New router - AC1900P or AC88U

[acropolis]

Greetings all!

I currently have an Asus RT-N66u that has served me pretty well for quite a few years. However, I have started to see some slowdowns recently, probably due to the number of devices and types of services. I work from home and rely very heavily on solid wireless for Skype for Business (VoIP and screen sharing) and data sync streams (Office 365 suite with OneDrive, Outlook, and SharePoint Online). We dropped cable TV last year, so now we run about 15 or so devices at the same time (Xboxes, PS4, four Rokus, a Plex media server, two different printers, the home security system, laptops, and so on), and that number can grow to over 20 on the weekends. Teenagers feed on bandwidth more than food nowadays. But I digress....

It's time to upgrade ye olde router, and I am torn between two Asus devices: RT-AC1900p and RT-AC88u/RT-AC3100. Based on my comments above, which device would better suit my environment? In case it matters, Internet service is through Comcast/Xfinity on the Blast Pro tier (200/20) with a Netgear CM600 modem.

 

[pete y testing]

RT-AC3100.

thats your best option if you fine with 4 ports and no LAG for nas

RT-AC88u

if you need the extra ports and LAG get this

however i believe both the 3100 and 88u have better coverage overall when compared to the rt-1900ac

 

[sfx2000]

thats your best option if you fine with 4 ports and no LAG for nas

For most people, that's good enough...

 

[doczenith1]

I didn't see a clear winner when putting the 3100 and 68U head to head when it came to wireless. The 3100 did better on vpn test but my 68U only has the 1 Ghz processor. The 1900P would perform better with it's 1.4 Ghz processor.

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/side-by-side-68u-vs-3100.35994/#post-298360

 

[acropolis]

I ended up buying the RT-AC3100. So far, so good, but this weekend will be the true test. Thanks everyone for all of your input and advice.

 

[Mikeharris500]

Wouldn't the 88u and ac3100 be the same on the first 4 ports.

 

[gmaister22]

Get some Ubiquiti devices (Edgerouter + UAPs)