Never turn off router?

[sfx2000]

I have left routers in my garage for a year or 2 and plug them back in and they all still have the same config data. Time for a new router I say. What router are you using now?

the WRT610N had an issue where settings would not be committed to NVRam, so remove power and they would be lost...

I've got a couple of older WRT54G, and a WRT160NL, they're fine, but the WRT610N, when I fire it up for testing, need to start from scratch...

just is... wasn't that bad of a router in the day...

 

[Rhialto]

Keeping in mind that the WRT610N was a $200 investment back in 2008 - I would suggest the WRT1900ac, or perhaps the EA8500 - both very capable devices with different strengths if you want to stay within the Linksys brand...

It wasn't 200$ when I bought it... I think i was like $159CAN. I had to buy a new router for my gf office and went with ASUS and liked the interface so I kept this in mind. Lastly I read the Netgear R6400 review which looks like a good enough performer.