Netgear Universal WN3000RP Wi-Fi Range Extender - Manufacturer Refurbished

Netgear Universal WN3000RP Wi-Fi Range Extender - Manufacturer Refurbished..

Special Price Netgear Universal WN3000RP Wi-Fi Range Extender - Manufacturer Refurbished By Netgear

Most helpful customer reviews

205 of 221 people found the following review helpful.
Great Money Saver Product
By HamsaYogi
I live in a dorm / hotel situation where the WIFI connection was 2 bars at the best. I quickly figured out that my room was within the range of the router so I bought the Netgar range extender. I was sceptical at first but once I put it up in my room it was like magic. 2 bars are now solid 5 bars and I conect at 144 KBPS vs the 24 - 36 KBPS before. Only down side is that it goes to sleep and after 3-4 hours of inactivity and you have to reboot it each morning to release and renew the IP. Other that that it has been a life saver as I work from home and my VPN connections are robust now.

106 of 118 people found the following review helpful.
Great device!
By John D. Wickenhofer
Took it out of the box, plugged it in, it connected to my router automatically and was available as a wirless connection on my computer in just a few minutes. Spent about 5 minutes entering password info for my router and voila, connected with a 5 bar signal. I used to only get 2 bars on this computer with its distance from the router. Could not be simpler.

174 of 204 people found the following review helpful.
Kept Disconnecting
By Pete
I bought this Wi-Fi extender so that I could use my iPad in the bedroom, which is on the opposite end of the house from the main computer and the Wi-Fi router. At first glance, the extender works as advertised, connecting fairly easily to my D-Link DIR-655 Extreme-N Gigabit Wireless Router. The iPad picked up the extender signal at full strength all over the house, much better than the strength of the actual router unless the iPad was in the same room as the router.

Note: To make this clear up front, the extender shows up as a separate Wi-Fi network from the parent network. By default, the name will be "[Your Network Name] - EXTENDER"

So to test out the signal, I used an internet speed test app on my iPhone (I completely understand that this method will also be limited by the ISP data rate). The download speeds on the iPhone using the router were in the 10MBs range while the download speeds using the extender were roughly between 1-2MBs. On the otherhand, the upload speeds from both the router and the extender were roughly the same, around 1-2MBs, which is nice considering the difference between the download rates.

Now for the bad part, this extender kept disconnecting from the network, causing any Wi-Fi device to not "see" the extender. The only way to fix this issue was to reset the extender. As this occurred almost on a daily basis, I decided to ship it back. It is entirely possible that the unit I received was bad, but rather than send out for another one, I am going to upgrade my Wi-Fi router that hopefully has a better range.

See all 742 customer reviews...More...

Factory Refurbished NETGEAR WNDR3400 N600 Wireless-N Dual Band Router

Factory Refurbished NETGEAR WNDR3400 N600 Wireless-N Dual Band Router..

Buy Factory Refurbished NETGEAR WNDR3400 N600 Wireless-N Dual Band Router By Netgear

Most helpful customer reviews

86 of 89 people found the following review helpful.
Great Product for a Great Price
By Duane
1st off, the refurbished product doesnt come with the Smart Wizard disc, you dont need it, its all pre-loaded into the router.

Connect your PC to the router (hard wire) and type [...] on a browser, login ID is admin, password is password, from there you can configure the whole router to your hearts content.

when you first log in, it will check for any updates to the firmware, DO NOT UPGRADE TO 1.0.0.50, stay with 1.0.0.38 that's currently loaded on there, its far more stable and reliable, you can uncheck the "check for new version" box so this doesnt bother you again.

i made the mistake of upgrading to 1.0.0.50, my 5ghz band was incredibly unstable and died every 2-3 hours, also lost the ability to turn off the bright blue LED lit dome with the new firmware.

if you fell into this hole like i did. go to[...] and download the 1.0.0.38 firmware. it will ask you for the router serial number (of which the refurbished routers dont have one), to the right of the red download button is a link that says "continue without registering" click this and it will allow you to download the 1.0.0.38 firmware. go to your router admin screen (using the access method i mentioned above)\Maintenance\Router Upgrade, use this window to downgrade back to 1.0.0.38

Wireless N 600 speed is awesome, very noticable upgrade from my AT&T Wireless G router imbedded in my home gateway. the router is increadibly stable, no issues day-over-day, it just works, just what you would expect from a NetGear.

36 of 38 people found the following review helpful.
Why pay full price?
By Luis
I just set up this router and am extremely happy about it. It is aesthetically pleasing as well as functional. NOTE: My ONLY complaint (and this is in part my fault) is that this router DOES NOT support the ReadyShare Cloud. When I was looking into ReadyShare on Netgear's website I misread that there is indeed a difference between ReadyShare and ReadyShare Cloud. ReadyShare allows you to connect an external hard drive to your wireless router and you can access that hard drive wirelessly while connected to the router its attached to...this is different than ReadyShare Cloud in which you can access the hard drive connected to the router ANYWHERE ON THE PLANET. Only the Netgear 3800 is compatible with the ReadyShareCloud feature. Now this doesn't detract from this product, it just wasn't very clear that the 3400 DOES NOT have the ReadyShareCloud feature.

Overall however, I really liked this product and at the refurbished price, it can't be beat.

29 of 34 people found the following review helpful.
Very Easy Setup
By Dorothy Mantooth
I purchased this router basically for two reasons:

1. I need more bandwidth for all of my devices

2. It was a cost effective solution for the amount of bandwidth.

After struggling with an older Netgear N300 (which was not horrible, just limiting)...I decided to fork out the dough for a "new" router. I had seen this N600 at best buy (where it was $80+ I think) and asked the sales person about it. They mentioned that they had it for a while and it did the job while supporting 2 laptops, an Xbox, a PS3, iPhone, and tablet. I was just about sold on it because I need support for 2 smartphones, 1 laptop, a PS3, a Wii, and a tablet. I decided to check the price on Amazon just in case and Wah Lah! I am not sure why there are so many "refurbished" N600's available, but after one month in: no restarts, no bandwidth glitches or delays while the kids are streaming Netflix to the PS3, and no dropouts when in the upstairs area of my home.

Setup was very easy. While I was scratching my head at trying to setup the router from my iPad, as soon as I turned on the laptop (with Windows 7), the new router was immediately recognized. I was asked for a new security password and router ID and I was up-and-running. No software to install, no setup "wizard" that asked me the color of my underwear, no fuss. It just worked.

See all 431 customer reviews...More...

Yamaha RX-V375-R 5.1-Channel Factory Refurbished 3D A/V Home Theater Receiver

Yamaha RX-V375-R 5.1-Channel Factory Refurbished 3D A/V Home Theater Receiver..

Special Price Yamaha RX-V375-R 5.1-Channel Factory Refurbished 3D A/V Home Theater Receiver By Yamaha

Most helpful customer reviews

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Great Reciever
By CarlosOU
I recently upgraded from an older receiver to this one, the sound improvement was immediately noticeable. Great receiver for the price. May get a 2nd one for the additional living room.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Just what I needed
By TruthMaster
I'm no audiophile, admittedly. But I'm super happy with this receiver. Easy setup, sounds great through my speakers. All functionality works properly. I like the extra bass option, and it has Dolby Digital Plus so my Roku can play Netlix movies in 5.1 sound. Your receiver must have Dolby Digital Plus or Roku only plays Netflix in stereo, not 5.1.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Great performance for a refurbished device
By Y. Talavera
This is my second Yamaha receiver purchased in the past few years. The first was new and I am extremely happy with it in my home theater system in the living room. I've started with Yamaha and stuck with them. It began when my best friend showed me how well the audio sounded on his gaming PC back in 2000-2001.

I purchased this one (RX-V375 refurbished) to use in my new PC build in the office / man cave. No complaints at all. I am 100% satisfied.

See all 12 customer reviews...More...