router 
before, only my Debian machine as a router.

I have been researching on the web about these two routers. USR8054 has 
256 bit encryption, so that is good. Recent upgrade also provides WPA, 
so that is good too. It has NAT and routing table feature, so that is 
another point. However, quite a few people have reported that it resets 
randomly or doesn't sustain long functional period and can reset in the 
middle of huge data transfer.

The D-Link has only 128 bit encryption. It also has WPA and can also 
give static IP addresses over DHCP to LAN computers (USR8054 gives only 
dynamic). It also has URL filtering rules and one can also specify time 
of day during which these rules are valid -- however, URL filtering is 
not such an important thing to me. But again people have reported that 
it resets randomly.

I was wondering, anybody here has any experience to share about these 
two routers? Success stories or hopeless situations? I do not care much 
tech support so that is not a factor under consideration. What I do care 
about is robustness in maintaining the connection under heavy data 
transfer load.

Thanks,
->HS