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Good find! I had found the one at Newegg for $89.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833555059&cm_re=tenda_ac15-_-33-555-059-_-Product

While I see that Shibby's an active participant in several forums (but didn't find a user by the name shibby or shibby20 here under the member search), I had hoped to find info on hardware donations on his Tomato page at http://tomato.groov.pl/ but it wasn't readily apparent. I did see the...

Typo on my part - it's the BCM4708A0 Thanks for the catch.

Definitely good news! These router speeds are so far in advance of ISP service (at least in the US), that it seems like overkill to spend so much. Sub-$100 pricing for this kind of hardware is probably well within most people's comfort zone.

Hi All, I was reading the article about the Tenda AC15 AC1900 router http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-news/32810-tenda-adds-ac1900-router On the FCC site, looking through the internal pictures, it looks like it has Broadcom BCM4708A0 CPU cores and BCM4360 radios, making it...

In this case then, it looks like I could go for a less powerful router, such as an Asus RT-AC66U or Tenda W1800R, with a single CPU in the 600-800MHz range instead of the more expensive dual-core CPUs in the 1GHz+ range, like the Netgear R7000 or Asus RT-AC68U and save some money.

If my use case is trying to connect 3 locations that I control the routers and I want to transfer backup files or security videos between them, would it be more appropriate to use these less CPU-intensive methods?

Thanks everyone for the feedback. At this point, even if I'm not quite ready to go implement a VPN today, it appears that the benefits of AC-class routers will still show up in my use cases at home and at the rental properties. The thread regarding best router choices for VPN will likely help...

Thanks for the link and the info. I've posted a separate thread regarding 5GHz N vs AC for my particular situation. Any feedback appreciated.

Hi All, After recently going through (yet another) bad experience with Comcast support at a rental property I help with the networking at, I reviewed the networks being broadcast, and saw that the 2.4GHz spectrum is now very crowded, and the 5GHz spectrum is not. 25Mbps Comcast service runs over...

Thanks for the info on the Qualcomm devices! Is there away to find out if the Tenda W1800R's internal devices (or any devices for that matter) support beamforming? That could make this a quick decision. At home all clients except for a Chromecast (which isn't even connected at the moment) are...

I've been deliberating about routers to buy that support 3rd party firmware, and was narrowing it down to the TP-Link Archer C5(v1.2)/C7 running Gargoyle vs the Tenda W1800R running Shibby Tomato. It's my first attempt at 3rd party firmware and I was going to try to establish a VPN between 3...

Now that powerline's less than $25/port for 200 MBbps and gets around 40Mbps in real throughput, that's a deal I can look into! I would have looked at 500Mbps for about $45/port, but I can't think of the use that the tenants would need the extra speed for. At some point in the future, I'll...

Thanks for the reply. For the new construction, I think I'll ask for 2 cat6 runs per location. I may ask for coax as well, since cable's the only real option in those areas. Hopefully he won't charge too much to make multiple runs. Since network speed is probably limited by the ISP performance...

Hi All, I'm looking for ways to network 3 different rental properties. The landlords want to offer the tenants free internet service. Looking into it a little bit, Comcast Xfinity is available, but Verizon FiOS is not. I found DSL at 1 location, but I think I'm going with Comcast, where there's...