I would like to purchase a router which connects to an internet modem via Ethernet (they all do I believe) and provides 802.11 secured NAT access to workstations behind it. This is for a home network. There must be an option to allocate a specific mac address to a DMZ host where all inbound ports are open.
Next, it must be capable of negotiating a VPN connection to A VPN provider using multiple VPN protocols including PPTP and L2TP/IPSec.
Good "techie access" to port forwarding and routing tables as well as firewall rules is required.
Any suggestions on what products to investigate? Money is not the primary issue, functionality is. I have a Cisco 5400 at my disposal, but I don't believe it can do what I want, even with my netgear WIFI router helping it with 802.11 access.