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I currently have a 4+-year-old Cisco/Linksys E3000 wireless router in a household that has four laptops, four iPads, three iPhones, a smart TV, a dumb TV with Roku, Xbox One, Sonos system (five units), Synology NAS, and Xbox One. Starting within the last month, the wireless connection disconnects one, some, or all of these devices. Our internet is 30/5 Mbps (and VoIP phone) is via Time Warner cable. My cable provider tells me that I have not had interruption to the internet service. Powering the wireless router off and on reconnects all the devices to the internet. My limited technical assessment is that the router is failing and needs to be replaced. I will not be customizing the settings and need a router that will deliver high quality service (my wife works from home and frequently has web-meetings). It seems that the best options are AC3200, AC2400/AC2600, and AC1900.
If cost is not an object, what do you recommend? Reviews on AC3200, AC2600, AC2400 from various sources seem a little mixed, but many are several months to a year old. Have these next gen units been out long enough for all the bugs to be worked out? Will I notice better performance over the tried and true (i.e., bug-free?) AC1900?
I currently have a 4+-year-old Cisco/Linksys E3000 wireless router in a household that has four laptops, four iPads, three iPhones, a smart TV, a dumb TV with Roku, Xbox One, Sonos system (five units), Synology NAS, and Xbox One. Starting within the last month, the wireless connection disconnects one, some, or all of these devices. Our internet is 30/5 Mbps (and VoIP phone) is via Time Warner cable. My cable provider tells me that I have not had interruption to the internet service. Powering the wireless router off and on reconnects all the devices to the internet. My limited technical assessment is that the router is failing and needs to be replaced. I will not be customizing the settings and need a router that will deliver high quality service (my wife works from home and frequently has web-meetings). It seems that the best options are AC3200, AC2400/AC2600, and AC1900.
If cost is not an object, what do you recommend? Reviews on AC3200, AC2600, AC2400 from various sources seem a little mixed, but many are several months to a year old. Have these next gen units been out long enough for all the bugs to be worked out? Will I notice better performance over the tried and true (i.e., bug-free?) AC1900?