Netgear
Im a netgear fan through and through and over the years I have had a couple of routers pop on me.
A simple swap out during warranty period was sufficient but I have had a few that were out of warranty or were faulty by my means ( or lightning ) and I bought 2 new routers in December and january within weeks of each other only to have both of them fail on me.
I dropped duxbury and mail regarding the routers and lo and behold they asked me to bring in the routers and swapped them out for 3 brand new dgn 2000′s and 1 wired router.
Love their service!