Hi,
I'm from New Zealand and I'm switching to fibre soon. I was planning to buy an upper mid-range router which is reasonably future proof and would last me a couple of years.
I was initially looking for a AC1900 router and have gone through the reviews of the Asus RT68u and the Netgear R7000 and it seems that the R7000 is preferred by many. But here in New Zealand, the TP-link AC2600 is available for the same price. Infact, these three routers are priced similarly, the ASUS costing a few dollars more.
I noticed that the TP-link Archer 2600 has only 32MB of Flash memory while the other two have 128MB Flash. The Archer 2600 has double the RAM though. Should I be bothered about the lower flash memory on the TP-link? And does the TP-link AC2600 do vlan tagging? Most ISPs here require this feature. Considering all three routers are priced almost the same (200USD range) which one should I go for?
I've heard netgear customer support is pretty bad. So a bit reluctant to buy the netgear. Also, the Dlink DIR-880L and the TP-link Archer C9 is available for around 130USD here. Approx 70dollars cheaper than the ones I mentioned. Kindly advice on which one I should go for.
Once again, I am looking for something which is fast by todays standards and will last for a few years, hence something future-proof.
I'm from New Zealand and I'm switching to fibre soon. I was planning to buy an upper mid-range router which is reasonably future proof and would last me a couple of years.
I was initially looking for a AC1900 router and have gone through the reviews of the Asus RT68u and the Netgear R7000 and it seems that the R7000 is preferred by many. But here in New Zealand, the TP-link AC2600 is available for the same price. Infact, these three routers are priced similarly, the ASUS costing a few dollars more.
I noticed that the TP-link Archer 2600 has only 32MB of Flash memory while the other two have 128MB Flash. The Archer 2600 has double the RAM though. Should I be bothered about the lower flash memory on the TP-link? And does the TP-link AC2600 do vlan tagging? Most ISPs here require this feature. Considering all three routers are priced almost the same (200USD range) which one should I go for?
I've heard netgear customer support is pretty bad. So a bit reluctant to buy the netgear. Also, the Dlink DIR-880L and the TP-link Archer C9 is available for around 130USD here. Approx 70dollars cheaper than the ones I mentioned. Kindly advice on which one I should go for.
Once again, I am looking for something which is fast by todays standards and will last for a few years, hence something future-proof.
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