$5 WiFi6 Router? Um, Thank You, D-Link

https://shop.us.dlink.com/products/5-port-gigabit-ethernet-wifi-6-ax1500-mesh-router

by dubyabee2 • 4 years ago

17 29 4 years ago

shop.us.dlink.com

rektide• 4 years ago

$13 shipping but ok

edit: not trying to be super critical. in my head it was just notably old world, was what buying stuff online used to be like.

skyyler2• 4 years ago

Can you ship a router for cheaper? I'd be interested in hearing about your logistics setup.

burnished• 4 years ago

I suspect the more salient point is that a 5$ router that you can't get for less than 18$ is not a 5$ router.

iforgotpassword• 4 years ago

Wait, is shipping that expensive in the US? As an individual in Germany I pay 5,50€ for DHL (2kg, tracking, insurance up to 500€). As a business customer it's even cheaper.

Sparkle-san• 4 years ago

Based on some reviews, this is a sub-par router, especially in terms of reliability and 2.4GHz performance. Perhaps they're just trying to liquidate their stock of it and make a few bucks while they're at it.

Mo33• 4 years ago

I suspect so too, but I'm not too sure they're really making any buck at all on it. Sounds like they're selling it for the cost of production

Graziano_M• 4 years ago

It's a sunk cost if it's in their warehouse, and it costs to store. Every dollar they make on the sale is an earned dollar.

nyolfen• 4 years ago

can you run openwrt on these?

irq-12• 4 years ago

No. The hardware database doesn't have AX1500 or similar.

dubyabee22• 4 years ago

I just added the USB adapter for over $30 orders get free shipping...Least good for gifting...

otterpro• 4 years ago

I was going to buy 6 of these just to get free shipping, and use it as mesh wifi AP, but it turns out it there is a limit of one per order.

swagasaurus-rex• 4 years ago

Do they want these sold or not?

vruppert• 4 years ago

Would this be an improvement over an old Netgear R7000?

rolph• 4 years ago

look here first, pay close attention to HW version and oem FW revision

https://openwrt.org/toh/netgear/r7000 https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/DD-WRT_on_R7000

im running 2 R7000 with openwrt, and DD-WRT

irq-12• 4 years ago

Firmware is automatically updated/managed. Not sure I would trust that. What are the odds they're monitoring usage to improve the system?

srvmshr• 4 years ago

Apparently, the reviews in Amazon tells AX1500 is a lemon. AX1800 probably fixes a few things but still problematic:

https://www.amazon.com/D-Link-802-11AX-Wireless-Internet-R15...

tmaly• 4 years ago

I just tried ordering, it is sold out.

dubyabee22• 4 years ago

Sold Out.... :(

$5 WiFi6 Router? Um, Thank You, D-Link

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