$24.99 with free shipping as part of Newegg's shell shocker deals. Upgrade to wireless N from G and B with up to 300Mbps, up to 500 feet away. Comes with 1 year parts and labor warranty. 4/5 eggs with 258 reviews.
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nhenny2005 said: no dd-wrt best I can tell....otherwise I would be in.
Yeah, you'd think trendnet, airlink, etc would notice that their customers want FLOSS routers. Why do they even bother to make their own mediocre firmware?
glenatuf said: nhenny2005 said: no dd-wrt best I can tell....otherwise I would be in.
Yeah, you'd think trendnet, airlink, etc would notice that their customers want FLOSS routers. Why do they even bother to make their own mediocre firmware?
Honestly, what percentage of customers do you think actually reflash to something other than the factory firmware? Enthusiasts are a relatively small part of the market.
sjwaste said: glenatuf said: nhenny2005 said: no dd-wrt best I can tell....otherwise I would be in.
Yeah, you'd think trendnet, airlink, etc would notice that their customers want FLOSS routers. Why do they even bother to make their own mediocre firmware?
Honestly, what percentage of customers do you think actually reflash to something other than the factory firmware? Enthusiasts are a relatively small part of the market.
...and of that smaller market a good percentage are fellow FW'ers looking for a good cheap router to install DD-WRT.
What I've been reading is that people like this AP because there isn't a cost effective fully DD-WRT supported N-Router yet. This gives you N speeds and you can use it with your DD-WRT router. Some have said that this AP allows your N users to connect at N rates without your G or B users pulling their speed down. I'm guessing users can be filtered out so N users connect via the AP and your B and G users connect via your G router.
evancg
Thrifty Member
posted: Feb. 9, 2010 @ 6:07p
So I've searched and searched every time a deal on this Access Point crops up and I can never seem to find a solid answer. I have two Linksys WRT54G's with Tomato, one hooked up to my cable modem and the other bridged wirelessly to the living room with my various interweb connected devices (360, PS3, satellite receiver, etc).
Could I switch the WRT54G's to act as routers, and wirelessly bridge two of these Access Points to create a wireless N bridge? Is there any reason that wouldn't work?
Can this connect wirelessly to the existing router? Or should this be connected to the existing one using ethernet cable only?I assume that if it is not connected with a cable then the benefit of the "speedbooster" would not be there.
So if I understand, I connect this to my existing N router and then my laptops with N card can connect directly to this and the devices with G can still connect to the router.
uh2 said: This router supports WDS, which will allow you to bridge via wireless, as long as the other router supports it.
You will cut your bandwidth in half though.
EDIT: WDS is supported on 2.0r of the router. I don't know what version Newegg is selling.
ok, so if i have a slow DSL speed this will make it slower?
where can i read a discussion of this in simple english for a tech stupid person. I want ot use this with my G westell router from ATT but I only have basic DSL. I just want to extend the wireless to reach farther, however I cannnot afford to loose any speed thanks
This is not a router. It is designed to upgrade your existing router to Wireless N. The benifit is that you can keep your existing router and add N capabilities. I'm using one on my setup with a Buffalo router running Tomato. I disabled the wireless G on the Buffalo router hooked up the Trendnet upgrader and now have wireless N. Get to keep my current router and no need to look for a upgrade wireless N router that will run Tomato or DD-WRT.
This TrendNet Wireless Easy-N-Upgrader connects to your existing router, to give your network a serious boost in speed and range. Once plugged into your router, the upgrader is ready to go. Your 802.11n-compatible computers will connect at 300Mbps, up to 500 feet away: 12 times faster and 4 times further than your old wireless G router!
The Upgrader supports WEP, WPA, and WPA2 encryption, and WiFi Protected Setup, so your router's current security setup stays in place, and all your data stays private. The Easy-N-Upgrader offers reliability, security, and convenience, combined with blazing fast performance. Say goodbye to wireless dead spots and lagging connections, without replacing your router!
frank10b said: why is there a claim that it will cut broadband speeds? how will it make things faster, if it cuts speed, or does it cut speeds?
It does not cut speeds. It will upgrade existing routers to wireless N which is faster than wireless G or B. Please ignore most of this thread and read the manufactures description or the reviews on Newegg if you want to understand what this thing does. People are way off topic on this for some reason and posting much irrelevant and wrong information.
evancg
Thrifty Member
posted: Feb. 10, 2010 @ 2:07a
I think uh2 referencing cutting speeds if you set it up as WDS, which would halve connection speeds, but would be the only option (if the version received even supports it) for establishing any type of bridge between two of these.
zombieman2003
Member
posted: Feb. 10, 2010 @ 8:53a
I have had this for years, It is a wireless N UPGRADER.. it will connect to your existing router via a ethernet and provide a wireless N link to your existing network, it is really good and I never have to power cycle mine, I have it providing a wireless N link to my existing network and a wrt54G connected to it to provide ethernet to devices that don't have wireless (like my xbox), I would definitely buy again!
Pavier said: This is not a router. It is designed to upgrade your existing router to Wireless N. The benifit is that you can keep your existing router and add N capabilities. I'm using one on my setup with a Buffalo router running Tomato. I disabled the wireless G on the Buffalo router hooked up the Trendnet upgrader and now have wireless N. Get to keep my current router and no need to look for a upgrade wireless N router that will run Tomato or DD-WRT.
This TrendNet Wireless Easy-N-Upgrader connects to your existing router, to give your network a serious boost in speed and range. Once plugged into your router, the upgrader is ready to go. Your 802.11n-compatible computers will connect at 300Mbps, up to 500 feet away: 12 times faster and 4 times further than your old wireless G router!
The Upgrader supports WEP, WPA, and WPA2 encryption, and WiFi Protected Setup, so your router's current security setup stays in place, and all your data stays private. The Easy-N-Upgrader offers reliability, security, and convenience, combined with blazing fast performance. Say goodbye to wireless dead spots and lagging connections, without replacing your router!
gotcha. in other words, it's a temporary solution to overpriced N routers that don't support open source firmwares. i think I'll wait until something like the wrt610n's speed is matched w/ open fw.
as it stands, my zyxel x550g is more than adequate for WiFi SD streaming; even upwards of 7-8Mbps streaming of HD around the pad. now if this were a $25 dual band N router, that'd be a hot tix
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