Best router for $40US or less?

[Name141]

I have BEFSR41 that isn't working properly as a router, it drops the connection after about 1-45 mins at random and has to be used as a switch with modem doing DHCP.

It failed as a router with HN7000S and ViaSat's (exede's) SurfBeam2 modem. The SurfBeam2 modem isn't doing DHCP in a way I am able to share files.

So, what would be the best I could do for $40 ? Someone said: http://www.amazon.com/Mikrotik-RB750-RB-750-Mini-Router/dp/B004EI0EG4

However it looks complicated and not just "plug it in, change admin password, and go at it" like this: http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-WR841N-Wireless-Router-300Mpbs/dp/B001FWYGJS/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1412378016&sr=1-1&keywords=router .

What are your takes on what is the best I could do ?

 

[boosted1g]

I would say a tplink wdr3500 or 3600 but to make it great you would need to flash to a different firmware so that is not a good plug it in and it work router.

What kind of range do you need the router to have?

 

[boosted1g]

Also, do you have wired devices as well. If you have many wired devices and want to do file transfers then you should only look at routers with 1gbps LAN ports.

 

[Name141]

I would say a tplink wdr3500 or 3600 but to make it great you would need to flash to a different firmware so that is not a good plug it in and it work router.

What kind of range do you need the router to have?

Zero. All wired devices. I'll just try to turn off the WAP first thing so I don't have neighbors using up my 10 GBs.

Also only one NIC can do 1000 , so not worried about 10/100 only.

 

[boosted1g]

Its a little over $40 but the netgear wdr3500l has a quick cpu and 64gb of ram and that makes it one of the best in its class. If ever interested it does have a broadcomm processor and it is really easy to reflash to tomato firmware which will make it make it perform more efficiently as well as more features.