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    • nadnerBN
      nadnerB @IRJ
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      @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

      I make slow decisions, but I went with the Asus AC1900

      https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/RTAC68U/

      I should get it in the mail by the end of this week or early next week.

      So, the light up logo is a key selling point... lol
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      • IRJI
        IRJ @nadnerB
        last edited by

        @nadnerB said in What router are you using at home?:

        @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

        I make slow decisions, but I went with the Asus AC1900

        https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/RTAC68U/

        I should get it in the mail by the end of this week or early next week.

        So, the light up logo is a key selling point... lol
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        duh

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        • IRJI
          IRJ
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          Asus AC1900 vs Ubiquiti AC-Lite

          https://community.ubnt.com/t5/UniFi-Wireless/Performance-Asus-AC1900-vs-Unifi-AC-Lite/td-p/1657284

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @nadnerB
            last edited by

            @nadnerB said in What router are you using at home?:

            @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

            I make slow decisions, but I went with the Asus AC1900

            https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/RTAC68U/

            I should get it in the mail by the end of this week or early next week.

            So, the light up logo is a key selling point... lol
            0_1494424850793_upload-d45d5058-0264-4936-b506-f1b126e143e9

            Well, I was thinking that that was kind of cool. I'm an Asus guy and have all Asus laptops (three) and some other stuff so it's kind of neat 🙂

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            • wirestyle22W
              wirestyle22
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              @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

              AC1900

              http://www.bestbuy.com/site/shop/dd-wrt-routers

              BestBuy knows what ddwrt is apparently

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              • travisdh1T
                travisdh1 @IRJ
                last edited by

                @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                Asus AC1900 vs Ubiquiti AC-Lite

                https://community.ubnt.com/t5/UniFi-Wireless/Performance-Asus-AC1900-vs-Unifi-AC-Lite/td-p/1657284

                Yeah, just like @JaredBusch said.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
                  last edited by

                  @wirestyle22 said in What router are you using at home?:

                  @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                  AC1900

                  http://www.bestbuy.com/site/shop/dd-wrt-routers

                  BestBuy knows what ddwrt is apparently

                  That's exactly the thing I would most expect them to know.

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                  • wirestyle22W
                    wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
                    last edited by wirestyle22

                    @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                    @wirestyle22 said in What router are you using at home?:

                    @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                    AC1900

                    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/shop/dd-wrt-routers

                    BestBuy knows what ddwrt is apparently

                    That's exactly the thing I would most expect them to know.

                    I have zero expectations of BestBuy. Their employees don't know what a heatsink is

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
                      last edited by

                      @wirestyle22 said in What router are you using at home?:

                      @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                      @wirestyle22 said in What router are you using at home?:

                      @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                      AC1900

                      http://www.bestbuy.com/site/shop/dd-wrt-routers

                      BestBuy knows what ddwrt is apparently

                      That's exactly the thing I would most expect them to know.

                      I have zero expectations of BestBuy

                      That's a very bench tech thing to do. Nothing wrong or against DD-WRT, but it's so the "cool kid" thing to do at home that you totally expect Best Buy to be on top of that.

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                      • wirestyle22W
                        wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                        @wirestyle22 said in What router are you using at home?:

                        @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                        @wirestyle22 said in What router are you using at home?:

                        @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                        AC1900

                        http://www.bestbuy.com/site/shop/dd-wrt-routers

                        BestBuy knows what ddwrt is apparently

                        That's exactly the thing I would most expect them to know.

                        I have zero expectations of BestBuy

                        That's a very bench tech thing to do. Nothing wrong or against DD-WRT, but it's so the "cool kid" thing to do at home that you totally expect Best Buy to be on top of that.

                        Yeah I could see that actually. Good point.

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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @IRJ
                          last edited by

                          @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                          Asus AC1900 vs Ubiquiti AC-Lite

                          https://community.ubnt.com/t5/UniFi-Wireless/Performance-Asus-AC1900-vs-Unifi-AC-Lite/td-p/1657284

                          The page tells you exactly what you would expect, they aren't comparing apples to apples in the test in the OP.

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender @IRJ
                            last edited by

                            @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                            @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                            @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                            @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                            @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                            My point is that Asus routers are well known for their performance vs other consumer grade products including linksys.

                            But why compare to that category? Linksys I've always found to be pretty bad, being good in comparison isn't a selling point.

                            Because the price point matches that category well.

                            I don't see how that is relevant. Why not compare quality in general, not "only quality compared to a bad category?" What does "price point matching" mean, especially in a market where consume and commercial overlap.

                            It is an all in one networking device with enterprise features and performance very similar to Ubiquiti.

                            Does all in one really matter?

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                              last edited by

                              @Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:

                              @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                              @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                              @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                              @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                              @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                              My point is that Asus routers are well known for their performance vs other consumer grade products including linksys.

                              But why compare to that category? Linksys I've always found to be pretty bad, being good in comparison isn't a selling point.

                              Because the price point matches that category well.

                              I don't see how that is relevant. Why not compare quality in general, not "only quality compared to a bad category?" What does "price point matching" mean, especially in a market where consume and commercial overlap.

                              It is an all in one networking device with enterprise features and performance very similar to Ubiquiti.

                              Does all in one really matter?

                              It can, but generally I see that as a negative, not a positive. Harder to service, less flexible, etc.

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                              • DashrenderD
                                Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                                last edited by

                                @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                                @Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:

                                @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                                @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                                @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                                @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                                @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                                My point is that Asus routers are well known for their performance vs other consumer grade products including linksys.

                                But why compare to that category? Linksys I've always found to be pretty bad, being good in comparison isn't a selling point.

                                Because the price point matches that category well.

                                I don't see how that is relevant. Why not compare quality in general, not "only quality compared to a bad category?" What does "price point matching" mean, especially in a market where consume and commercial overlap.

                                It is an all in one networking device with enterprise features and performance very similar to Ubiquiti.

                                Does all in one really matter?

                                It can, but generally I see that as a negative, not a positive. Harder to service, less flexible, etc.

                                I can see home users wanting only one thing to deal with - but if you're posting here - That instantly puts you out of the home user market in my mind.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                                  last edited by

                                  @Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                                  @Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:

                                  @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                                  @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                                  @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                                  My point is that Asus routers are well known for their performance vs other consumer grade products including linksys.

                                  But why compare to that category? Linksys I've always found to be pretty bad, being good in comparison isn't a selling point.

                                  Because the price point matches that category well.

                                  I don't see how that is relevant. Why not compare quality in general, not "only quality compared to a bad category?" What does "price point matching" mean, especially in a market where consume and commercial overlap.

                                  It is an all in one networking device with enterprise features and performance very similar to Ubiquiti.

                                  Does all in one really matter?

                                  It can, but generally I see that as a negative, not a positive. Harder to service, less flexible, etc.

                                  I can see home users wanting only one thing to deal with - but if you're posting here - That instantly puts you out of the home user market in my mind.

                                  Even then, generally home users only "want that" because they are told that that is what home users use.

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                                  • wirestyle22W
                                    wirestyle22 @Dashrender
                                    last edited by

                                    @Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:

                                    @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                                    @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                                    @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                                    My point is that Asus routers are well known for their performance vs other consumer grade products including linksys.

                                    But why compare to that category? Linksys I've always found to be pretty bad, being good in comparison isn't a selling point.

                                    Because the price point matches that category well.

                                    I don't see how that is relevant. Why not compare quality in general, not "only quality compared to a bad category?" What does "price point matching" mean, especially in a market where consume and commercial overlap.

                                    It is an all in one networking device with enterprise features and performance very similar to Ubiquiti.

                                    Does all in one really matter?

                                    Same principle as a UTM imo

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
                                      last edited by

                                      @wirestyle22 said in What router are you using at home?:

                                      @Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:

                                      @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                                      @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                                      @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                                      My point is that Asus routers are well known for their performance vs other consumer grade products including linksys.

                                      But why compare to that category? Linksys I've always found to be pretty bad, being good in comparison isn't a selling point.

                                      Because the price point matches that category well.

                                      I don't see how that is relevant. Why not compare quality in general, not "only quality compared to a bad category?" What does "price point matching" mean, especially in a market where consume and commercial overlap.

                                      It is an all in one networking device with enterprise features and performance very similar to Ubiquiti.

                                      Does all in one really matter?

                                      Same principle as a UTM imo

                                      In a broad sense, yes.

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                                      • JaredBuschJ
                                        JaredBusch @Dashrender
                                        last edited by

                                        @Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:

                                        @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                                        Asus AC1900 vs Ubiquiti AC-Lite

                                        https://community.ubnt.com/t5/UniFi-Wireless/Performance-Asus-AC1900-vs-Unifi-AC-Lite/td-p/1657284

                                        The page tells you exactly what you would expect, they aren't comparing apples to apples in the test in the OP.

                                        But the OP did not know that. Hence he posted that. Now he knows that the lite model is not full AC speeds.

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                                        • DashrenderD
                                          Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                                          last edited by

                                          @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                                          @Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                                          @Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:

                                          @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                                          @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                                          @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                                          My point is that Asus routers are well known for their performance vs other consumer grade products including linksys.

                                          But why compare to that category? Linksys I've always found to be pretty bad, being good in comparison isn't a selling point.

                                          Because the price point matches that category well.

                                          I don't see how that is relevant. Why not compare quality in general, not "only quality compared to a bad category?" What does "price point matching" mean, especially in a market where consume and commercial overlap.

                                          It is an all in one networking device with enterprise features and performance very similar to Ubiquiti.

                                          Does all in one really matter?

                                          It can, but generally I see that as a negative, not a positive. Harder to service, less flexible, etc.

                                          I can see home users wanting only one thing to deal with - but if you're posting here - That instantly puts you out of the home user market in my mind.

                                          Even then, generally home users only "want that" because they are told that that is what home users use.

                                          Really? You think home users given the choice at Best Buy between buying two pieces to manage or just one, they would choose the two piece setup? Assuming everything else is equal?

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                                          • travisdh1T
                                            travisdh1 @Dashrender
                                            last edited by

                                            @Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                                            @Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                                            @Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:

                                            @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                                            @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                                            @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

                                            My point is that Asus routers are well known for their performance vs other consumer grade products including linksys.

                                            But why compare to that category? Linksys I've always found to be pretty bad, being good in comparison isn't a selling point.

                                            Because the price point matches that category well.

                                            I don't see how that is relevant. Why not compare quality in general, not "only quality compared to a bad category?" What does "price point matching" mean, especially in a market where consume and commercial overlap.

                                            It is an all in one networking device with enterprise features and performance very similar to Ubiquiti.

                                            Does all in one really matter?

                                            It can, but generally I see that as a negative, not a positive. Harder to service, less flexible, etc.

                                            I can see home users wanting only one thing to deal with - but if you're posting here - That instantly puts you out of the home user market in my mind.

                                            Even then, generally home users only "want that" because they are told that that is what home users use.

                                            Really? You think home users given the choice at Best Buy between buying two pieces to manage or just one, they would choose the two piece setup? Assuming everything else is equal?

                                            Depends on the retail place your in. At a MicroCenter I'd expect them to recommend the two piece setup, and BestBuy whatever is more popular at the moment.

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