I think the MT RB750 could sell for less, but I suspect the problem is volume. I think they could add wireless and compete with the consumer grade junk if the price was reasonable and if MT was a bit more of a household name. It would take an easy and intuitive web interface, something for doing the basic setup which is as easy to use as the web interface the consumer grade stuff. For going further you'd need WinBox.
A lot of people read the speed tests of wireless routers and base their decisions on that. People realize that wireless routers with the same wireless technology achieve vastly different speeds in actual testing. I think something from MT would beat a $22 Netgear box hands down on speed. Factor in the powerful bandwidth management and other features the MT box has and it would be a winner for the folks that look at more than price. The super cheap consumer stuff scares me. Factor out the price of retail markup, transportation, packaging, advertising and what are you really getting for your money in terms of hardware? Greg On Nov 15, 2009, at 11:37 PM, Travis Johnson wrote: > It's still going to be more expensive than the Linksys and Netgear > solutions. They are charging $39 now for a basic 5 port box. If you add > wireless, it will be $59 or $69. We are buying Netgear routers for $22 > right now with 802.11g in them and they work great. > > Travis > Microserv > > os10ru...@gmail.com wrote: >> Something like the MT RB750 but with 802.11n. Top it off with an easier web >> interface which would make basic setup as a home router/AP simple for the >> uninitiated. I'm thinking something of quality with the power of a RouterOS >> level 4 license to compete with the crappy dlink/linksys/netgear consumer >> grade router/APs. >> >> With the current MT lineup if one does this piecemeal they have to start >> with a routerboard with way more ethernet ports and three wireless card >> slots and you still have to add the case, power supply, wireless card and >> antennas and it ends up being pricey. >> >> Greg >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
