Hi all,
It's time to replace my Trendnet TEW-812DRU V1.0, it needs restarting several times a week, can't be upgraded to DDWRT unlike the V2 and has been generally annoying me more and more for about 6 months now. Oh, and the 5Ghz band doesn't work with any 5Ghz compatible device i've ever tried, even when using separate SSID's, given up on my 5Ghz channel. It's the worst router i've ever owned. When it disconnects it drops wi-fi and LAN, it's connected via an openreach modem (ECI as my local cabinet is ECI), yet the openreach modem stays connected but the Trendnet just stops working and has to be restarted, totally random, several times a week, and can be very annoying.
So, i'm looking for something more reliable, main priority is stability and good 2.4Ghz / 5Ghz range. I live rural and have BT Infinity at ~50/8 speeds. No interference on 2.4Ghz from neighbours so no traffic or channel issues to worry about, I can have 1, 6 or 11.
I have 2 P.C's connected via LAN so gigabit ports are a must, everything else is a mixture of wireless devices, couple of HP laptops, ipad airs, various iphones, various android devices, xbox, sky wifi, etc - around 15 in total, mostly 2.4Ghz devices i imagine but some newer stuff from past 12 months, S7 edge, iphone 6S, new HP laptop i7 workstation, etc. Router USB connection speed not an issue - don't currently use it.
I was leaning towards the Asus RT-AC68U, AC1900 should be fast enough, just need that reliability and good signal (working 5Ghz would be nice too).
It's a bit over my budget of £100 but can be had cheaper than that when on offer. Is there anything else out there as good or better, especially on the stability front around the same price?
Thanks for reading the wall of text!
It's time to replace my Trendnet TEW-812DRU V1.0, it needs restarting several times a week, can't be upgraded to DDWRT unlike the V2 and has been generally annoying me more and more for about 6 months now. Oh, and the 5Ghz band doesn't work with any 5Ghz compatible device i've ever tried, even when using separate SSID's, given up on my 5Ghz channel. It's the worst router i've ever owned. When it disconnects it drops wi-fi and LAN, it's connected via an openreach modem (ECI as my local cabinet is ECI), yet the openreach modem stays connected but the Trendnet just stops working and has to be restarted, totally random, several times a week, and can be very annoying.
So, i'm looking for something more reliable, main priority is stability and good 2.4Ghz / 5Ghz range. I live rural and have BT Infinity at ~50/8 speeds. No interference on 2.4Ghz from neighbours so no traffic or channel issues to worry about, I can have 1, 6 or 11.
I have 2 P.C's connected via LAN so gigabit ports are a must, everything else is a mixture of wireless devices, couple of HP laptops, ipad airs, various iphones, various android devices, xbox, sky wifi, etc - around 15 in total, mostly 2.4Ghz devices i imagine but some newer stuff from past 12 months, S7 edge, iphone 6S, new HP laptop i7 workstation, etc. Router USB connection speed not an issue - don't currently use it.
I was leaning towards the Asus RT-AC68U, AC1900 should be fast enough, just need that reliability and good signal (working 5Ghz would be nice too).
It's a bit over my budget of £100 but can be had cheaper than that when on offer. Is there anything else out there as good or better, especially on the stability front around the same price?
Thanks for reading the wall of text!