Newegg.com has a bunch of recertified routers listed right now, including several Linksys.
Carl From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 12:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers What's a good source for refurbed routers? John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Len Hammond [mailto:lenhammo...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 12:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wireless Routers +1 on the Netgear refurbs. I have installed about a dozen of them over the last year. Only had trouble with one of them and then only in one location. Another unit worked fine there and that unit was OK in another location - go figure. I, too, have heard the horror stories about Netgear, Linksys, D-Link, Buffalo and others. My guess is that at this price point you can get junk in any flavor and good stuff in any flavor. Probably depending on the day of manufacture - hung over employees, etc. Recently, I've been getting the refurbished Netgear units for $10 to $15 on special and I don't worry about warranty or anything else - they are so cheap, I'll just replace it for a year on my dime - much quicker, easier, cheaper than convincing them to do something else. Len Hammond CSI:Hartland lenhamm...@gmail.com On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Carl Houseman <c.house...@gmail.com> wrote: Buy factory refurbs. They've already been fixed.. J Seriously, I'm running DD-WRT on several Netgear refurbs, couldn't be happier. This particular model of Netgear had a history of PS problems but the refurbs came with the 'fixed' PS. Regarding troubleshooting, a factory reset (using the pushbutton) followed by firmware upgrade should be attempted before tossing them in the trash. Carl From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 12:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wireless Routers I've had issues with Netgear, D-Link, and Linksys/Cisco consumer routers. It seems most are only good for about 18-24 months and then need to be replaced. I do like the Linksys GUI best but that's probably just because I'm more familiar with it. But for $50, it's not worth the time to mess with them if a simple reset doesn't allow you to connect. Die dulci fruere! Roger Wright ___ On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:17 AM, John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote: This weekend, I spent about 4 hours working at a client's site (side job) trying to get their desktop to link up to their existing wireless router (Netgear.) I never succeeded and I was also unable to get my Dell laptop to talk to their wireless router. After fussing with it for over 2 hours, I went to Walmart and bought a WRT54GS2 Linksys wireless (same exact model I have at home) and hooked it up. Instant success. Long story short - if I ever have a job where I can't get the wireless to connect, and the user has a Netgear wireless router, I'm not even going to spend time on it, I'll just tell the client I'm going to go buy a different router that *will* work and get another Linksys. Just thought I'd pass this along for anyone who's looking for a new wireless router. J ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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