What router are you using at home?
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@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
I am looking to upgrade my router. I am looking at ASUS routers which seem really nice, but there are alot of competitors in the same price range. what are you using?
$179 on Amazon, pretty average for a decent consumer wireless router with full AC.
You cannot touch that price with Ubiqiti and full AC speed because you would need the Unifi UAP-AC-Pro to get full AC rate.
The ERX ($72.85 with Prime) and UAP-AC-LITE ($75.49 with Prime) work great for most but it is only like 800mbps on the AC band.
Edit: I was wrong the UAP-AC-PRO is $128.99 on Prime.
So the full speed is $201.84, that is only $25 more than the ASUS.
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ASUS RT-AC56U And DD-WRT firmware. Works like a charm for what I need. I did have a problem where it would get slow and need a reboot every few week. I just scheduled a reboot every day at 6AM and it hasn't been an issue since.
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@JaredBusch said in What router are you using at home?:
@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
I am looking to upgrade my router. I am looking at ASUS routers which seem really nice, but there are alot of competitors in the same price range. what are you using?
$179 on Amazon, pretty average for a decent consumer wireless router with full AC.
You cannot touch that price with Ubiqiti and full AC speed because you would need the Unifi UAP-AC-Pro to get full AC rate.
The ERX ($72.85 with Prime) and UAP-AC-LITE ($75.49 with Prime) work great for most but it is only like 800mbps on the AC band.
Edit: I was wrong the UAP-AC-PRO is $128.99 on Prime.
So the full speed is $201.84, that is only $25 more than the ASUS.
+1 to this recommendation
My new google fiber provided hardware replaced my old setup that was an ERX and an 802.11n Ubiquiti AP. I plan on putting my ERX back in service in the not so distant future to provide a proper DMZ for my lab.
If I were buying new right now I would go with the @JaredBusch and @Dashrender 's suggestions of the ERX and AC-Pro or Lite.
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I have an ERL with an EdgeSwitch and 2 UAPs.
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Ubiquiti ERL
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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/
