[US - Amazon Warehouse - Used Like New] NETGEAR R6700 Nighthawk AC1750 Dual Band Smart WiFi Router - 20% from amazon warehouse - so essentially $50

[FIXXX]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00R2AZLD2/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all

 

This awesome router sells for much more than this - so grab one, I ordered.

Good to have a backup. 

 

 

[DVA]

What are the benefits of this over the standard router that was given to me by my provider? (Legit question btw)

I am getting my advertised speeds of 200mb/s, 1gig supported, I have a cat7 ethernet so there won't be a choke, I have both 2.4 and 5ghz available as options. 

 

Is there any reason to still get this one and spend the 50 bucks for it? Or is it kind of just to have a spare as you stated? 

 

Then again a $50 price tag on an item that is usually $150-$200 is pretty hard to pass on. 

 

@FIXXX @Zando Bob

 

[FIXXX]

22 minutes ago, DVA said:

What are the benefits of this over the standard router that was given to me by my provider? (Legit question btw)

I am getting my advertised speeds of 200mb/s, 1gig supported, I have a cat7 ethernet so there won't be a choke, I have both 2.4 and 5ghz available as options. 

 

Is there any reason to still get this one and spend the 50 bucks for it? Or is it kind of just to have a spare as you stated? 

 

Then again a $50 price tag on an item that is usually $150-$200 is pretty hard to pass on. 

 

@FIXXX @Zando Bob

 

First, you can fool around with your router however you wish.

It has a USB 3.0 port, in which you can plug an external HDD which can then be accessed by any device, however you set it up. 

That same drive can then be used as a backup location which is not directly connected to your computers.

The second router can be used as a network extender, of which the good dedicated ones rarely cost very cheap.

Depending how popular the router was/is - there may be open source operating systems which generally have more settings available to you than even than the one given by the device maker.

There are other benefits i'm sure, just jotted down off the top of my head.

[Zando_]

38 minutes ago, FIXXX said:

First, you can fool around with your router however you wish.

It has a USB 3.0 port, in which you can plug an external HDD which can then be accessed by any device, however you set it up. 

That same drive can then be used as a backup location which is not directly connected to your computers.

The second router can be used as a network extender, of which the good dedicated ones rarely cost very cheap.

Depending how popular the router was/is - there may be open source operating systems which generally have more settings available to you than even than the one given by the device maker.

There are other benefits i'm sure, just jotted down off the top of my head.

Also apparently if it's the older model (there's the OG one and a V2, basically no difference on the box but the V2 has lower specs) not the V2, you can also flash custom software on it do even moar.