pawnslinger
Occasional Visitor
It is time to upgrade my network. I am currently using a D-Link DIR-825 router. I have had it for several years, and I have been very happy with it. But recently there has been an explosion of devices using it - all family members now have cell phones (almost none when it was first put into service), and there are several DLNA equipped TVs in the house (none when the router was first installed). The D-Link router is still hanging tough, but increasingly it has been unable to handle all the streaming videos, both from services like Netflix/Hulu, and local UPnP/DLNA servers.
I have been studying the router market for a couple of weeks now, trying to make up my mind. The new 'ac' routers look interesting, but still seem a little rough... I have pretty much narrowed my decision down to 2 devices: the Netgear WNDR4500 and the ASUS RT-N66U. I really can't make up my mind which would be best. Either looks to have about 4 times the thruput of my current router. So on paper they both look real good.
What do you folks think? Which one would be best for a heavy video streaming environment?
I have been studying the router market for a couple of weeks now, trying to make up my mind. The new 'ac' routers look interesting, but still seem a little rough... I have pretty much narrowed my decision down to 2 devices: the Netgear WNDR4500 and the ASUS RT-N66U. I really can't make up my mind which would be best. Either looks to have about 4 times the thruput of my current router. So on paper they both look real good.
What do you folks think? Which one would be best for a heavy video streaming environment?