Cisco Linksys E2000 Wireless N Dual Band (not simultaneous) 4-Port Gigabit Router DD-WRT/Tomato Compatible (refurbished) $32 + FS

God, this site is so bad for my wallet. At least my entire house can be gigabit now.

I just bought 2 more...already have 2 from previous deals. Tomato is rock solid on these and they run cool if you underclock CPU to 300 MHz via telnet connection. Google past threads for details.

Quote from douflag : From what I have seen so far, the difference between the E2000 and E2500 is gigabit ethernet and dual band performance. The E2000 has gigabit while the E2500 does not. And the E2500 can utilize 2.4GHz and 5GHz simultaneously while the E2000 cannot. My apt is pretty much wireless, so I'm wondering if the Gigabit ethernet is worthwhile. Also, would DD-WRT/Tomato FW open up the dual band on the E2000? I'm guess it's a hardware thing.

Interesting... I ignorantly assumed that the 2500 was just better all around... and that it was the next model step from the 2000. Not sure why the gigabit is not in the 2500.

I have a gigabit switch that I use to connect the wired gigabit computers. Which I assume negates the necessity to have a gigabit router for my wireless stuff.

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I picked this refurb Netgear router up for $19.99 the other day from Newegg. http://slickdeals.net/f/4236696-R...-3pm-19-99

I wonder if I should return it and get this one.

As of now, the only reason I even need it is so my smart phone can have wifi while I'm at my apartment. I do also have an xbox 360, so I suppose I could somehow connect it as well? Maybe I'm fine with what I have now.

Quote from OCNewbie : I picked this refurb Netgear router up for $19.99 the other day from Newegg. http://slickdeals.net/f/4236696-R...-3pm-19-99 I wonder if I should return it and get this one. As of now, the only reason I even need it is so my smart phone can have wifi while I'm at my apartment. I do also have an xbox 360, so I suppose I could somehow connect it as well? Maybe I'm fine with what I have now.

Well if it works for your needs, keep it and save the 12 dollars and hassle. The nice thing about the E2000 is that you can flash custom firmware like DD-WRT or TomatoUSB. They definitely can help with stability of performance and they offer a lot of extra features. However, unless you need the extra features, such as wireless bridging, then you're probably fine.

The only thing I might suggest is to keep your eye open on compatible power supply adapters for the netgear as they're known to go bad. My friend bought this refurb model a while ago and it went bad after 7 months of use. He never did confirm if it was the power supply or the router itself that went bad. He just ended up getting a Linksys router and its been going strong ever since.

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good deal for people looking to run a nice basic solid router

Quote from LxMxFxD : Your anecdote is just that - anecdotal. Just because your home isn't congested with 50+ wireless networks don't assume others are not. From my apt my phone's wifi analyzer can see over 100 g/n 2.4ghz networks. ...

Why don't you just go with 5 GHz band? I'm pretty sure not many people use those. Besides, there's whole lot more channels to work with. 150 mbps should suffice even for streaming raw 1080p blurays. In Tomato, there's also Transmit Power setting which you can set to 50-60 mW (default was 42 mW). This helped me a lot for the crowded 2.4 GHz competition, but it wasn't as bad as your apt. 100 is crazy. lol.

Quote from douflag : From what I have seen so far, the difference between the E2000 and E2500 is gigabit ethernet and dual band performance. The E2000 has gigabit while the E2500 does not. And the E2500 can utilize 2.4GHz and 5GHz simultaneously while the E2000 cannot. My apt is pretty much wireless, so I'm wondering if the Gigabit ethernet is worthwhile. Also, would DD-WRT/Tomato FW open up the dual band on the E2000? I'm guess it's a hardware thing.

Firmware is not going to open dual band simultaneous. It's a hardware limitation. I have two of these E2000 with Tomato. One for 2.4 GHz in the dining area, one 5.1 GHz in my room. One is hooked up to the other (like master and slave) so all my computers share same address range. I use the gigabit ports on both routers. Does the job well, and my laptop and phone supports both 2.4GHz and 5GHz band so it works perfect for me.

I already own this E2000 router but do not use it right now. When I moved, TWC made me use their Motorola SBG6580. They don't charge me to rent it and it has been working fine, so I didn't complain. I get around the 30 down/5 up that I pay for out in the living room of my apartment, within ~20 feet of the router. However, my home office is around a corner and down a 30 foot hallway and I'm lucky to get 5/1 that far from the router.

I bought one of the Diamond Multimedia WR300N range extenders and positioned it halfway between the router and office, but but gave up on it after a few days. I was actually getting worse speeds throughout the apartment with it, and I would have to reset it every morning to even get a connection. So I'm still looking for a solution to extend the range of my network without losing a lot of speed.

I've searched through the DD-WRT forums but I'm having trouble understanding the router jargon in all the posts, e.g., what's the difference between an access point, a repeater, and a bridge? Which one would be best for me based on my description above? Is it even possible to use the E2000 to extend my network if I am using a different Motorola router, or do they both need to be E2000s with DD-WRT installed?

Hoping that fellow SDers can help out with my basic questions and point me to the right places to make this happen. Reps await!

TL;DR: Trying to transform my E2000 into a range extender, but stuck with TWC router and having trouble understanding router jargon in help forums.

Quote from BStu185 : I already own this E2000 router but do not use it right now. When I moved, TWC made me use their Motorola SBG6580. They don't charge me to rent it and it has been working fine, so I didn't complain. I get around the 30 down/5 up that I pay for out in the living room of my apartment, within ~20 feet of the router. However, my home office is around a corner and down a 30 foot hallway and I'm lucky to get 5/1 that far from the router. I bought one of the Diamond Multimedia WR300N range extenders and positioned it halfway between the router and office, but but gave up on it after a few days. I was actually getting worse speeds throughout the apartment with it, and I would have to reset it every morning to even get a connection. So I'm still looking for a solution to extend the range of my network without losing a lot of speed. I've searched through the DD-WRT forums but I'm having trouble understanding the router jargon in all the posts, e.g., what's the difference between an access point, a repeater, and a bridge? Which one would be best for me based on my description above? Is it even possible to use the E2000 to extend my network if I am using a different Motorola router, or do they both need to be E2000s with DD-WRT installed? Hoping that fellow SDers can help out with my basic questions and point me to the right places to make this happen. Reps await! TL;DR: Trying to transform my E2000 into a range extender, but stuck with TWC router and having trouble understanding router jargon in help forums.

Repeater Bridge is what you want with DD-WRT. That'll make it act like a range extender plus give you the option of plugging in wired devices to the E2000.

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index....ter_Bridge

To explain the choices, access point is the default setting where the router is a hotspot for connecting to the internet. Repeater is the range extender mode. You can think of bridge like a big wifi adapter. You plug in devices using ethernet cables and the bridge router will communicate with the main router. Repeater Bridge is a combination of the two.

adding tomato on this thing is way cool!. better performance and I like the way it handles as opposed to ddwrt. @ $32 idk because thats the normal price point dont see why all the thumbs up for. Now if this was $26 then hail the front page, but $32 nothing to jump out of your seat unless you need one of these right now and dont have 2 or 3 sitting around like me or others do. A good router but can be a bit lower in price imo.

no n router will stream high def movies perfectly unless you are very lucky and have no outside interference..its just not possible to keep high enough throughput in real world situations. better off using 10/100 wired or gigabit for streaming high def movies..

I have a an e3000(tomato 1.28) as main router and wnr2000v2(Client bridge,dd-wrt) connected to 2.4Ghz channel on the e3000. Great setup. I highly recommend this if you don't have a second router,to give wider range at your home.

I take it the E2000 is better than the MWAVE - Asus RT-N13U/B 11B/G/N 300Mbps Wireless Router 4 Port USB 2.0 going for $22 right now?