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expiredN3RD_01 posted Mar 3, 2026 6:04 AM

Factory Reconditioned: Linksys E9450 Dual Band AX5400 WiFi 6 Router

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Woot! has Factory Reconditioned: Linksys E9450 Dual Band AX5400 WiFi 6 Router on sale for $19.99. Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members (must login with your Amazon account and select a shipping address in order for Woot to apply free shipping) or is otherwise $6 per order.

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Condition:
  • Like-new condition. No visible scratches, dings, or dents when held at arm's length
  • Refurbished by the original manufacturer or a certified partner
  • Packaged in retail box or plain brown box
Features:
  • Covers up to 2800 sq. ft, handles 30+ Devices, and Speed up to 5.4 Gbps.
  • More capacity to more devices with WiFi 6 technology.
  • Doubles the bandwidth to avoid interference and maximize throughput with Dual-Band technology.
  • Easy setup with browser-based installation using smartphone, tablet, or computer.

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  • About this deal:
    • Covers up to 2800 sq. ft, handles 30+ Devices, and Speed up to 5.4 Gbps; easy setup with browser-based installation using smartphone, tablet, or computer.
  • About this product:
    • Limit 10 per customer
    • 90-Days Linkys Refurbished Warranty
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Woot! has Factory Reconditioned: Linksys E9450 Dual Band AX5400 WiFi 6 Router on sale for $19.99. Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members (must login with your Amazon account and select a shipping address in order for Woot to apply free shipping) or is otherwise $6 per order.

Thanks to Community Member N3RD_01 for finding this deal.

Note, product will be sold by Woot! and fulfilled by Amazon

Condition:
  • Like-new condition. No visible scratches, dings, or dents when held at arm's length
  • Refurbished by the original manufacturer or a certified partner
  • Packaged in retail box or plain brown box
Features:
  • Covers up to 2800 sq. ft, handles 30+ Devices, and Speed up to 5.4 Gbps.
  • More capacity to more devices with WiFi 6 technology.
  • Doubles the bandwidth to avoid interference and maximize throughput with Dual-Band technology.
  • Easy setup with browser-based installation using smartphone, tablet, or computer.

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Covers up to 2800 sq. ft, handles 30+ Devices, and Speed up to 5.4 Gbps; easy setup with browser-based installation using smartphone, tablet, or computer.
  • About this product:
    • Limit 10 per customer
    • 90-Days Linkys Refurbished Warranty
  • About this store:

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violian
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I had this exact one - used it for about a year. User-interface wise, it's literally the most bare-bones router I've EVER owned....and I've owned much cheaper $40 routers that can atleast tell you what devices are using the network (the E9450 retails for $99 and I bought it years ago for $80 on sale). Not recommended for renters if you are remotely concerned about someone stealing your internet because there's no way to see what devices are on your network for instance. I'm currently using a Ubiquiti Gateway Ultra ($130 device) and it's a night-and-day difference - the user-interface of the Ubiquiti literally makes your jaws drop (super gorgeous graphics) and makes you want to toy around with it and learn how networking works. Decided to ditch the E9450 because each month, although I live alone, Xfinity is always telling me I'm going over my 1.2TB data cap and that they're charging me extra. The Ubiquiti shows me exactly which device is consuming how much data each month (and it even drills down to the App level - e.g. Youtube on my Macbook consumed 1.5GB of data).
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Most people are tech illiterate and don't know what that even means, which is why these Linksys routers have been hidden bargains.

Also, the data usage the guy is talking about is easily visible through any third party firmware or with add ons available with those firmware, but let the prosumer chasing types go overboard with something that will not offer much more but will cost 3-4x what these cheapie routers with OpenWrt or DD-WRT are capable of. Now I'm not saying Ubiquiti is junk. It does offer a lot more than what OpenWrt could, but I see so many techie wannabe dad types that spend so much time, money, and resources on things that yield them zero benefit. Meanwhile, the granny next door who barely knows how to run a fax machine is running a 15 year old D-Link router that hasn't received security updates in 10 years and hasn't been hacked. Shoot, I have a relative who's a doctor who had this kind of setup for years before moving to a generic mesh system, and believe me, he's not setting up VLANs, managed switches, and multiple SSIDs to "secure" his network. I don't even know if he knows if his old D-Link router has WPA2 security, or what that even means. His bank account seems fine, probably better than most of the people here who are obsessed with "security" with 10 different VLANs and firewall rules.

Anyway, this E9450 isn't OpenWrt compatible since it's a Broadcom device. It looks like DD-WRT supports this, but not 100% sure how good it is. The E8450 apparently is a great OpenWrt router. The flashing process is a pain, but once that's done it's supposedly great. I regret not buying the 2 pack combo on eBay recently.
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I had this exact one - used it for about a year. User-interface wise, it's literally the most bare-bones router I've EVER owned....and I've owned much cheaper $40 routers that can atleast tell you what devices are using the network (the E9450 retails for $99 and I bought it years ago for $80 on sale). Not recommended for renters if you are remotely concerned about someone stealing your internet because there's no way to see what devices are on your network for instance. I'm currently using a Ubiquiti Gateway Ultra ($130 device) and it's a night-and-day difference - the user-interface of the Ubiquiti literally makes your jaws drop (super gorgeous graphics) and makes you want to toy around with it and learn how networking works. Decided to ditch the E9450 because each month, although I live alone, Xfinity is always telling me I'm going over my 1.2TB data cap and that they're charging me extra. The Ubiquiti shows me exactly which device is consuming how much data each month (and it even drills down to the App level - e.g. Youtube on my Macbook consumed 1.5GB of data).
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SmilingSparrow2430Mar 3, 2026 5:54 PM
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Quote from violian :
I had this exact one - used it for about a year. User-interface wise, it's literally the most bare-bones router I've EVER owned....and I've owned much cheaper $40 routers that can atleast tell you what devices are using the network (the E9450 retails for $99 and I bought it years ago for $80 on sale). Not recommended for renters if you are remotely concerned about someone stealing your internet because there's no way to see what devices are on your network for instance. I'm currently using a Ubiquiti Gateway Ultra ($130 device) and it's a night-and-day difference - the user-interface of the Ubiquiti literally makes your jaws drop (super gorgeous graphics) and makes you want to toy around with it and learn how networking works. Decided to ditch the E9450 because each month, although I live alone, Xfinity is always telling me I'm going over my 1.2TB data cap and that they're charging me extra. The Ubiquiti shows me exactly which device is consuming how much data each month (and it even drills down to the App level - e.g. Youtube on my Macbook consumed 1.5GB of data).
doesnt everyone flash these with that custom firmware that unlocks everything anyway?
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Quote from SmilingSparrow2430 :
doesnt everyone flash these with that custom firmware that unlocks everything anyway?
Most people are tech illiterate and don't know what that even means, which is why these Linksys routers have been hidden bargains.

Also, the data usage the guy is talking about is easily visible through any third party firmware or with add ons available with those firmware, but let the prosumer chasing types go overboard with something that will not offer much more but will cost 3-4x what these cheapie routers with OpenWrt or DD-WRT are capable of. Now I'm not saying Ubiquiti is junk. It does offer a lot more than what OpenWrt could, but I see so many techie wannabe dad types that spend so much time, money, and resources on things that yield them zero benefit. Meanwhile, the granny next door who barely knows how to run a fax machine is running a 15 year old D-Link router that hasn't received security updates in 10 years and hasn't been hacked. Shoot, I have a relative who's a doctor who had this kind of setup for years before moving to a generic mesh system, and believe me, he's not setting up VLANs, managed switches, and multiple SSIDs to "secure" his network. I don't even know if he knows if his old D-Link router has WPA2 security, or what that even means. His bank account seems fine, probably better than most of the people here who are obsessed with "security" with 10 different VLANs and firewall rules.

Anyway, this E9450 isn't OpenWrt compatible since it's a Broadcom device. It looks like DD-WRT supports this, but not 100% sure how good it is. The E8450 apparently is a great OpenWrt router. The flashing process is a pain, but once that's done it's supposedly great. I regret not buying the 2 pack combo on eBay recently.
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While browsing at woot.com I saw E8450 for $13.99 so I bought one. I previously bought one a year ago and loaded with Openwrt and is running great. I'll setup another one on the top floor.
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Quote from Oil_Burner :
While browsing at woot.com I saw E8450 for $13.99 so I bought one. I previously bought one a year ago and loaded with Openwrt and is running great. I'll setup another one on the top floor.
Do you need uart to flash openwrtom 8450?
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Quote from justye :
Most people are tech illiterate and don't know what that even means, which is why these Linksys routers have been hidden bargains.

Also, the data usage the guy is talking about is easily visible through any third party firmware or with add ons available with those firmware, but let the prosumer chasing types go overboard with something that will not offer much more but will cost 3-4x what these cheapie routers with OpenWrt or DD-WRT are capable of. Now I'm not saying Ubiquiti is junk. It does offer a lot more than what OpenWrt could, but I see so many techie wannabe dad types that spend so much time, money, and resources on things that yield them zero benefit. Meanwhile, the granny next door who barely knows how to run a fax machine is running a 15 year old D-Link router that hasn't received security updates in 10 years and hasn't been hacked. Shoot, I have a relative who's a doctor who had this kind of setup for years before moving to a generic mesh system, and believe me, he's not setting up VLANs, managed switches, and multiple SSIDs to "secure" his network. I don't even know if he knows if his old D-Link router has WPA2 security, or what that even means. His bank account seems fine, probably better than most of the people here who are obsessed with "security" with 10 different VLANs and firewall rules.

Anyway, this E9450 isn't OpenWrt compatible since it's a Broadcom device. It looks like DD-WRT supports this, but not 100% sure how good it is. The E8450 apparently is a great OpenWrt router. The flashing process is a pain, but once that's done it's supposedly great. I regret not buying the 2 pack combo on eBay recently.
This is actually pretty accurate 😂

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Three years ago, I paid $50 for the the Belkin RT3200 (aka Linksys E8450). It runs OpenWRT with firewall, web and ssh access, AdguardHome, banip, tailscaled, and cloudflared. Great system.

The E9450 is a hardware upgrade from the E8450, but it seems E9540 is not as good for OpenWRT.
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Quote from buy_now_think_later :
Do you need uart to flash openwrtom 8450?
I simply followed the process here - https://firmware-selector.openwrt...ksys_e8450

Step 1: Apply initial firmware - openwrt-25.12.0-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-initramfs-kernel.bin
Reboot
Step 2: Upgrade to this stable release - openwrt-25.12.0-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
Reboot
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this thread is educational
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TP-Link is the best bang for the buck. Easily expandable to mesh or AP with wired backhaul. We started with 1 TP Link, ended up with 3 (2 serve as access points). Connectivity and roaming is awesome.

And I had a Meraki set up with their new wifi7 APs. Ended up selling those and just go with TP LInk. Meraki switch costed more than my entire TP LInk set up.
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are you able to port forward on this router because the modem provided by my internet company will not port forward
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Quote from violian :
I had this exact one - used it for about a year. User-interface wise, it's literally the most bare-bones router I've EVER owned....and I've owned much cheaper $40 routers that can atleast tell you what devices are using the network (the E9450 retails for $99 and I bought it years ago for $80 on sale). Not recommended for renters if you are remotely concerned about someone stealing your internet because there's no way to see what devices are on your network for instance. I'm currently using a Ubiquiti Gateway Ultra ($130 device) and it's a night-and-day difference - the user-interface of the Ubiquiti literally makes your jaws drop (super gorgeous graphics) and makes you want to toy around with it and learn how networking works. Decided to ditch the E9450 because each month, although I live alone, Xfinity is always telling me I'm going over my 1.2TB data cap and that they're charging me extra. The Ubiquiti shows me exactly which device is consuming how much data each month (and it even drills down to the App level - e.g. Youtube on my Macbook consumed 1.5GB of data).
Yes, I've always been frustrated by this. Three routers ago, I had a very cheap no name brand one I got on Amazon for like $15. It didn't have a lot of options, but it did have a screen I could easily get to and see what devices are currently connected, how much data they are downloading/uploading, and also had the option to block specific devices. I could also give them custom names.
That started giving me some issues (seemed like every other day I'd have to go unplug/plug it back in). I eventually got a "fancy" $100 router that I saw here. And the features were almost non-existent.
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https://computers.woot.com/offers...6-router-6
purchased this one instead, will try openwrt.
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Quote from Oil_Burner :
I simply followed the process here - https://firmware-selector.openwrt...ksys_e8450

Step 1: Apply initial firmware - openwrt-25.12.0-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-initramfs-kernel.bin
Reboot
Step 2: Upgrade to this stable release - openwrt-25.12.0-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
Reboot
So, you just flash the initial openwrt bin file from the stock firmware interface? Or is there more to this?

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