Hello,
I asked for router buying advice in the relevant forum, and two of the candidates are the Linksys EA4500 and EA6500. There is about 30 $ price difference between the two.
If I choose to go for the EA4500 (over cheaper options like EA3500 or a TP-Link), I might just as well spend the extra 30 $ to get Draft-ac capability and an additional USB port. However, I'm wondering if I would compromise on something by going for the EA6500.
I checked the reviews of these two, and I think the EA4500 is a bit better at reads/writes to a USB drive, which are important for me (until I can purchase a NAS). I think the two routers are not too different regarding wireless range, wireless throughtput or LAN throughput. I'm also going to take a look at the wireless comparison tool.
What do you think? If Draft-ac was no concern (the reviews say it's not really "future-proofing" as of now, and I don't have any ac devices) would you purchase the EA6500 over the EA4500, at about 30 $ price difference? Would it be worse than the EA4500 in any respect?
Finally, the latest news about Cisco trying to sell Linksys makes me question spending 200 $ on a Linksys router. Do you think this insecurity is logical?
Thanks in advance for the replies!
I asked for router buying advice in the relevant forum, and two of the candidates are the Linksys EA4500 and EA6500. There is about 30 $ price difference between the two.
If I choose to go for the EA4500 (over cheaper options like EA3500 or a TP-Link), I might just as well spend the extra 30 $ to get Draft-ac capability and an additional USB port. However, I'm wondering if I would compromise on something by going for the EA6500.
I checked the reviews of these two, and I think the EA4500 is a bit better at reads/writes to a USB drive, which are important for me (until I can purchase a NAS). I think the two routers are not too different regarding wireless range, wireless throughtput or LAN throughput. I'm also going to take a look at the wireless comparison tool.
What do you think? If Draft-ac was no concern (the reviews say it's not really "future-proofing" as of now, and I don't have any ac devices) would you purchase the EA6500 over the EA4500, at about 30 $ price difference? Would it be worse than the EA4500 in any respect?
Finally, the latest news about Cisco trying to sell Linksys makes me question spending 200 $ on a Linksys router. Do you think this insecurity is logical?
Thanks in advance for the replies!