Router Buying Advice, Asus Vs Netgear Vs TP-Link?

[Cyn]

Hello, I'm trying to find a budget router for $100 or less on Amazon.

After hours of research I narrowed down to,

• Nighthawk - R6700 Model (AC1700/AC2100)
• Asus - RT-ARCH17
• Asus - RT-AC66U B1
• TP-Link Archer C9
• TP-Link Archer A7

Which would you recommend? This is for a house of 900ft and VPN + USB Port is required as I intend to plugin an external drive. Also streaming is a requirement. But open to any other recommendations from Linksys or DLink.

Thank you

 

[psychopomp1]

For budget of $100 or less, I would go for the Netgear R6300v2.

 

[WiFiNemesis]

Check the latest firmware updates for TP-LINK. Ran Archer C9's for years; reliable, but few if any updates to keep them current...

 

[Cyn]

Check the latest firmware updates for TP-LINK. Ran Archer C9's for years; reliable, but few if any updates to keep them current...

The latest update seems to be in August of this year.

 

[microchip]

I'd go with the ASUS RT-AC66U B1. Decent hardware, excellent well supported firmware

 

[Cyn]

I'd go with the ASUS RT-AC66U B1. Decent hardware, excellent well supported firmware

Just did! and ordered it. Thanks