Hi,
I was just about to go ahead and buy a SMC7004AWBR, Amazon has it for $119.00 - $10 coupon - $40 MIR = $69.
I was just parusing techbargains and saw that someone had the SMC7004VWBR on sale for $109 -$10 MIR = $100. Amazon also has it for $109 - $10 coupon = $100 without rebate.
So.. The new router is actually cheaper at Amazon before rebate. The rebate makes the old router about a $30 better value.
Now.. Which router should I get? It appears that the newer model dropped a com port? They also dropped parallel printer support? They did add some firewall features and improved the installation software.
Does anybody know anything about these two routers? Is the newer one worth $30 extra? Is there anything else out there that I should be looking at? I'm planning on using this with a remote desktop and a Orinico USB Gold Client.
I actually put my order in already on Amazon for the older router, so the quicker I can get some info the better.
TIA,
Sal
I was just about to go ahead and buy a SMC7004AWBR, Amazon has it for $119.00 - $10 coupon - $40 MIR = $69.
I was just parusing techbargains and saw that someone had the SMC7004VWBR on sale for $109 -$10 MIR = $100. Amazon also has it for $109 - $10 coupon = $100 without rebate.
So.. The new router is actually cheaper at Amazon before rebate. The rebate makes the old router about a $30 better value.
Now.. Which router should I get? It appears that the newer model dropped a com port? They also dropped parallel printer support? They did add some firewall features and improved the installation software.
Does anybody know anything about these two routers? Is the newer one worth $30 extra? Is there anything else out there that I should be looking at? I'm planning on using this with a remote desktop and a Orinico USB Gold Client.
I actually put my order in already on Amazon for the older router, so the quicker I can get some info the better.
TIA,
Sal