Thanks OP, in for one. Our Wii has some issues connecting to our existing wireless router (a Netgear WGR614 I believe) so I'd been looking for a new one, and the price is right on this. I've had good experiences w/ Linksys in the past.
No Offence! But this is the most f**ked up router i have used! Dies soon after 2-3 days of use!Drops the connection a lot. Unreliable Doesn't matter new or refurbished! Try Trendnet or Netgear! Never had issues with them
I bought one of these about 4 months ago for ~$25.00. It worked but about every 2 or 3 days would lock up. Unplug it and reboot. After about the 6th lockup, I loaded it with DD-WRT as the one I have is version one model. After installing DD-WRT the router has worked great.
I don't have this router, but have another Refurb Linksys product. Just want to warn you guys that Linksys Tech Support sucks when it comes to Refurb.
I've problems with my WCG200 and had to make 5-6 calls into tech support. At least 2 of those calls involve arguing with them that my product IS under warrenty. Their system shows some out-of-service status even though I bought the item only 2 months ago. They finally agreed to replace my product after numerous calls, and if the replacement craps out, I'll be out of luck since the 90 day warrenty would have passed by that time. Oh, not to mention that the tech support people keep wanting to charge me $9.95 to fix a defect that many people have experienced according to Linksys's very own online FAQ.
.... I'm just putting in a public service warning to help save you guys hours of headache.
mdeutsch
Member
posted: Mar. 13, 2010 @ 1:22p
I bought a refurb this router about a year ago for $29.99 and it has been 100% rock solid. It has never crashed, never gotten sluggish and it kicks the crap out of the old Netgear unit I replaced. At this price it's a steal, if you don't mind that it doesn't support N, I would highly recommend it.
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