$24 Wall Socket Router Includes WiFi, Ethernet, USB, and a Phone Jack

There are already several small routers or repeater that you can connect to a wall socket, but that’s not what I’m taking about here, as I’ve been informed about a wall socket, or gang box, being the router itself. It supports 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, and features two RJ45 Ethernet ports, an RJ11 phone jack, and a USB port for 3G dongle or charging mobile devices.

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“In-color” wall router specifications and features:

  • SoC, memory and storage – Unknown
  • Connectivity
    • 802.11 b/g/n with support for WiFi relay, WiFi hotspot
    • 2x Ethernet LAN ports (external), 1x Ethernet WAN port (internal)
    • RJ11 phone jack
  • USB – USB port up to 5V/2A for charging, USB mass storage, or a 3G USB dongle
  • Misc – Power on/off button for USB port?, two terminal blocks for mains and phone line.
  • Power Supply – AC 110V-240V or PoE

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The product description also mentions the router supports cloud storage, DLNA and Samba. It also indicates ADSL is supported, and that the RJ45 Ethernet port support Hotel mode/ADSL mode, whatever that means.

DealExtreme sells this product for $23.93 shipped, but I could find some different models on Aliexpress for about $30 here and there.

Thanks to Onebir for the tip.

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13 Replies to “$24 Wall Socket Router Includes WiFi, Ethernet, USB, and a Phone Jack”

  1. Hm… Begs for a teardown, doesn’t it? $24 makes it compelling as long as they didn’t cripple it too much to get to that price.

  2. 2 notes for American readers:
    Firstly, this won’t quite match up with an American double box (it’s intended for a European 85mm box).
    Secondly, putting low-voltage and high-voltage wiring into the same box violates (American) electrical code (you can do it if you have a divided box, but this isn’t going to work in one), so you’d need to install with the power-over-ethernet option to be legal (on an in-wall install in the US, anyway).

    Would be nifty to see the Fine Manual to see the gory details of available (or at least claimed) functionality.

  3. I would be interested to know more about the phon jack; do you thinkthat yo can make calls using an old analog phone if you have connected an 3G USB dongle with a SIM-card?

  4. We can only speculate about the exact features, since the description is not very detailed, and I could not find the manufacturer page.

    1. @Umar . It’s probably better to assume it’s 10/100M considering the price.
    2. @Harley . The phone jack is probably just for a phone, as I can see one terminal port where you can connect the phone line on the back. There’s also a possibility it’s for ADSL only, but again I’m not sure.

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