Airlink 54G Wireless Router at Outpost

[DefDC]

Down to $20 for this 54g router. It's been around for a while, but I figure some people probably haven't seen this. Has anyone taken the plunge on this? I've never found any reliable reviews.

Linky!

Edit:
My mistake. These USED to be refurbs, but it no longer says reburb.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Where does it say refurbed?

And, FWIH, these use the same basic components as D-Link. It's a good price. Been that price at Fry's B&M a lot lately.

 

[isekii]

$20 seems cheap, but nothigns more frustrating than having a POS router that screws up your connection intermittently.

I'd rather spend the extra 10-20 (i can't believe i said this) and get something that's reliable.

 

[stockjock]

This is a great deal...that is if the quality is good?

 

[salaku]

Exactly, spend a few bucks more and get a good one.

Originally posted by: isekii
$20 seems cheap, but nothigns more frustrating than having a POS router that screws up your connection intermittently.

I'd rather spend the extra 10-20 (i can't believe i said this) and get something that's reliable.

 

[kamranziadar]

i don;t see refurbished any where

 

[DefDC]

I was mistaken. These used to be refurbs, there is no mention of it anymore... They very well may be new.

 

[stockjock]

Buy 2 of these and one can be a repeater...thats what I just read on some forum.

 

[ICR5]

Originally posted by: DefDC
Down to $20 for this 54g router. It's been around for a while, but I figure some people probably haven't seen this. Has anyone taken the plunge on this? I've never found any reliable reviews.

Linky!

Edit:
My mistake. These USED to be refurbs, but it no longer says reburb.

I bought one on black friday for $17.99 and returned it within 2 weeks. Lan kept on dropping on a daily basis like 10 times a day. The worst router ever built and sold by Fry's

Do yourself a favor and avoid this one. Got the Linksys 54G and those daily problems ended as soon as i installed the Linksys.

 

[pdo]

I would not recommend anyone getting this router...I use 1 as an access point and this thing will intermittently disconnect for a second and reconnect.. wait for the Airlink AR411W to go on sale..it's a better router...

 

[HomerSapien]

I would stay away from that.

I bought an airlink wireless g pci desktop card. Absolute crap. My xp3000 and 1 gb ram was so lagged the mouse was jumping whenever i moved it. I took it out and everything was fine again.

 

[DefDC]

Hmmm... Bummer. I was hoping to get by with this until the "N" standard came down in price....

 

[HomerSapien]

If you dont mind best buy rebates then these might work for you.

Currently, best buy has the dlink 524 wireless g router for $49.99 with a $20 rebate. I have the router and it has worked pretty good so far(8 months of use). There was a bug in the newest firmware, but it hasnt caused me problems.

Also, i replaced that airlink pci card with a dlink one and it has worked okay. No dropped connections yet in 3 days of use. Its also $49.99 with $30 in rebates.

 

[imported_haplo518]

I went ahead and bought one (a week ago) cuz it's hard to find a cheap router that can also be an access pt... although now i'm afraid this thing is gonna suck but only time will tell

keeping my fingers crossed

 

[Samus]

they're new and they're crap. get the 108g models for like 27.99 as they have atheros chipsets (VERY reliable, same chipset netgear uses)

 

[Jay]

I hear more bad things than good on Dlink components. I agree, spend a few extra $ and get a netgear.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: Jay
I hear more bad things than good on Dlink components. I agree, spend a few extra $ and get a netgear.

Linksys is the only brand I recommend any more. The Cisco logo is reassuring....much more reassuring than an Indian accent from a guy named "Greg".

 

[ICR5]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor

Originally posted by: Jay
I hear more bad things than good on Dlink components. I agree, spend a few extra $ and get a netgear.

Linksys is the only brand I recommend any more. The Cisco logo is reassuring....much more reassuring than an Indian accent from a guy named "Greg".

Yeap i agree with that too... im very happy with my Linksys 54G router too.
The only thing that works pretty good from Airlink is their 7db antennas which i use with my WRT54G and im able to receive a good signal in my tri-level home.

 

[tbalon]

I have the D-Link 614 802.11b series wireless router and it has worked great for me. It was rated rather highly by PCWorld mag at the time. It has never dropped a signal once. Can't speak for Airlink though.....

 

[DefDC]

bump for more opinions.

 

[Rockhound1]

I recently built a system for a friend and set him up with a D-Link DI-624 router (108 Mbps) and a D-Link DWL-G520 PCI adapter card (108 Mbps). Works really good and stable. Both were about $40 each.