Netgear DGN2000 vs Billion B7300N

Boyrock

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Any advice on choosing between these two routers?

Which of the two is the easiest to setup and use?(For Non-IT Profs):)

Which will have the largest wireless range? Will it work upstairs in a double story house with a concrete slab if the router is downstairs?

Any other pros and cons will be appreciated.
 
The DGN2000 has a Broadcom chipset which is excellent on poor lines. My old 100WR could not hold a stable connection when I upgraded to 4 meg, and it would normally sync around 1.5 meg. With the DGN2000 I have never synced lower than 4 meg and do not drop connections. However I need to reset the router every single day, just once. It has a weird problem where I get NAT issues with torrents as though my firewall is not configured correctly. Even running in DMZ mode does not fix this. Maybe I am just unlucky so you may not suffer from this. I have only tested the wireless with my Mede8er once, but only through 1 wall, and about 4m away. It worked fine. It is easy to set up with a bit of fiddling. Cannot comment on the B7300N, but I was looking at importing the 7800n as it also has a Broadcom chipset (only Billion with one). Also gigabit router if that is important.
 
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