Hot - Belkin Pre-N Router $39.99 [Archive]

opilion

Mar 6th, 2006, 08:18 PM

Office Depot in Burlington today... picked up a Belkin Pre-N Router on clearance for $39.99. Notebook card with PCI adapter $31.99

op

needie

Mar 6th, 2006, 08:22 PM

Office Place in Burlington today... saw a Belkin Pre-N Router on clearance for $39.99. Notebook card with PCI adapter $31.99

op

do you mean office depot?

cary_g

Mar 6th, 2006, 08:34 PM

Definately a great deal considering the router goes for $139.99 and the card goes for $109.99

hardcoredummy

Mar 6th, 2006, 08:35 PM

WOW! I'm gonna go check this out tomorrow!

akt921

Mar 6th, 2006, 08:55 PM

Any Office Place in GTA???

xwar

Mar 6th, 2006, 09:08 PM

does it have GB lan?

Desolatax

Mar 6th, 2006, 09:10 PM

Wasn't 802.11n Certified recently?

Filer

Mar 6th, 2006, 09:12 PM

If someone could get me 2 I would sure appreciate it. I will pay you $5.00 more fo them also.

growler

Mar 6th, 2006, 09:33 PM

Wasn't 802.11n Certified recently?

Only as a draft approval. This means that it can be modified before the final (voting members) approval. I thought that was going to occur in 4Q06 or 1Q07.

It's quite likely that you if you purchase this pre-N unit, it won't function with future 802.11n certified products.

duckdown

Mar 6th, 2006, 09:34 PM

Office Depot in Burlington today... picked up a Belkin Pre-N Router on clearance for $39.99. Notebook card with PCI adapter $31.99

op

This is INSANE if this is true.

Amazing router

kcjchan

Mar 6th, 2006, 09:40 PM

Belkin! That's awesome. I can't believe I ain't getting my rebates on my stupid TRENDWARE router and I'm paying $80

opilion

Mar 6th, 2006, 11:07 PM

This is INSANE if this is true.

Amazing router
I have the receipt to prove it :). Burlington had three routers and a handful of the network cards.

op

duckdown

Mar 6th, 2006, 11:38 PM

I have the receipt to prove it :). Burlington had three routers and a handful of the network cards.

op

Lucky lucky lucky..

Awesome grab man

That router in Pre-N mode with the wireless card in Pre-N mode.. the range will be INSANE.. Maybe its called MIMO mode actually

Good job dood

EN4

Mar 7th, 2006, 03:46 PM

didn't have any at Weston/Hwy 7 store. too bad = (

[Off topic]
There were other stuff on clearance though. I noticed a big 12inch round clock for ~$2, I think it was regular $11.

sdzbwxp

Mar 7th, 2006, 03:50 PM

OP, could you please post the sku. so i can call and check if they have stock.

hardcoredummy

Mar 7th, 2006, 03:54 PM

Wasn't any at the Waterloo store.

Filer

Mar 7th, 2006, 04:51 PM

If someone could get me 2 I would sure appreciate it. I will pay you $5.00 more fo them also.

No one willing to buy 2 of these for me :?: :?: :?: :?: :?:

opilion

Mar 7th, 2006, 08:13 PM

Went back at noon today... They still had two routers and a handful of notebook cards with PCI adapter. Picked up the card today, so now I'm Pre-N all the way!

I don't have tha SKU, as I left the receipt at the office, but if you call the Burlington store, they could probably look it up. They are in the display case at the front of the store. The number is (905) 319-8449.

op

ringdingbing

Mar 7th, 2006, 08:26 PM

damn it's not on the website.. and no office depot in montreal ...

F*cK

masterhapposai

Mar 7th, 2006, 08:48 PM

pre-pre-N(54G :D ) belkin routers & cards are utter crap

dollar store style support(in terms of firmware releases) & nearly unconfigurable router

how are these?

vninja

Mar 7th, 2006, 11:20 PM

watungga

Mar 7th, 2006, 11:24 PM

Pre-N signals could be just marketing ploy. Try NetStumbler with it and see the signal/noise ratio.

caps

Mar 8th, 2006, 10:30 AM

With release of N standard draft recently approved by IEEE. Be prepared to shell out more $$$ when the new "N" product hits shelves in Q2 of this year...

From recent article release:

That company has stated that any chipmakers claiming they can upgrade products from the draft to final 11n are irresponsible and "may mislead consumers who do not fully understand the IEEE process," and that several rounds of review are needed before such claims should be made.

opilion

Mar 8th, 2006, 07:37 PM

Speed and range are excellent! I did have to reboot it once to make it reconnect to my DSL provider. If this persists, I'll switch it to AP mode and use my old Microsoft MN100 for routing.

op

cofh

Mar 8th, 2006, 08:04 PM

This deal must be local to your store only. I went to the Office Depot at Yonge and Steeles. They had 1 PCI Pre N card for $70. I then went to the one at Woodbine and Hwy 7 and they had NOTHING.

Lucky you. For the rest of us... no dice.

chdude3

Mar 8th, 2006, 10:32 PM

Yup, I found one Pre-N PCI card for $70 at one store, and nothing at another. Oh well.

Crazykaka

Mar 9th, 2006, 01:17 PM

None in the GTA area from what I know.

If anyone has a router or an extra one or is out WEst, I'll pay extra for shipping for one!

Thanks.

Pre N PCI and PCMCIA cards $29 at office Depot on Burnhamthorpe in Mississauga

opilion

Mar 9th, 2006, 11:37 PM

wireless range is fantastic!
but router is crap. had trouble with mine...needs a firmware upgrade, but nothing yet from belkin.
but they can be configured to work as an access point...if i was near burlington i would snap them up for that price.
I found an interesting post on dslreports.com that describes how to upgrade the Belkin unit to Linksys firmware. Apparently it has the same system board as the Linksys WRT54GX and this firmware makes it much more stable.

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13874867