Netgear Wireless Router for $2.50

[gaelan]

a friend sent me this link this morning, thought i'd pass it on.
http://www.stinner.com/2005/04/17/netgear-wireless-router-for-250/

http://www.stinner.com/2005/04/17/netgear-wireless-router-for-250/

I picked up a Netgear WGR614 802.11g Wireless Router from Staples today. CompUSA has the same router on special for $29.99 but Staples is offering it for $54.94 with a $25 Easy Rebate. So, all you have to do is go to Staples, have them price match the router to CompUSA’s price and submit the Easy Rebate. With Staples‘ 110% Price Match policy, the price of the router becomes $27.49 at the register and then after the $25 Easy Rebate, your final cost is $2.50. I normally prefer Linksys products but I couldn’t pass up on this deal.

 

[Heyricochet]

I would not buy this. I got the same router in a deal, and the router ended up dropping wireless signals constantly shortly after I got it and then ended up dropping WIRED signals eventually. POS

 

[Coolnat2004]

Say no to netgear.

 

[projecteightysix]

say no to belkin.. worst wireless router ever... but i got it for free, and i use it every day so i cant complain

 

[tornadomann]

Definately say no to netgear and yes to Linksys, linksys is worth the extra money

 

[epobirs]

Funny, my brother does broadband support at Verizon and remarked on the phone earlier that he's getting a lot of problem Linksys units lately.

I've used just about every big brand out there and some not so big brands. They pretty much all worked fairly well. The defining difference was in firmware features. Keep in mind that nearly all consumer router get their chipsets from two sources. Two randomly picked routers of the same spec off a store shelf stand a very good chance of having come out of the same Mitac manufacturing plant with the only differences being cosmetic and the aforementioned firmware. Even the firmware will share the bulk of its code since both are based on the same generic version provided by the OEM.

 

[RBM]

I've been using the Netgear WGR614 V4 for over a year now, and it's worked very well for me. It's done everything I'd expect a router to do, and hasn't given me any cause for complaint.

 

[Guapo77]

I got a Netgear wirelessG and so far it has worked great

not a drop yet

before that I had a D-Link wirelessB and it wasn't so hot

so really it is like playing the lottery in picking a brand

 

[CappyCobra]

A Cheap wireless G router for $2.50 and submitting a no-hassle rebate? Sign me up!
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