sinshiva
Very Senior Member
Most here have likely accumulated quite a collection of SOHO routers. As I've been phasing out routers based on age and NAT performance, my routers typically become Access Points. By this point, i've probably given away 5 or 6 G spec'd and older routers. I have a dual band linksys that's collecting dust because for a long time, there was no way to get rid of WPS. this ended up being a dedicated router with the radios disabled when my DIY router kicked the bucket. Now, i could flash dd-wrt, but it only has 100mbit lan, despite having n300 on both bands simultaneously. So, yet another router i'll likely give away, after a dd-wrt flash.
That said, the day will likely arrive that i move my n66r to the 'graveyard'; thinking about it made me wonder what people are doing with their old devices. I thought about donating them to a church, etc, but am now wondering if there might be a better option, involving tax returns. I may or may not look into what's available locally, but even if i do, probably wouldn't learn of a better option unless i ask here.
That said, the day will likely arrive that i move my n66r to the 'graveyard'; thinking about it made me wonder what people are doing with their old devices. I thought about donating them to a church, etc, but am now wondering if there might be a better option, involving tax returns. I may or may not look into what's available locally, but even if i do, probably wouldn't learn of a better option unless i ask here.