Hello all,
I have been running Apple Airport Extremes for some time and am quite fed-up with the lack of control and range issues. I have finally decided to update my home based network and am now considering the options below. For some notes, I have internet service that provides me 175+mbps download and 25+mbps upload. We are a decent size family with a lot of devices running on our network. The cable service comes into our basement and is plugged into a Motorola SB6141 which feeds a Ubiquiti ER-Lite for edge routing. The ERL then feeds a gigabit switch and has a direct gigabit run to my main wireless router (used as an ap).
Purchasing decision:
I am looking at two routers and want to pick the best one. The first is the TP-Link C2600 with MU-MIMO and the second is the DLink Dir-890l with AC3200. We have a fairly large home and have been using one Apple Airport extreme for wireless with an Airport Express to extend the network. The devices that access wi-fi are a mix of iPhones/Android phones, 2-3 laptops mac and pc, a desktop, and various miscellaneous wireless devices (nest, hue, etc).
I understand that MU-MIMO will work best with devices that can actually make use of it. My confusion is do I want to spend the extra on the C2600 or go with a great deal on the DLink 890...? I recently just added the ER-Lite to do edge routing so buying a wi-fi router puts me at $400+/- out of pocket...its not something I want to do often...so this solution will have to last a while.
I await some healthy discussion....thanks all.
I have been running Apple Airport Extremes for some time and am quite fed-up with the lack of control and range issues. I have finally decided to update my home based network and am now considering the options below. For some notes, I have internet service that provides me 175+mbps download and 25+mbps upload. We are a decent size family with a lot of devices running on our network. The cable service comes into our basement and is plugged into a Motorola SB6141 which feeds a Ubiquiti ER-Lite for edge routing. The ERL then feeds a gigabit switch and has a direct gigabit run to my main wireless router (used as an ap).
Purchasing decision:
I am looking at two routers and want to pick the best one. The first is the TP-Link C2600 with MU-MIMO and the second is the DLink Dir-890l with AC3200. We have a fairly large home and have been using one Apple Airport extreme for wireless with an Airport Express to extend the network. The devices that access wi-fi are a mix of iPhones/Android phones, 2-3 laptops mac and pc, a desktop, and various miscellaneous wireless devices (nest, hue, etc).
I understand that MU-MIMO will work best with devices that can actually make use of it. My confusion is do I want to spend the extra on the C2600 or go with a great deal on the DLink 890...? I recently just added the ER-Lite to do edge routing so buying a wi-fi router puts me at $400+/- out of pocket...its not something I want to do often...so this solution will have to last a while.
I await some healthy discussion....thanks all.