What router are you using at home?
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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@JaredBusch 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?:
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.
That just shows a failure of the OP and his testing methods.
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@travisdh1 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?:
@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.
really? microcenter would do something against profits? That seems odd. But who knows.. maybe they actually have a different moto and aren't public, so making money it's their goal?
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@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?
You are not thinking about this well. You are using "consumers after they've been led to believe they need X", not "what consumers would want on their own."
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@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
@travisdh1 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?:
@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.
really? microcenter would do something against profits? That seems odd. But who knows.. maybe they actually have a different moto and aren't public, so making money it's their goal?
Nope, it's the sales people who get tracked at least somewhat by what/how much customers buy things with their tags on em.
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@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
@JaredBusch 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?:
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.
That just shows a failure of the OP and his testing methods.
How? He tested perfectly.
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@JaredBusch said in What router are you using at home?:
@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
@JaredBusch 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?:
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.
That just shows a failure of the OP and his testing methods.
How? He tested perfectly.
Sure he tested apples vs oranges i.e. 2 vs 3 as noted in a followup post.
The test itself is fine, but he was asking why UBNT stuff was so much slower. The answer would have been obvious if he had looked up the specs to see he wasn't doing a fair comparison.
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@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
@JaredBusch said in What router are you using at home?:
@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
@JaredBusch 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?:
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.
That just shows a failure of the OP and his testing methods.
How? He tested perfectly.
Sure he tested apples vs oranges i.e. 2 vs 3 as noted in a followup post.
The test itself is fine, but he was asking why UBNT stuff was so much slower. The answer would have been obvious if he had looked up the specs to see he wasn't doing a fair comparison.
This is all very true, but it is also completely not what you said or even implied in your prior posts.
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@JaredBusch said in What router are you using at home?:
@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
@JaredBusch said in What router are you using at home?:
@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
@JaredBusch 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?:
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.
That just shows a failure of the OP and his testing methods.
How? He tested perfectly.
Sure he tested apples vs oranges i.e. 2 vs 3 as noted in a followup post.
The test itself is fine, but he was asking why UBNT stuff was so much slower. The answer would have been obvious if he had looked up the specs to see he wasn't doing a fair comparison.
This is all very true, but it is also completely not what you said or even implied in your prior posts.
A true and acurate testing method either implies testing apples to apples or requires you to state that you KNOW it's not apples to apples and therefore should anticipate some differences or if not anticipate them, at least not be surprised by them when/if they happen.
Therefore, this guy's testing method was a failure because he assumed he was testing apples to apples (ac to ac) and he in fact wasn't. So if not for the followup post by someone else, someone being new to UBNT gear might also assume that the tester was testing apples to apples, and would get the wrong impression of UBNT gear.
I'll agree that there was a lot of Scott level assumptions in my previous post.
(that anyone reading my post after reading that other thread would have understood everything in the top of this post). -
For anyone interested in the Asus 1900 at $79 here is a link for the Tmobile version which is the same hardware. You can flash the original firmware without issue.
Tmobile Asus AC1900 - $79
Asus Ac1900 - $144Same hardware, etc.
