Help,
I currently have an Asus RT-N66U. I consistently have 30+ connections vying for bandwidth. When realizing that my Samsung Note 4 and my wife's iPhone 6 have wireless ac capability, I started researching ac routers. It seems to be the AC68U or R7000 over even the newer AC87U or R7000. That being said, I want to demote my current N66U to an AP for upstairs (3200 sq ft home).
- Would the N66U work better with the same manufacturer AC68U over getting the R7000?
- I'm not familiar with Netgear firmware and from research, it seems to be the consensus to immediately put 3rd party Asuswrt-Merlin or Tomato on the R7000 when I buy it. I have no problem doing that.
What's best for my application with this list of connections:
Samsung Note 4 - AC capable
IPhone 6 - AC capable
IPhone 6 - AC capable
Iphone 5s - N capable
Samsung S3 - N capable
Samsung S4 - N capable
IPad 4 - N capable
IPad 2 - N capable
Samsung Galaxy Note - AC capable
5 Foscam wireless IP cameras - N capable
Samsung TV - wired
Toshiba TV - wired
Slingbox -wired
2 Chamberlain garage openers - N capable
2 Honeywell internet thermostats - unknown
Vera home control - wired
Vera home security alarm - wired
4 home computers - wired
4 laptops - N capable and will be upgraded to AC
Thanks,
Keith
I currently have an Asus RT-N66U. I consistently have 30+ connections vying for bandwidth. When realizing that my Samsung Note 4 and my wife's iPhone 6 have wireless ac capability, I started researching ac routers. It seems to be the AC68U or R7000 over even the newer AC87U or R7000. That being said, I want to demote my current N66U to an AP for upstairs (3200 sq ft home).
- Would the N66U work better with the same manufacturer AC68U over getting the R7000?
- I'm not familiar with Netgear firmware and from research, it seems to be the consensus to immediately put 3rd party Asuswrt-Merlin or Tomato on the R7000 when I buy it. I have no problem doing that.
What's best for my application with this list of connections:
Samsung Note 4 - AC capable
IPhone 6 - AC capable
IPhone 6 - AC capable
Iphone 5s - N capable
Samsung S3 - N capable
Samsung S4 - N capable
IPad 4 - N capable
IPad 2 - N capable
Samsung Galaxy Note - AC capable
5 Foscam wireless IP cameras - N capable
Samsung TV - wired
Toshiba TV - wired
Slingbox -wired
2 Chamberlain garage openers - N capable
2 Honeywell internet thermostats - unknown
Vera home control - wired
Vera home security alarm - wired
4 home computers - wired
4 laptops - N capable and will be upgraded to AC
Thanks,
Keith