Reddit mentions of NETGEAR Wireless Router - N300 (WNR2000)

The device was a simple modem with one Ethernet port. He bought this which is the exact same model I have.

It has only one Ethernet out port, which you can attach a device to get the internet, but if you need more than one device and/or wireless you need a router too.

I have this router at home attached to my modem and we bought him a similar model. It may be the exact same, I forget off the top of my head.

Also your other posts posted like 14 times.

That would be overkill for this person's situation.

I have this and it still mostly fine almost 7 years later for my SOHO at a fraction of the cost of yours (although age certainly has caught up to it, and I'm getting ready to replace it after almost 7 years). Something in this price range ($40-60) would be more than adequate for OP. Don't get the one I have as there are newer options in the price range

Unless OP or you have an unusually large house (which a repeater under $20 would solve), or have speeds above 300Mbps, your router was a waste of money.

Fully functional routers can have an average power consumption as low as 0,6W - see TL-MR3020, for example. There is no reason why even larger routers should consume 10+ times more power while serving no considerable traffic (standby). Even under full load, a well-engineered, 5-port, wireless-N router consumes no more than 3W.

This is essentially what I have. I got mine in late 2011, so it may have changed a bit or had a slight upgrade, but I'd say the vast majority of my online matches are flawless.

Whenever it seems to lag after a long time of not lagging, I notice someone drops out of the game and a new person comes in their place. I went about an hour or so with the same 3 other people last night, and didn't have a single bad match. Once one of them dropped out and another person came in, it immediately started to lag, so I'm guessing it was on their end.

Range > speed. If you live in a small apartment, it would be a good option to make sure that the router can cover the entire apartment.

Make sure that the router is 2.4 Ghz and has N network. The router you chose has a max down speed of 150 Mbps, which is most likely faster then your ISP subscription.

The WR841N that was linked is a good choice.

Personally, I am a fan of Netgear, so the N300 is the best wireless router for the money.

Wrong. You can get a router that basically can output better wifi than 99.99% of us americans could even GET.

https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Wireless-Router-N300-WNR2000/dp/B001AZP8EW For 32 dollars.

I think it is this one

Hi,

Ignore the folks telling you to buy a router that you can flash with Open-WRT, DD-WRT etc. That is almost never necessary and just causes additional headaches. Keep it simple.

Here's the cable modem you need for Comcast. This is a DOCSIS 3 modem so will support Comcast's fastest speeds that are available: http://www.amazon.com/ARRIS-Motorola-SB6121-SURFboard-DOCSIS/dp/B004XC6GJ0/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1411672350&sr=1-1&keywords=motorola+surfboard

Here's a good wireless router that I use, never had any issues with it. Good range: http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Wireless-Router-N300-WNR2000/dp/B001AZP8EW/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1411672530&sr=1-1&keywords=wnr2000v3


This nice thing with this one is if you have a large enough space that you are trying to cover and this wireless router doesn't do it, you can always pick up another one, run a network cable between them, and turn on "Repeater" mode on the new one. This allows it to act as a cheap wireless repeater without interfering with the addressing that your first router is doing.

Most other wireless routers can do this as well if you know how to set it up manually, but this is a nice "idiot proof" method.

Let me know if you have any other questions. I just moved out of a Comcast area so am still very familiar with what their requirements are :) I'll actually be posting my own cable modem up for sale on Amazon soon!

Uhh... the N300 is like $40 (http://amzn.com/B001AZP8EW)... unless you got the Router+DSL Modem combo?

Whatever the case, keep everything you can wired. Use wireless only for your phones, tablet and laptops. Keep the printer wired to your PC, fix the drivers and just share it on the network so everybody can print to it.

This is what I have, it is about three years old now and going strong.

Gah, I wrote my comment after seeing the "N300" and thought you were referring to Netgear, but now I see that wasn't the case. Ah well, it's not totally out of your budget, so here's what I've got on it.


I have had the Netgear N300 for about a year and a half and it's worked great. I live with 2 roommates and we can all be on our smartphones, laptops, and have netflix playing on the TV without an issue. Quite often we have 5 or 6 people in our apartment and there is no noticable slowdown with the router. Very occasionally we'll have to reset the router, but that's only once every 3+ months.

Next year we're looking at dropping cable for a roku, so we may have to bump up to the Netgear N600 to stream HD video all the time, which sounds like what you're interested in doing. It's on sale for $70 in the link I provided, and I'm really tempted to snatch it up right now!

I currently use this and this as a wireless router. I also have a 100Mbp/s downstream connection, so I never really have a problem gaming on wireless, or streaming or torrenting from a computer using wifi. I rent so there's no way I can try to run wire throughout the house, and my houses electrical circuits are messed up as is, so I don't think trying a powerline connection would be the best.

With the ethernet cable I get 70 Mbps. Checked with my smartphone and got 45 Mbps. I wonder if it's the wireless card or the router just isn't sending a strong enough signal to that area. This particular computer is located about 10 feet away from the router but there's a wall in between them. This is the router I have:

https://smile.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Wireless-Router-N300-WNR2000/dp/B001AZP8EW/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1542563179&sr=1-3&keywords=netgear+router+wnr2000

Is the router okay or should I replace that too?

edit- It seems like my router is not AC but only bgn compatible... I'll be buying a new router then.

I would get a Netgear that has Multiple Console support and bridge the gateway that your ISP gave you.
Your ISP will need to setup the bridge settings on the Gateway as they normally hide those from their customers.
Most are very happy with the Nighthawk AC1900(R7000) but it's really costly and anything below R7000 doesn't support more than 1 Xbox.
http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Nighthawk-AC1900-Gigabit-Router/dp/B00F0DD0I6
The cheapest that I found is the N300 (WNR2000) but it was most likely tested with multiple Xbox 360s.
http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Wireless-Router-N300-WNR2000/dp/B001AZP8EW
I'm not sure how well it would hold up with 2 Xbox Ones and has NAT issues with Hardware version 1 with the newest firmware.
It also only has a 400MHz single core CPU unlike the Nighthawk that has a 1GHz(1,000MHz) Dual core CPU.

• This is the adapter I have. (Rosewill RNX-N180UB)
  
• This is the router I have. (Netgear WNR2000V3)
  
  >stream 1080p to my wifi tv
  
  Do you know approximately how far away your device is from your router and what speed you connect at? My laptop is near my HTPC and is currently connected at 52Mb/s (58%) and fluctuates up to 78Mb/s.
  
  This issue appears to have been solved by changing encryption levels on the router from "WPA-PSK [TKIP] + WPA2-PSK [AES]" to "WPA2-PSK [AES]". Thanks!

Lack of access combined with the fact that the security devices will only connect to that router makes troubleshooting tough...

Is it one of these? Can you join its network with another device, e.g. a laptop, and see if you can access the internet through it when the buffering is happening?

Without knowing anything else about it, at this point the only other advice I could offer would be to blast any dust out of it with a can of air, on the off chance that it's just overheating and hanging up.