Can anyone recommend a cheap yet decent wireless N capable router please?

VirtualLarry

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I'm running a (refurb) Cisco E2500 w/Shibby Tomato 1.10. Runs great. It cost me $35 + ship at homestore.cisco.com . It supports dual-band 300N (2.4Ghz) + 300N (5Ghz).

Edit: Here's a link, they are still available. Cheapest decent Open-Source-supported dual-band router on the net, I think.
http://store.linksys.com/Routers/Li...productId138177695VVcatId543906VVviewprod.htm

Edit: Only downside is, no gigabit LAN/WAN ports.
 
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vailr

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Belkin Share N300 Wireless N+ Router (new, not refurbished):
$20.99 - http://www.rakuten.com/prod/belkin-share-n300-wireless-n-router/q/sellerid/25969172/217458023.html
Note: rakuten.com may be having credit card security issues. I'd recommend obtaining a "one time use" account number for any online purchases there.
$24.21 - http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Share-N.../dp/B0045HG53K
The Amazon link includes someone's walk-through instructions for installing latest Tomato firmware. Works great for me, anyway.
 
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holden j caufield

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netgear 3500L with ddwrt. Usually I avoid netgear but ddwrt makes this thing shine. Cheap, gigabit lan, ddwrt, stable.
 

DavidoFoo

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I'm running a (refurb) Cisco E2500 w/Shibby Tomato 1.10. Runs great. It cost me $35 + ship at homestore.cisco.com . It supports dual-band 300N (2.4Ghz) + 300N (5Ghz).

Edit: Here's a link, they are still available. Cheapest decent Open-Source-supported dual-band router on the net, I think.
http://store.linksys.com/Routers/Li...productId138177695VVcatId543906VVviewprod.htm

Edit: Only downside is, no gigabit LAN/WAN ports.

I also have this as a wireless ethernet bridge and it works well
 

gloom111

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I was looking as well. After scrolling through smallnetbuilders router charts for a few hours, I found this gem on sale at Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/N900-Dual-Rout...6/ref=pd_ybh_1

For $65 an N900 router is difficult to pass up. I really just need the gigibit ports (it has 7) for when I hard wire the house next month. I don't really expect to see much improvement over my WNR2000 as far as wireless capability goes, but maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.