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Back Again! Linksys E3000-RM 802.11n Dual Band Wireless Router (REFURB) $46.

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donfm

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Back again at Newegg the E3000 Refurbished for 45.99 delivered

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833124419

I bought one of these a few months back and it has been working fine for me. At this price point how can you go wrong? No heat issues for me. It runs warm but not hot. All my routers ran warm however so no big deal. Third party firmware compatible if you are so inclined. Very happy with my purchase so far. Did I mention this is fast?
 
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I got one last time at this price for my sister. I am thoroughly impressed by this router while I had it for testing. Easy to configure, no heat issue and excellent performance. Seriously thinking about picking one up for myself.....
 
Is the wireless range on dual band routers supposed to be better than a single band router? Or is it simply a matter of convenience and compatibility, so you can connect with devices that support N and others that don't simultaneously?

A buddy of mine has an old Linksys WRT54GL flashed with the most recent release of Tomato and he's been having a hell of a time with his wireless network. We haven't quite figured out if it's the router or the device/adapter that's the problem yet. So, I'm keeping an eye out for routers for him, in case we have to replace it.
 
My understanding is that 5GHz band yields a shorter range, but it is less crowded so you get better signal strength. With a good simultaneous dual band router like the E3000, you get good range on 2.4Ghz band and excellent signal strength on the 5Ghz band. This is exactly what I experienced. My current router is a Monoprice 300 mbps 2.4GHz only router with excellent range. However, my laptop is picking up at least 10 other router signals right now as I type. The 2.4GHz band is really crowded in my neighborhood. My laptop is the only device I have with 5Ghz receiver. When I switched it over to the 5GHz band, the signal strength went from 4 to 5 bars and the connection speed jumped from about 70mbps to 144 mbps. All my other 2.4Ghz devices connected to the E3000 with no degradation in signal strength or speed. Now I am thinking about getting one for myself and configure the Monoprice router as a bridge. More needless spending.....
 
txlonghorn said:
My understanding is that 5GHz band yields a shorter range, but it is less crowded so you get better signal strength. With a good simultaneous dual band router like the E3000, you get good range on 2.4Ghz band and excellent signal strength on the 5Ghz band. This is exactly what I experienced. My current router is a Monoprice 300 mbps 2.4GHz only router with excellent range. However, my laptop is picking up at least 10 other router signals right now as I type. The 2.4GHz band is really crowded in my neighborhood. My laptop is the only device I have with 5Ghz receiver. When I switched it over to the 5GHz band, the signal strength went from 4 to 5 bars and the connection speed jumped from about 70mbps to 144 mbps. All my other 2.4Ghz devices connected to the E3000 with no degradation in signal strength or speed. Now I am thinking about getting one for myself and configure the Monoprice router as a bridge. More needless spending.....
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I think you summed it up very well.

It was crazy the other day my Uniden 2.4Ghz wireless phone went nuts. I couldn't answer the thing. I am wondering if it doesn't have something to do with the signals put out by this router on the 2.4 Ghz band. I was sitting there pushing the answer button and the damn thing wouldn't answer on any of the 4 handsets......that has happened twice now since I got the router. I didn't use wifi before that. Maybe a coincidence I really don't know. 🙂
 
donfm said:
I think you summed it up very well.

It was crazy the other day my Uniden 2.4Ghz wireless phone went nuts. I couldn't answer the thing. I am wondering if it doesn't have something to do with the signals put out by this router on the 2.4 Ghz band. I was sitting there pushing the answer button and the damn thing wouldn't answer on any of the 4 handsets......that has happened twice now since I got the router. I didn't use wifi before that. Maybe a coincidence I really don't know. 🙂
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No, it's not a coincidence, you need to upgrade your cordless phone to something outside the 2.4Ghz band.
 
VirtualLarry said:
No, it's not a coincidence, you need to upgrade your cordless phone to something outside the 2.4Ghz band.
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I checked on my phone and it's 5.8ghz it says on the back. Sorry for the misinformation. But the router still may be the issue since it broadcasts on that band if I understand correctly. This is out of my area of expertise.
 
donfm said:
I checked on my phone and it's 5.8ghz it says on the back. Sorry for the misinformation. But the router still may be the issue since it broadcasts on that band if I understand correctly. This is out of my area of expertise.
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The E3000's 5GHz radio should not interfere with a 5.8GHz cordless phone. Some "5.8GHz" phones actually transmit from base to phone at 5.8GHz but from phone to base at 2.4GHz, so you may be getting interference from the 2.4GHz radio.
 
MisterE said:
The E3000's 5GHz radio should not interfere with a 5.8GHz cordless phone. Some "5.8GHz" phones actually transmit from base to phone at 5.8GHz but from phone to base at 2.4GHz, so you may be getting interference from the 2.4GHz radio.
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I looked it up it's 5.8 Ghz both transmit and receive. So maybe I have other phone issues.
 
Throw Tomato or DD-WRT on one of these and you got yourself a great router/bridge/repeater!

I have an E2000 and it's been working great with Tomato 🙂
 
I have Tomato on it and it only allows either 2.4 or 5 GHz to be used when it's in bridge mode, not both. That sure doesn't help with throughput.

Does DD-WRT allow both frequencies to be used simultaneously?
 
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