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Reading the reviews at Newegg makes me wonder about the stability of any
of them. May be best to just to pick one at random. Had a decent Netgear N600 wndr3400 give up the ghost after 2 years, and have a 10 dollar TrendNet limping us by until we get a better one. After 6 hours have already had to reboot it, so need to get one soon. Nothing more intense than streaming to a couple TV's, so don't think I want to spend 300 plus bucks. Any favorites for not more than a couple hundred bucks? Thanks Mark |
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On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 06:23:51 -0500, pheasant16
wrote: Reading the reviews at Newegg makes me wonder about the stability of any of them. May be best to just to pick one at random. Had a decent Netgear N600 wndr3400 give up the ghost after 2 years, and have a 10 dollar TrendNet limping us by until we get a better one. After 6 hours have already had to reboot it, so need to get one soon. Nothing more intense than streaming to a couple TV's, so don't think I want to spend 300 plus bucks. Any favorites for not more than a couple hundred bucks? Thanks Mark I don't have a lot of data, but my old Cradlepoint MBR-1000 never has to be rebooted. Of course, it's so old that I'm sure it is no longer available, but maybe new units are as reliable. |
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On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 06:23:51 -0500, pheasant16 wrote:
| Reading the reviews at Newegg makes me wonder about the stability of any | of them. May be best to just to pick one at random. Had a decent | Netgear N600 wndr3400 give up the ghost after 2 years, and have a 10 | dollar TrendNet limping us by until we get a better one. After 6 hours | have already had to reboot it, so need to get one soon. | Nothing more intense than streaming to a couple TV's, so don't think I | want to spend 300 plus bucks. | | Any favorites for not more than a couple hundred bucks? Router choice starts with what you need one to do. Not much use in spending big bucks for capabilities you don't have any need for now and don't expect to for the foreseeable future. I've been using a D-Link DIR-859 (ac1750 dual band gigabit) that has fully satisfied my router needs for nearly 6 months now with no problems. It averages only 3 stars in Newegg reviews, but I would give it a full 5. When I read the actual reviews, I get the impression some low ratings come more from operator inability than product shortcomings. D-Link DIR-859 is available for $100 or less at Newegg, Amazon and other sellers. Larc |
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On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 09:54:27 -0500, Charlie Hoffpauir
wrote: On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 06:23:51 -0500, pheasant16 wrote: Reading the reviews at Newegg makes me wonder about the stability of any of them. May be best to just to pick one at random. Had a decent Netgear N600 wndr3400 give up the ghost after 2 years, and have a 10 dollar TrendNet limping us by until we get a better one. After 6 hours have already had to reboot it, so need to get one soon. Nothing more intense than streaming to a couple TV's, so don't think I want to spend 300 plus bucks. Any favorites for not more than a couple hundred bucks? Thanks Mark I don't have a lot of data, but my old Cradlepoint MBR-1000 never has to be rebooted. Of course, it's so old that I'm sure it is no longer available, but maybe new units are as reliable. I didn't mention, but the reason I got the Cradlepoint was to have failover to a USB 3G dongle or a tethered cell phone when internet from my ISP was lost. Anyone know of a good modern router with that capability? |
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On 6/20/2016 4:39 PM, Charlie Hoffpauir wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 09:54:27 -0500, Charlie Hoffpauir wrote: On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 06:23:51 -0500, pheasant16 wrote: Reading the reviews at Newegg makes me wonder about the stability of any of them. May be best to just to pick one at random. Had a decent Netgear N600 wndr3400 give up the ghost after 2 years, and have a 10 dollar TrendNet limping us by until we get a better one. After 6 hours have already had to reboot it, so need to get one soon. Nothing more intense than streaming to a couple TV's, so don't think I want to spend 300 plus bucks. Any favorites for not more than a couple hundred bucks? Thanks Mark I don't have a lot of data, but my old Cradlepoint MBR-1000 never has to be rebooted. Of course, it's so old that I'm sure it is no longer available, but maybe new units are as reliable. I didn't mention, but the reason I got the Cradlepoint was to have failover to a USB 3G dongle or a tethered cell phone when internet from my ISP was lost. Anyone know of a good modern router with that capability? Charlie, While not totally "modern" but I believe the Belkin F7D73301/7301 and the F7D74301/8301 routers have the cellular option when they are loaded with the Tomato USB firmware. I'm partial to the 4301 or 8301 units as they have the 1GB LAN port capability. Pheasant16, I have sites running the above Belkin routers at a number of locations and they have proven to be quite stable. |
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