Suggestions on Second Hand Wi-Fi Router That Is Decent

m2pic on 16/12/2024 - 18:08
Last edited 16/12/2024 - 23:56 by 1 other user

Hello everyone, I live in a little two bedroom apartment and am looking for a router to replace the one that came with the internet my less tech savvy house mate ordered. It is very buggy and drops out and the 2.4ghz spectrum literally doesn't work. Feels like a time sink, so I'm choosing to move on.

Current situation:

• VX220-G2v v2.
• 100mbps NBN with Exetel.
• On HFC - (the old cable network I believe?)

Wants:

• Recommendations for the value option that gets the job done. I believe only a router is needed.
• Open to Wi-Fi 6 options. Though connection speed doesn't require.
• Up to $100 second hand.

Questions:

• I love the idea of hacking a Telstra box. Yet, if this is Cat 5 straight into the router then maybe if I got a Gen 2 it doesn't even need to be ROOTed?

Thanks for the read and consideration.

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  bargaino on 16/12/2024 - 18:21

  +1

  Telstra smart modem 3, if you want wifi-6 .

  No hacking needed, just use normally. If it is like the older ones, the VoIP ports are locked, but who uses them?

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  scrimshaw on 16/12/2024 - 18:36

  Xiaomi AX3000T perhaps? https://www.ozbargain.com.au/product/xiaomi-ax3000t

  This comes out to around $55 AUD and there is a very large 20% cashback you can take advantage of at the moment…

  https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/884506

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  Murkymerv on 16/12/2024 - 18:50

  +1

  Eero 6+ if your lucky enough to find at your price range !

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    Oofy Doofy on 17/12/2024 - 19:35

    At a good price 2nd hand it's a cheap way to get SQM for a home network.

    Not even including all the features it has to match Google's nest wifi products (which still don't provide sqm, which is pathetic imo).

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  87percent on 16/12/2024 - 18:54

  +2

  Have you looked at using a wifi analyzer to see if there’s other signals causing interference?

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  soan papdi on 16/12/2024 - 19:48

  Melbourne? PM me if you want a near new (used for 2 days only, nothing wrong with it, chose to go with mesh instead) TP Link AX55 router. It does 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz, good coverage for a 2BR house.

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  kfp187 on 16/12/2024 - 20:09

  I personally go with a Gen 2 Telstra Modem. Buy for $20. If it goes wrong, guess what buy another one.
  Will work with Exetel.

  If you had faster speeds I’d say go wifi 6/Telstra Gen 3, but I don’t root them anymore as a couple of them, the power played up with them and never recovered. The 100mb plan won’t be that beneficial for wifi 6.
  If you have a huge need, you could get a wifi 6 mesh system…

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  sumyungguy on 16/12/2024 - 20:59

  Google Nest WiFi Pro is down to $127 at Officeworks: tri-band Wi-Fi 6E, Thread Border Router, Matter-enabled, easy on the eye

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  MeesusEff on 17/12/2024 - 05:38

  I'm pretty happy with the Telstra gen 3 modem I got when they had their $1 nbn promo. I used to have google wifi, point upstairs as stupid dlink wouldn't even touch the 2nd storey. But after I got the modem I didn't need the google wifi anymore. The sim backup was pretty handy too when my husband accidentally cut the nbn cable doing the retic 😂 seems like they don't deactivate those as it's been 2 years since I left.

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  pharkurnell on 17/12/2024 - 10:21

  am looking for a router to replace the one that came with the internet my less tech savvy house mate ordered

  have you contacted who he got it off for warranty?

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  Oofy Doofy on 17/12/2024 - 19:27

  Set wifi channel on 2.4ghz to something between 1 and 5 (5 is okay at a stretch, but microwave frequency will affect the throughput by 1/3 when it's running).

  (This next part you can apply to both 2.4 and 5ghz)

  Set RTS threshold to 500.

  Leave beacon interval on 100 and set dtim interval to 3.

  Turn off airtime fairness

  Turn off TxBF

  Set group key rotation interval to 0 (zero)

  You don't need a new router (you have connectivity issues). The cpu is barely being utilised. It'd be lucky to use 50% going flat-out serving everyone in your household.

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  BewareOfThe Dog on 17/12/2024 - 22:54

  Tp link new on amazon. $109 New. Ax1500

  My name uses this. Strong signal.