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[Enixcell]

Well, I have Verizon DSL with a westtell modem & a linksys router: befw11s4 v4. For about a couple years, worked like a charm. Then, all of a sudden, it quit. Called Verizon and they said that my router wasn't supported anymore. Anyone know which routers would be best for Verizon DSL?

[socket]

I'd ask around at broadbandreports.com but I don't know why it would suddenly stop working like that.

My situation:

The router they gave me for FIOS Internet had a minuscule NAT table so it would lock up when torrenting for a day or so. So I went out and got a early revision WRT54G, slapped the tomato firmware one it, but had to spoof the MAC address of the one they gave me in order to use it.  And now I can't get FIOS TV even if I wanted it.  (They require you to use their router to receive channel listings)

I'm thinking I could piggyback the routers somehow but I want the WRT54G to be my main router... So maybe if I would happen to get FIOS TV when my Comcast deal is up, I could hook Verizon's router back up and let the guy set everything up and putz around with it after he leaves... I'm just afraid I'd end up being stuck with a router that locks up daily.

[dantheman]

No clue how to help the OP, but as long as we're swapping stories...

Back at my home we got AT&T U-verse, which is very much like FIOS.  They give you a router which acts as the mothership of the entire operation, and it worked fine for me except that I couldn't get DS homebrew to connect to it, which was a major downside.  Commercial DS games worked fine, but homebrew simple couldn't connect.  I ended up hooking up the Linksys BEFW11S4 we used with our DSL connection and letting that handle both my PC and the DS, thus allowing me to use apps like DSHobro and DS2Win and such.  This also let me forward ports much more easily, as the AT&T-supplied router had a very clunky user interface.