good speed, good features and plenty of flexibility make this a winner

It matched the Telstra Turbo 7 Series Wireless Gateway in our large file transfer test with a decent average speed of 20Mb/s a room away, and was only fractionally slower than the Telstra model in our small files test �€" the difference was less than 2Mb/

Slow speeds and a high price make this an underwhelming offering

The WRT54G3G is otherwise solid. It's the only router on test to include a WAN port, so you can connect it to an ethernet-enabled modem to share an internet connection. You also get four 10/100 ethernet ports, and like all of the routers on test the anten...

The arrival of dual-n band networking with 5GHz promises an end to crowded home wireless networks. Speed, range and technology is great, but the price is steep

The WRT610N is just as stylish as it's two predecessors, for starters, with rounded edges and a deep blue shade making it one of the most attractive routers we've seen

Good value, but without the decent performance or the feature set of our award winners this month

There's even a USB port on the front, which allows you to plug in a printer for networking or a 3G modem in case your broadband connection goes down. And elsewhere, the feature set is just as impressive, with extensive inbound and outbound traffic filters...

Innovation and solid performance in an attractive package make the N1 Vision stand out, but it's expensive

The N1 Vision provides a swish graphical representation of all sorts of information usually available only through a router's web interface. You can see download and upload speeds, download totals and details such as security settings and the names of con...

Striking looks but limited features, average performance and a high price put paid to the Netgear's chances

Setup is via a CD in the box (there's no wizard on the device itself) and this covers WLAN, LAN, basic router security and ADSL setup. It does a good job, too, asking most of the right questions and encouraging the setup of an administrator password, whic...

Fast performance, slick design and excellent software, all at the right price

Like Belkin this month, Linksys has bucked the beige box trend: this router looks more like a flying saucer than a piece of networking equipment. There's a distinct lack of external aerials �€" two 2dBi gain aerials are built into the chassis �€" which ad

With its futuristic design, the WRT310N could live just as happily in your front room as it could next to your PC �€" at just 34mm high it's easy to hide. If you already have an ADSL modem, this is the pefect wireless router companion.

Advanced users will be perfectly comfortable with the WRT310N's logically-laid out and well-presented web server, though. It lacks a few bells and whistles, but the rest of the WRT310N's features are solid. MAC address spoofing and support for Dynamic DNS...

Excellent speed, both wired and wireless, but this comes at a hefty price.

We saw only 0.7Mb/s at 25m when using our Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG-equipped laptop, but speed hovered around 20Mb/s at up to 15m away

Decent features and speed, but still lacking in this company.

This is of little consequence, though, as it's hardly a chore to select the correct SSID from the list of available networks and key in the passphrase. Other than the USB port, the two routers are inseparable in terms of features