Single review: EnGenius ESR9850 802.11b/g/n High Performance Wireless N Gigabit Router up to 300Mbps

EnGenius ESR9850 802.11b/g/n High Performance Wireless N Gigabit Router up to 300Mbps

10/100/1000 Gigabit switches
Up to 4 SSIDs
2 detachable antennas with greater coverage

Good value, good performance 01/02/2013

This review is from: EnGenius ESR9850 802.11b/g/n High Performance Wireless N Gigabit Router up to 300Mbps

Pros:

Great performance for wired connections, and decent wireless performance.

Cons:

Minor stuff: This product is now on the end-of-life list at EnGenius (the V2 version is current). This router responds to pings even if told not to.

Overall Review:

This router got a good review due to great price/performance at SmallNetBuilder, and my experience matches: Excellent wired performance, handles LOTS of connections well with 3x the net wired throughput of my old router. The wireless performance seems about the same as my previous, five-year-old router, which is fine, I mainly have a wired home network.

I would have liked to have known that this model is end-of-lifed, but it's still a good deal.

I debated dropping an egg from the rating due to the router returning pings, but that's pretty minor as security problems go.

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Steven H.
Verified Owner
Owned For: 1 day to 1 week

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