JokerPower
Regular Contributor
Hello. Any suggestions about this routers? I've read a lot about RT-68 stability, configurations and so on. While Netgear N7000 offers less customization. What about Linksys?
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I have all 3 sitting right here. I eliminated the Asus very quickly because the Linksys and Netgear both crush it in terms of range, at least in my setup. I had a lot of issues with Netgear stock firmware when the R7000 was released so I was hesitant but it appears to perform well now (it only took 18 months). Overall, in my setup the WRT1900AC comes out ahead because it performs the best in terms of throughput at the points in my footprint where I need it.
Thanks for answer. I'm looking for WiFi range and performance, basically 2.4 GHz.
What about Linksys customization? Third party firmware?
The AC56u is totally underrated. It's actually a great device, but I did have issues with one of the bands, forgot if it was 2.4 or 5 ghz. I think it was 2.4 and you need to make sure to turn on the interference setting on, which will help the wifi and reduce the USB3 port to USB 2 speed.By the way, is there any difference between internal and external antenna? I'm also considering RT-AC56, but it comes with internal antenna
The AC56u is totally underrated. It's actually a great device, but I did have issues with one of the bands, forgot if it was 2.4 or 5 ghz. I think it was 2.4 and you need to make sure to turn on the interference setting on, which will help the wifi and reduce the USB3 port to USB 2 speed.
Otherwise, it like the AC68 for half the price, runs A LOT cooler and can be nicely overclocked to 1200 mhz. But if 2.4ghz range is a big concern I would stick with one of the others mentioned here.
Thanks for answer. But what about 2.4 GHz?
WRT1900 is way more expensive. So you recommend R7000? How does work third party firmwares on R7000? I don't care about IPv6
The WRT1900AC is currently available on Amazon for $201, just a few bucks more than the R7000 and AC68U.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K91DB7Y/?tag=snbforums-20
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