Rajahal Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 D-Link DIR-655/RE Xtreme N Gigabit Wireless Router IEEE 802.3/3u, IEEE 802.11 n/g $37.99 + $4.99 shipping, no promo or MIR A fantastic router, the same one I use. A great choice if you want a powerful router with a lot of features. The only downside is that it is not DD-WRT compatible. This is the cheapest I have ever seen it, but it is also recertified. These sell for around $70 new at the moment. Link to comment
TODDLT Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I've been looking for a good router. I've had a Cisco and several Linksys routers that all seem to drop connections too often, seem to be a little short of range in the house, and have to be reset once or twice a week or you can't connect. If this one is more trouble free it would be well worth it. I very loosely know what DD-WRT is, but not entirely. Is there any reason I will miss it? Link to comment
prostuff1 Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I very loosely know what DD-WRT is, but not entirely. Is there any reason I will miss it? If you have never used DD-WRT then I doubt you will miss it. If your geek enough to know what it is and have it installed then you will eventually miss having it. I run DD-WRT on a Cisco router to get me VPN access (among other things) to my network when I am not at home. Link to comment
Ford Prefect Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I've been looking for a good router. I've had a Cisco and several Linksys routers that all seem to drop connections too often, seem to be a little short of range in the house, and have to be reset once or twice a week or you can't connect. If this one is more trouble free it would be well worth it. I very loosely know what DD-WRT is, but not entirely. Is there any reason I will miss it? in terms of a short range, a solution would be to use a standard router as a range extender...here DD-WRT is the only product that I am aware of, that would allow you to transform a standard router into a repeater bridge...I love it Link to comment
madburg Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 My 2 cents, never buy a refurb. router. If you are having all does problems... Go to Tomato: http://www.polarcloud.com/tomatofaq or Go to DD-WRT http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index My experience is as followed, I used tomato on a buffalo router, fastest and most stable, never had to reboot once in years (in a draw as my backup now, cloned MAC). Currently running DD-WRT on a Linksys WRT600N, more features, also fast and depending on the features you use its stable. (A bit of latency though... maybe due to all the things I due in my config, will pickup a spare one day to try out a few things.) If you dont have much IT/Network experience I would go the tomato route (seriously kickass), but supported HW is limited compared to DD-WRT. Make sure the router your buying is supported with one of the 2 above. Link to comment
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