WARM -- Newegg Netgear 802.11n router $20+tax refurb.

[Cr0nJ0b]

I just ran across this WRN2000-100NAR Refurbished. $19.99 with code EMCKJKF43

I've been looking to upgrade some of my g access points. I wouldn't say that this is the best unit around, but it's in my price range, so if they don't last, I won't be too disappointed.

The v2 version is supposed to have a broadcom chip and can run dd-wrt, which is what I'm looking to do with it when it comes in.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-33122275-L08C

 

[isekii]

if I bridge a G router along with this. Will the speed drop to G or will this stay as N the other as G.

So if I connect G items to the G router and N stuff to the N router, I shouldn't see the N router drop to G speeds right ?

 

[her209]

Is this a version 2.0 or is it luck of the draw?

 

[douglasb]

I installed this very same router last week, and it's been working great so far. "Refurb" but I couldn't tell from the packaging. All accessories were included.

 

[ccryder]

Got one at tigerdirect a couple weeks ago for 14.99. Version 1 for me. Seems to work great though.

 

[her209]

I'm tempted get a couple but I'm looking at the reviews and people are reporting their units dying after a few weeks of use.

:hmm:

 

[VirtualLarry]

I bought three of these last time Newegg had them on sale. True to the pictures, they are only V1, not V2. So no DD-WRT.

V1 with newest firmware (included on mine) does do WDS bridging, with up to four nodes. But the encryption has to be set to NONE or WEP. So it's kind of useless.

 

[her209]

I bought three of these last time Newegg had them on sale. True to the pictures, they are only V1, not V2. So no DD-WRT.

V1 with newest firmware (included on mine) does do WDS bridging, with up to four nodes. But the encryption has to be set to NONE or WEP. So it's kind of useless.

Did you at least get the A/C adapters for each of them?

 

[douglasb]

Did you at least get the A/C adapters for each of them?

I did. Even if it's v1, $20 shipped is pretty darn good for a Wireless N router, IMO.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Newegg networking refurb deals are amazing. This is nothing short of a HOTTTTTT deal.

I picked up this Wireless N router (and repeater!) as it was the cheapest solid sub $35 router available before Christmas. I only wish this deal in the OP was available then.

The only bad thing with the router I can see in the OP is the lack of attachable antennas. That's kind of a big deal to me. I have run long wires(to and from antennas) and set up networks with a great deal of range, and this wouldn't be possible with this router. And DD-WRT doesnt look possible.

Otherwise, this is a hot deal on a solid wireless N router.

 

[TwiceOver]

Sure why not. $20 is worth it.

Hopefully it allows for just "Access Point" mode like LInksys routers do.

 

[claes]

Newegg networking refurb deals are amazing. This is nothing short of a HOTTTTTT deal.

....

Otherwise, this is a hot deal on a solid wireless N router.

Hi, long time non-registered user's first post. Having owned this router purchased from newegg for a year (v1) I can say that this is NOT a hot deal - the gigabit switch works wonderfully but the wireless is real flaky. In an all n network with the router set at 300 the speed would be fine but the ping would sometimes exceed a full second. Adding in b and g clients I get all sorts of dropped connections and have to reset the router every day or two. Dropping the router down to 54/144 or whatever and I still get dropped connections with my b and g clients. QOS and uPNP seem to be the culprits - these days I can keep it running for a week if I turn off *all* services except for some forwarded ports but I still don't get anywhere near n speeds from my n clients and still get dropped connections with my b an g clients. Add in it's silly sleep mode and you'll sometimes spend a minute refreshing a page before it loads if you've been offline for awhile. Haven't seen a firmware update in over a year and don't expect dd-wrt support for a long time (or a lot of leg work). If you can get the v2, by all means, this probably is a hot deal once it's got dd-wrt on it. Until then it's garbage and I wish I hadn't cl'd my wrt54g - spend $20 more on a linksys refurb or $50 on a wndr3700 refurb (check amazon from td). All tests done with comcast 12/2 and motorola sb6120.

Just one very unhappy customer to another!

 

[Cr0nJ0b]

I'm not hugely impressed with the router. It was cheap but it's verision 1 and has little alternative firmware support. I did setup a WDS bridge which was my goal of the system anyway. I tested a connected laptop using netio. and here's what I got. I'm not sure how good or bad this is, so I would appreciate some feedback. I'll also post to networking.

WDS repeater bridge 15' and 2 walls away. TX(KB/s) RX(KB/s) TX(Kb/s) RX(Kb/s)
Packet size 1k bytes 6294 KByte/s Tx 6849 KByte/s Rx 6294 6849 50352 54792
Packet size 2k bytes 5606 KByte/s Tx 6849 KByte/s Rx 5606 6849 44848 54792
Packet size 4k bytes 6922 KByte/s Tx 7167 KByte/s Rx 6922 7167 55376 57336
Packet size 8k bytes 7289 KByte/s Tx 7349 KByte/s Rx 7289 7349 58312 58792
Packet size 16k bytes 7123 KByte/s Tx 6756 KByte/s Rx 7123 6756 56984 54048
Packet size 32k bytes 7237 KByte/s Tx 6674 KByte/s Rx 7237 6674 57896 53392
Done. 0 0
802.11g Bridge 15' and 2 walls away. 0 0
TCP connection established. 0 0
Packet size 1k bytes 1635 KByte/s Tx 724 KByte/s Rx. 1635 724 13080 5792
Packet size 2k bytes 1649 KByte/s Tx 775 KByte/s Rx. 1649 775 13192 6200
Packet size 4k bytes 1660 KByte/s Tx 764 KByte/s Rx. 1660 764 13280 6112
Packet size 8k bytes 1625 KByte/s Tx 779 KByte/s Rx. 1625 779 13000 6232
Packet size 16k bytes 1570 KByte/s Tx 764 KByte/s Rx. 1570 764 12560 6112
Packet size 32k bytes 1481 KByte/s Tx 740 KByte/s Rx. 1481 740 11848 5920
0 0
Wired to WNR2000 0 0
TCP connection established. 0 0
Packet size 1k bytes 11361 KByte/s Tx 11312 KByte/s Rx. 1136 1131 9088 9048
Packet size 2k bytes 11308 KByte/s Tx 11144 KByte/s Rx. 1130 1114 9040 8912
Packet size 4k bytes 11563 KByte/s Tx 11502 KByte/s Rx. 1156 1150 9248 9200
Packet size 8k bytes 11504 KByte/s Tx 11509 KByte/s Rx. 1150 1150 9200 9200
Packet size 16k bytes 11573 KByte/s Tx 11466 KByte/s Rx. 1157 1146 9256 9168
Packet size 32k bytes 11587 KByte/s Tx 11555 KByte/s Rx. 1158 1155 9264 9240
0 0
30' and 2 walls and a floor away
TCP connection established. 0 0
Packet size 1k bytes 5769 KByte/s Tx 5091 KByte/s Rx. 5769 5091 46152 40728
Packet size 2k bytes 5315 KByte/s Tx 4852 KByte/s Rx. 5315 4852 42520 38816
Packet size 4k bytes 4840 KByte/s Tx 3741 KByte/s Rx. 4840 3741 38720 29928
Packet size 8k bytes 4543 KByte/s Tx 4356 KByte/s Rx. 4543 4356 36344 34848
Packet size 16k bytes 4078 KByte/s Tx 4853 KByte/s Rx. 4078 4853 32624 38824
Packet size 32k bytes 3829 KByte/s Tx 4232 KByte/s Rx. 3829 4232 30632 33856

 

[Macgyversite]

I have a used/installed a few of these and haven't had any problems what so ever.

Great deal as far as I am concerned.