said by Anav :

Too funny, NO!
But I do recommend the NBG334W by zyxel which has a guest wifi that can only access the internet for less than $50 and/or the P330W by zyxel which is a cheap but effective wifi unit that can act as a wireless WAN unit, or a wifi bridge unit. Cheap N units will be available when companies have sucked all the profit of silly N buyers and are selling the P wifi routers.

said by fonzbear2000 :

I found these 2 on craigslist for $50 and $30:

»www.amazon.com/Netgear-RangeMax-···0126T6HO

»www.amazon.com/D-Link-4-Port-Wir···duct_top

While a lot of people give them 5 stars, there are also quite a few that give only 1 star.

So, does anyone know of any wireless N routers for under $50 that are HIGHLY rated with an average of at LEAST 4 out of 5 stars?

said by tipstir :

For $29 bucks more go to Target and buy Belkin N+ for $79 bucks. Wal-Mart sells it too but they're hard to find. Don't settle for 10/100 ports you need 10/100/1000 (gig ports) For serious N and wired speed. Belkin N+ very stable the other two well issues. I think Netgear should stick with switches and get out of the consumer wireless router business.

One more thing: DO NOT! Buy Belkin N (10/100) or Belkin N150 that's more like G/N that goes upto 150mbps and not 300mpbs like in N router and suffers from 10/100 mode.

GET Belkin N+ 10/100/1000 (gig wan/gig lan) N 150/300mbps
USB storage Port.

said by CylonRed :

See this thread for opinions on N: »Should I buy an "N" router?

I really do not think your problems will be solved with going to N.

said by fonzbear2000 :

I still want to give one a try. So, if anyone knows of any N routers that are $50 or less and highly rated, please let me know.

said by fonzbear2000 :

Would getting just an N be much of an improvement over my current 54mbps wireless G? The main reasons I want to upgrade are 1., sometimes I lose my connection and have to turn off my wireless on my computer and reset the router and I'm hoping the better connection that N gives will fix that and 2., I have Comcast's 12mbps tier with powerboost and only see powerboost speeds when I'm wired directly to the cable modem and I'm hoping an N router will give me better speeds.

said by tipstir :

Modem is the key to your speed a slow modem a slow connection.

said by fonzbear2000 :

I know for a fact it's my router that's slowing me down because when I hook a computer DIRECTLY up to my cable modem, I get BETTER speeds. If a router doesn't slow me down, shouldn't I get the SAME speeds when using it?

said by Its a Secret :

Belkin suxs butt. Sorry, but I recommend a D-Link or LinkSys.

said by Its a Secret :

Belkin suxs butt. Sorry, but I recommend a D-Link or LinkSys.

said by fonzbear2000 :

Would getting just an N be much of an improvement over my current 54mbps wireless G? The main reasons I want to upgrade are 1., sometimes I lose my connection and have to turn off my wireless on my computer and reset the router and I'm hoping the better connection that N gives will fix that and 2., I have Comcast's 12mbps tier with powerboost and only see powerboost speeds when I'm wired directly to the cable modem and I'm hoping an N router will give me better speeds.

said by fonzbear2000 :

Anyway, again, if anyone knows of a wireless N router for under $50 that is highly rated, please let me know. Considering how long N has been around, I find it VERY hard to believe that what I'm looking for doesn't exist.

said by cacroll :

Let me expand on my previous reasoning.
1. You get what you pay for.
2. People who buy cheaper equipment tend to live in areas with more houses closer together. People who buy more expensive equipment tend to live in areas with less houses closer together. More distance between houses = less bandwidth saturation = more satisfaction = less complaints.

But I will, personally recommend the Zyxel P330W, which has done very well for me.

said by stevech0 :

Probably will not. Need to diagnose correctly problem with 11g system first. Would you get a liver transplant without a firm diagnosis? (yes, a liver isn't a $50 issue)

said by fonzbear2000 :

Well, I decided I'm going to pick up the Belkin N+ at Target for $80. They have a pretty good 90 day return policy so that will give me plenty of time to test it. Thanks again!

said by stevech0 :

KB meaning kilobits, not kiloBytes?

300kbps is like DSL speeds.

Any ole wrouter should do.

said by Poser :

Wow how much do you pay for that service?

said by fonzbear2000 :

Huh? You sure you got it right? Whenever I see people talking about the speed tier their ISP has, they always put "mbps" as in megabits/sec. MB=megabytes and mb=megabits. The speed I am seeing from dl.tv is 1.3-1.5MB/sec as in megaBYTES per sec.



Another with better upload:


Even better on my wired computer:

said by fonzbear2000 :

The wired computer is 10/100, but I VERY rarely use it so it's fine as is.

said by fonzbear2000 :

Well, I just got the N+ hooked up and it gave me a MAJOR speed increase! Not on speedtest.net though. But on dl.tv. when downloading a file on G, I would NEVER see speeds above 300 KB/sec. Now I see a CONSTANT speed of around 1.3-1.5 MB/sec!!! WOW!!! Now, hopefully the router will stay connected.

said by tipstir :

Hey that's great good job!

TCP.SYS can be tweaked on the wired. Wireless too..

100 instead of 10 by Microsoft default. Below are for Gig and wireless

RWIN, TTL (64) Max ACKs 3 TCP Timestamp on, LAN Buffer Request 16384 instead of 8KB an etc..

said by fonzbear2000 :

Almost 20 days with NO connection drops!

said by tipstir :

You won't have any.. Unless our loose power from the power grid. Other than that you'll be good to go.. I had to move mine out of the network closet (mounted high above the door) drilled 3/8 hole to feed the wires back into closet once I did that connections 150/300 and strong/excellent!