$39 Shipped: Buffalo "Nfiniti" WHR-HP-G300N 802.11b/g/n (DD-WRT)

[Jmtyra]

Newegg's "72 hr sale" -- Expires ~72ish 60ish hours from this post!!

Previously got a similar one for my Dad's house; they're pretty solid, no complaints. This version supports DD-WRT.
Edit: Just ordered one. For $40, heck why not. Going to slap DD-WRT on there and have me some fun.

BUFFALO WHR-HP-G300N 802.11b/g/n Nfiniti Wireless-N High Power Router up to 300Mbps/ DD-WRT Open Source support

 

[Slayn]

I have an old school Linksys for like 6 years that is flashed to DD-WRT, is it about time I upgraded?

 

[Jmtyra]

For this price, it's not a bad idea. But, if your current router is working fine, then you could always hold off until later. If it's not broke...

 

[Slayn]

Picked one up at Fry's, had them price match. Yay time for router

 

[Slayn]

I have no idea why, but I switched my older Linksys WRT54G v.3 to this Buffalo and I went from 12mb to 18mb on Speedtest. My burst download speed went from 1.2MB to 2.0MB when downloading a file. I didn't think my old Wireless G router was that much of a limitation. My signal strength didn't go up either, I am still hovering around 50% signal strength. Both were DD-WRT flashed. The router is only 25 feet away in the adjacent room ( going through two thick walls ). I am thinking it is my wireless receiver that is giving me such low strength, but man... what a difference! This is only a wireless G card I am using too, so I am going from a G router to a mixed G/N signal and still just using G. Maybe the router just got slower over time. It feels nice to have a 50% speed increase for $40 though!

 

[Jmtyra]

Nice speed increase!