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Microsoft MN-700 Wireless 802.11g 4 Port Router
54Mbps throughput, WEP and WPA security and SPI and NAT Firewalls
$19.99 + $5 Shipping and Handling
Experience wireless freedom at lightning-fast speed with a state-of-the-art 802.11g wireless network. The new standard in wireless lets you share files, printers, and a single broadband Internet connection with unmatched performance and security. Enjoy fast file swapping, printer sharing, and multiplayer gaming throughout your home or small office.
The MN700 allows you to connect your 802.11g and 802.11b equipped computers wirelessly and also provides four 10/100 ports for wired connectivity. The built in commercial grade SPI and NAT firewalls secure your network to help protect against unauthorized access. Transmit data securely using the latest in wireless encryption with automatic Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) protection and Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), the most sophisticated standard in wireless security.
Features:
Automatically detects your Internet service and modem settings for easy configuration.
Unique Microsoft automatic update keeps your software current.
Expandable platform delivers the power and flexbility for current and future needs
Lightning-fast 54 Mbps is 5 times faster than 802.11b
Enjoy wireless freedom — playing music, games, and video anywhere.
Advanced parental controls help restrict children or employees from visiting inappropriate Web sites and can limit time on the Internet.
Built-in hardware Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) firewall and Network Address Translation (NAT)
Specifications:
Four 10/100 auto-sensing/auto-crossover ports
Firewall protection
DHCP support
Network Address Translation (NAT)
VPN passthrough and tunneling
Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI)
128-bit WEP security
256-bit Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
Connects up to 253 wireless/wired computers
Compatible with 802.11g/802.11b networks and computers
TCP/IP, PPTP, UDP/IP, L2TP, IPSec, PPPoE protocol
HTTP remote management protocol
Requires Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP
Condition: Refurbished with router, Cat5 cable and drivers/manual on CD
Go Woot!
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i sure hope my neighbor gets one of these - i could use a little stronger connection when i’m… uh… borrowing… oh nevermind 
[b][size=18:0ae06b56ba][/size:0ae06b56ba]ordered them last time…1 antenna broken, no base stand, one didnt work…[size=18:0ae06b56ba][/size:0ae06b56ba]
also no warranty…says to contact who you bought them from, but woot says to contact microsoft…hmm[/b]
i haven’t had any problems with mine, but i just got it as sort of a backup anyway. IMO, it’s a good price for something to just kick around the house for emergencies or whatever.
i originally set it up as a repeater for my existing wireless router, but i didn’t really have any need for it, so i put it away.
my pasture’s just not that big. 
sytrino: I haven’t ever had a problem with either of my microsoft routers. They only took 5 minutes to setup and they work great.
These are excellent routers… and more so for the price!!!
Definitely a buy!
Certainly better than the linksys garbage.
Just my opinion
www.whatsyourdeal.com Great deals, coupon codes and freebies.
Go Cow is Cy-ber Lor :?
If this is anything like there other routers its crap. When dealing with pppoe.
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It mentions a price of 79.99 I wonder how old that is…
- Got two…one to replace the linksys which has crapped out on me dozens of times…which supposed to replace the first one with factory defect. This better work
Sytrino,
For what it’s worth, I went through two of these, as well as perhaps five hours on the phone with tech support. With shipping and most recent firmware versions, the router seems to have trouble when a lot of traffic is headed out to many IPs (with perhaps) port forwarding enabled. I never had any trouble with LAN traffic going through the router, though.
After anywhere from 8-24 hours, the router would freeze… the lights would remain on, but then wireless and wired connections would stop working. Initially, DNS requests would fail. A moment after that, all LAN and WAN activity would stop. The router would become unpingable via any means and would need to be unplugged. After that, it would be fine for another 8-24 hours.
It was stable for weeks if there wasn’t heavy traffic to and from the WAN port. (Standard web page browsing was fine… it only had trouble when a lot more traffic was thrown at it.) Port forwarding may have had something to do with it, but nobody seems to be sure. There have been a few posts on the MS broadband networking newsgroups and broadbandreports about this issue. MS tech support escalated it to the highest level, then suggested sending the (replaced) router back for a refund. They thought it might be a bug in the firmware, but had no workaround.
Again, though, for light WAN traffic, (probably even heavy LAN traffic) it should be OK.
When it did work, signal strength seemed fine enough. It was replaced with a Buffalo WBR2-G54 (roughly a WRT-54G). The Buffalo puts out a bit of a weaker signal, but hasn’t crashed in five months.
Hope this does help,
Andy
Hello everyone,
Quick question, can a MAC (with 802.11b) connect to this router even though it is from Microsoft?
[quote user=“peteromans11”]These are excellent routers… and more so for the price!!!
Definitely a buy!
Certainly better than the linksys garbage.
Just my opinion
www.whatsyourdeal.com Great deals, coupon codes and freebies.[/quote]
I’ll trade you a microsoft router for a linksys :lol:
homo -sapiens-non-urinat-in-ventum[ :shock:
I have a laptop that will do G but i have a lynksys B router
I bought this to upgrade to G on my network
I still have the B if its crap but heck for twenty bucks I’m Game