. . because I've stuck with what's worked for me - and that's been Linksys. I used a DLink in one instance where there was something seriously wrong with the network and a Linksys refused to work.

In my opinion Netgear is the bottom of the barrel - I've seen so much Netgear stuff that didn't work, sometimes with very strange symptoms.

I have no recent experience with Buffalo.

Yes, I've had Linksys gear fail, but considering how much I've installed it seems less failure prone than other consumer grade network products.