http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...24388&cm_sp=Spotlight-_-33-124-388-_-01262012
Good deal for new......
Good deal for new......
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this is a good unit (no problem with my Cisco refurb which I loaded DDWRT onto. it was almost a hundred bucks when I bought it a 18 months ago.)
Good deal for new......
I just bought this during the sale for $69 and it is awesome.
I was using an older router on our 30/4 package. I would get 30 down and 4.1 up with the old router connected to a Motorola 6121, but with the E3000 I get 44-56 down and 4.23 up and our laptops get 30 down.
Well worth the money, IMHO.
Are you saying that this router actually allows you to exceed the advertised speeds on your cable internet service?
I have a 20/4 package, a Motorola 6121, and a new Rosewill router, and get exactly advertised speeds, both through the router and directly connected to the 6121. My wifi-connected computers get the same.
That is correct. I did a speedtest with the old router at 30/4.1 and again with this router and hit 44/4.23. I saw speeds of 52 nad 56 but they were not sustained. I am on Charter.
Very interesting. Have you tried it without a router between your cable modem and the computer? How about sustained downloads of large files, such as games off of Steam?
I'm on Comcast - and I actually do exceed the advertised speed in speedtest (hitting 25/4 rather than 20/4), but that's with "PowerBoost," which just accelerates it temporarily (to juice Speedtest results). I think the broadbrand providers are pretty good about capping actual sustained downloads at exactly what you're paying for. Speedtest results are therefore somewhat misleading.
My hunch is that no router is going to actually improve your sustained download speeds on a wired connection.
There is no powerboost on the 30/4. I am able to hit the same speeds with no router connected as well.
Very interesting. At the minimum I think you could conclude that the E3000 certainly isn't a bottleneck to cable internet.