I still have an old wirless b router which is giving issues. I am looking at the two following routers which do you think is better and why?
LINKSYS WRT160N ULTRA RANGEPLUS WIRELESS-N WIFI ROUTER or Netgear WNR1000 RangeMax 150 Wireless N Router 802.11n

thanks in advance

N will only be good for better media streaming. It will make no effect on your internet connection.

I had problems with my router, went on my ISP forums and they sent me a replacement router, and I entered a beta trial and got another router got routers coming out my ears.

Try ringing up your ISP first