What router are you using at home?
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I am replacing my Netgear DGN2000 which replaced a Netgear DGN 3700 which replaced the previously mentioned DGN2000 with a TP-Link VR600 (propaganda page: http://www.tp-link.com.au/products/details/cat-15_Archer-VR600.html)
I actively chose not to purchase an ASUS router due to their swiss cheese approach to security (landed them in hot water earlier this year).
Hopefully, I'll remember to post a review of the new thing after I set it up tonight.
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I am revisiting this thread again. I have been putting this off for too long.
No cabling is run in my house. I have no real desire to run any. I don't game or have any critical applications that are run from my internal network. AC isn't a requirement, but I wouldn't mind having it.
I am thinking about picking up two of these puppies and using one as a repeater so I can have full coverage.
https://www.gl-inet.com/product/gl-ar300m/
Any other ideas for around $100-150?
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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.
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My lab's Cisco ASA 5505.
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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.
I've got a non-AC version of the ASUS router. It has been perfectly stable.
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@RojoLoco 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.
I've got a non-AC version of the ASUS router. It has been perfectly stable.
Are you running Merlin?
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@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
@RojoLoco 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.
I've got a non-AC version of the ASUS router. It has been perfectly stable.
Are you running Merlin?
Nope, dead stock.
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@RojoLoco said in What router are you using at home?:
@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
@RojoLoco 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.
I've got a non-AC version of the ASUS router. It has been perfectly stable.
Are you running Merlin?
Nope, dead stock.
So merlin is a fork from stock firmware. It just adds features to the stock firmware and even uses the same config file. So, in other words, you can change firmware from merlin to stock on the fly and nobody would be the wiser.
It also offers some performance updates and is updated more frequently than Asus stock firmware.
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@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
@RojoLoco said in What router are you using at home?:
@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
@RojoLoco 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.
I've got a non-AC version of the ASUS router. It has been perfectly stable.
Are you running Merlin?
Nope, dead stock.
So merlin is a fork from stock firmware. It just adds features to the stock firmware and even uses the same config file. So, in other words, you can change firmware from merlin to stock on the fly and nobody would be the wiser.
It also offers some performance updates and is updated more frequently than Asus stock firmware.
I knew it was alternative FW, but I didn't realize it was closely related to the stock FW. Gotta check that out.
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@RojoLoco said in What router are you using at home?:
@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
@RojoLoco said in What router are you using at home?:
@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
@RojoLoco 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.
I've got a non-AC version of the ASUS router. It has been perfectly stable.
Are you running Merlin?
Nope, dead stock.
So merlin is a fork from stock firmware. It just adds features to the stock firmware and even uses the same config file. So, in other words, you can change firmware from merlin to stock on the fly and nobody would be the wiser.
It also offers some performance updates and is updated more frequently than Asus stock firmware.
I knew it was alternative FW, but I didn't realize it was closely related to the stock FW. Gotta check that out.
Here's a good read and a table for anyone too lazy to click links.
https://www.rickygao.com.au/blog//tuning-the-asus-wireless-router-to-best-performance/
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Just curious, why choose an Asus router?
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@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
Just curious, why choose an Asus router?
I had one before. They aren't bad.
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@stacksofplates said in What router are you using at home?:
@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
Just curious, why choose an Asus router?
I had one before. They aren't bad.
What's an Asus who had some major flaw last year with their firewalls?
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@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
@stacksofplates said in What router are you using at home?:
@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
Just curious, why choose an Asus router?
I had one before. They aren't bad.
What's an Asus who had some major flaw last year with their firewalls?
Ah maybe. Before Ubiquiti, I always put dd-wrt on everything so I didn't use their firmware.
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@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
Just curious, why choose an Asus router?
https://www.cnet.com/products/asus-rt-ac68u-dual-band-wireless-ac1900-gigabit-router/
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@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
Just curious, why choose an Asus router?
https://www.cnet.com/products/asus-rt-ac68u-dual-band-wireless-ac1900-gigabit-router/
And, this means what? That CNET was paid pretty good to do a review?
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@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
Just curious, why choose an Asus router?
https://www.cnet.com/products/asus-rt-ac68u-dual-band-wireless-ac1900-gigabit-router/
And, this means what? That CNET was paid pretty good to do a review?
4.3 stars out of over 3,200 reviews.
https://www.amazon.com/Dual-band-Wireless-AC1900-Gigabit-Router-RT-AC68U/dp/B00FB45SI4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494423936&sr=8-1&keywords=asus+ac1900My point is that Asus routers are well known for their performance vs other consumer grade products including linksys.
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@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.
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@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.
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@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.
