Belkin Share N300 Wireless N+ Router MiMo 3D & USB Port $18

Quote from grayman4hire : For a large house, its better to get two routers and connect them up via a wired connection or ethernet over powerline adapters. You can setup two distance Access Points or a single one using different channels.

Can you provide a little more information about these powerline adapters? Is it that you using the existing power outlets in your house as the existing infrastructure for wired internet?

I am tired of the signal dropping to PCs that are upstairs. I wasn't sure how I would be able to retrofit the house with wired ethernet without making holes in walls.

Quote from slicksder : Can you provide a little more information about these powerline adapters? Is it that you using the existing power outlets in your house as the existing infrastructure for wired internet? I am tired of the signal dropping to PCs that are upstairs. I wasn't sure how I would be able to retrofit the house with wired ethernet without making holes in walls.

That's exactly it. Google "Powerline Adapters". If you have a PC, then you can plug your PC's ethernet connection directly to the powerline adapter and forgo wireless completely. Otherwise pick up a powerline adapter with a switch built in so your PC can have a "wired" connection and you can add a second router for your wireless devices upstairs.

[Quick Edit] Actually you don't need a powerline adapter with a switch built in, the Router would already have a switch.

Got mine already. Was able to flash it with DD-WRT (eko builds dd-wrt.v24-18946_NEWD-2_K2.6_mini_f7d7302.bin first then dd-wrt.v24-18946_NEWD-2_K2.6_mega.bin). This seems to have been a great upgrade from my WRT54G that was failing to hold a signal to the restroom of my studio. I tested streaming a 720p mkv off of a 64GB flash drive in the USB port and it didn't have any hitches playing via Samba.

As a note, I had to add a rule to iptables (iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -j MASQUERADE) to get port forwarding working.

I've always wondered if those antannae mods ever worked for anyone.

Quote from pogopope : Got mine already. Was able to flash it with DD-WRT (eko builds dd-wrt.v24-18946_NEWD-2_K2.6_mini_f7d7302.bin first then dd-wrt.v24-18946_NEWD-2_K2.6_mega.bin). This seems to have been a great upgrade from my WRT54G that was failing to hold a signal to the restroom of my studio. I tested streaming a 720p mkv off of a 64GB flash drive in the USB port and it didn't have any hitches playing via Samba. As a note, I had to add a rule to iptables (iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -j MASQUERADE) to get port forwarding working.

Great update, thanks!

Showing up as $24.95 now...

flashed ddwrt on mine and have it ready to go when my e3000 fails.

I to was able to flash dd-wrt onto it:

DD-WRT v24-sp2 (05/17/11) big
(SVN revision 17084M NEWD-2 K2.6 Eko)

That's what i went with. I used this youtube video as a guide since it was my first time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi3w7ewYTNs

very easy. testing out the ability to schedule the radio to turn off and on automatically and the nocatsplash hotspot feature. So far QoS seems to be working just fine.

Quote from drktrpr : I to was able to flash dd-wrt onto it: DD-WRT v24-sp2 (05/17/11) big (SVN revision 17084M NEWD-2 K2.6 Eko) That's what i went with. I used this youtube video as a guide since it was my first time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi3w7ewYTNs very easy. testing out the ability to schedule the radio to turn off and on automatically and the nocatsplash hotspot feature. So far QoS seems to be working just fine.

Not sure if you care, but there is a build of that about a year newer (I know sifting through the dd-wrt site can be an absolute nightmare.)

You can see here that the most recent update at the bottom of the list is svn18946 (4/07/12)
http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/suppor...V24-K26%2F

There are mini builds for initial flashing of both the F7D7301 and F7D7302, as well as the generic dd-wrt.v24-18946_NEWD-2_K2.6_big.bin and dd-wrt.v24-18946_NEWD-2_K2.6_mega.bin

Anyway, if you feel like upgrading the the latest build, there's no real danger, since this router has the fail-safe "CFE miniWeb Server" firmware loader mode.

I just installed. Dont have any idea what im doing when it comes to networking