Tenda N301 Wireless-N300 Easy Setup Router (White, Not a Modem) – RJ45 (single_band, 100 megabits_per_second)

This company makes hundreds of devices so they are no small fly. Even with the cons I still gave a 5 star due to the price and functionality and if this has any long lasting quality then it would be well worth it. My old linksys/cisco router lasted over a decade even through lightning storms and power problems so I hope this lasts a few years at least..

You can download the manual from their website for more information but for some functions has still not been explained or how to use it. Guess that is why you have google search.

This is missing an option for disabling web management via wifi. Once someone gains access to your router, they can sit and run a program to brute force crack the router password. But it does have a remote web management where you can specify an IP to manage the router from the internet. This is a problem for guest mode access where they have access to the router via wifi mode. I have had trouble with Trojans trying to brick the router after it gains access from some infected PC’s. So here it is either an isolated guest router or a secure internal router but not a mixed one.

This also allows you to set up 2 AP/Routers with 2 separate SSID’s and their security and you can split the bandwidth between the 2 like using 2 separate routers of 150m each.. You can also set individual MAC address/IP bandwidth but this wont work with open service as you need to know the MAC address/IP before hand, so guests cant be allowed to use the router with low bandwidth mode etc but you can share the bandwidth with your friends and restrict them after you already get their MAC/IP address.. But you can also set a range of DHCP-IP’s with controlled bandwidth but there is nothing to say how to make sure guests get a particular range of IPs. This feature would have been great for visitors to check email or notifications etc with low bandwidth use and not get access to your entire inside network

Another missing options is the radio power setting, it has none. So you cant set it for lower power use to make it only visible/work inside your flat. This works quiet far in line of sight mode. I easily get a signal at 100 meters and can see it more like at 200metrs at low speeds with no obstructions. The more obstructions the shorter the distance. But it is further than my old Linksys. So now the entire neighborhood and their brother can see my router. And it is missing the new 5GHZ band from wifi. Both AP’s use the same channel even if they act like 2 separate AP’s with different passwords and setup’s and it would have been nice to have both 2.4GHZ and 5GHZ modes with 2.4ghz for guests and 5GHZ for yourself and high bandwidth. But it still has AP isolation for the entire router to be used in guest mode.

Some have said this does not get warm, well the heat vents are under the router so that is where it does get warm, not the top. The adapter is a 9v 600ma one which is twice the rating of my old Linksys 12v 300ma one, so this does take and use more power as it has 2 radio’s. The router itself is rather small. The DC adapter cord is rather short, so you need a wall socket close by.

Although missing some important features, it also comes with many options. And being Chinese there is not many 3rd party user modified roms for it with extra functions like you find for Linksys or other routers. But by default it comes with a lot of functions that users wrote code for anyway so you wont miss it that much. Like bridging modes or relays or acting like AP’s or wifi only repeaters etc..

And considering it is much cheaper than even the single AP 150m routers of other OEM’s this is a steal for the price and you get a 300m router with independent setup for 2 router modes and extended bandwidth.

The green LED’s are low power and so low visibility and it is hard to see them easily, would have been better with red LED indicators.

Stopped working within 3 months. Its overheating and dropping packets. I wonder why this product has 4+ star reviews

Funciona muy bien como punto de acceso y extensor de red, en la entrada WAN contectas por cable una de las salidas de internet de tu módem, y este te hace tu red inalambrica, es super fácil de configurar para personas que no entiendan mucho de redes, lo compré para una amiga que no tenía Red inalámbrica en su cuarto, sólo llegaba el cable RJ45 de su módem, entonces sólo podía conectar alambricamente su laptop, ahora ya puede controlar sus luces con el asistente de google y tener conectado todos sus dispositivos en su cuarto.

PROS:

-Costo muy bajo
-Fácil de configurar
-Instrucciones en español fácil de entender para los que no tienen mucho conocimiento en redes.

CONTRAS:

-El fabricante no es conocido (Es chino).
-Se tiene que confiar en que durará el producto.
-No tiene todo el respaldo de marcas reconocidas.

I like this product

Best in this price

Good product for using basicly

Pros
Acceptable range
Good price

Cons
Router sometimes disconnects from internet access and needs to be switched off and on. It’s a minor problem for me but others might be bothered.