Buying A Refurbushed Router?

[AlanAlan]

Is it okay to buy a refurbished router? I currently have a TP-Link C50 as an access point. I want to replace it because it keeps disconnecting. I found these refurb routers

https://www.linksys.com/us/p/P-EA6900-RM/

https://www.linksys.com/us/p/P-EA7500-RM/

are these any good?

[Skiiwee29]

Have you first troubleshot your first router? Like trying firmware upgrades or maybe switching it to an open source firmware out there? A lot of times these issues are resolved with Firmware updates. 

[AlanAlan]

17 hours ago, legacy99 said:

Have you first troubleshot your first router? Like trying firmware upgrades or maybe switching it to an open source firmware out there? A lot of times these issues are resolved with Firmware updates. 

Yes, I tried upgrading the firmware. The same problems still occur. Are those routers any good?

[moltencrystal]

@AlanAlan I've briefly used an EA7500 setting it up for a friend, it seems good, im personally using an E3200 with OpenWRT on it with no complaints, the Linksys stuff tends to be pretty stable in my experience!

[AlanAlan]

13 hours ago, moltencrystal said:

@AlanAlan I've briefly used an EA7500 setting it up for a friend, it seems good, im personally using an E3200 with OpenWRT on it with no complaints, the Linksys stuff tends to be pretty stable in my experience!

Will installing OpenWRT help with stability?

[moltencrystal]

4 hours ago, AlanAlan said:

Will installing OpenWRT help with stability?

I installed it due to its improved feature set, but having said that I haven't had a moment of downtime bar when I was stupid and made mistakes with setups !