Amy and I are on a business/vacation trip to Chicago and are staying at her parents' house since they are currently living at their house in Montana. They have DSL wired to only one computer. With a couple laptops, we needed to add a router to their set up so we wouldn't go crazy swapping wires or using their 5 y.o. Dell.
We drove to Comp USA in Orland and I asked one of the guys to show me their cheapest router. They have a new one for $29 or the one I bought, a Netgear refurbished router for $19.
This router was simple to hook up and, other than having to find the manuals online and not coming with an installation CD, you cannot tell it from new. No issues at all with the router. I'm using it now while typing this. I was almost crying at the DSL speed on their computer. On my laptop, although it's still slow, it's at least tolerable. Cheapo refurb. router FTW! If you need a throw away router for a trip or just don't want to spend regular router prices, the refurbished one is working well for us. We'll leave it here when we leave in case we come back, other relatives visit or her parents decide to open the vault and get a modern computer.
We drove to Comp USA in Orland and I asked one of the guys to show me their cheapest router. They have a new one for $29 or the one I bought, a Netgear refurbished router for $19.
This router was simple to hook up and, other than having to find the manuals online and not coming with an installation CD, you cannot tell it from new. No issues at all with the router. I'm using it now while typing this. I was almost crying at the DSL speed on their computer. On my laptop, although it's still slow, it's at least tolerable. Cheapo refurb. router FTW! If you need a throw away router for a trip or just don't want to spend regular router prices, the refurbished one is working well for us. We'll leave it here when we leave in case we come back, other relatives visit or her parents decide to open the vault and get a modern computer.