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I'll be moving into an apartment in a few days, and need to buy a new router. I've got a budget of around $75 USD, and I'd like to get something Dual-Band AC. But, if I had to settle for Dual-Band N or Single-Band AC I could live with it. I'll either go in store at Best Buy after work, or order the router on Amazon. Please give me any suggestions for a nice quality router or brands you think I should avoid.

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4 minutes ago, Zelement said:

I'll be moving into an apartment in a few days, and need to buy a new router. I've got a budget of around $75 USD, and I'd like to get something Dual-Band AC. But, if I had to settle for Dual-Band N or Single-Band AC I could live with it. I'll either go in store at Best Buy after work, or order the router on Amazon. Please give me any suggestions for a nice quality router or brands you think I should avoid.

https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Gigabit-Wireless-Archer-C1200/dp/B01IUDUJE0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1476963517&sr=8-2&keywords=router

I guess.

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16 minutes ago, Zelement said:

Do you have any experiences with TP-Link routers? I was looking at a few of them, but I was hesitant as I've never used one. Reputable? Good quality? 

Fine as far as I can tell. The one I'm using now seems fine.

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Fair enough. Anyone have other suggestions? I'd like to have a few tips to go off of before I pull the trigger on any certain one.

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1 hour ago, Zelement said:

I'll be moving into an apartment in a few days, and need to buy a new router. I've got a budget of around $75 USD, and I'd like to get something Dual-Band AC. But, if I had to settle for Dual-Band N or Single-Band AC I could live with it. I'll either go in store at Best Buy after work, or order the router on Amazon. Please give me any suggestions for a nice quality router or brands you think I should avoid.

Do you just need a router? or is it a modem/router you need?  Just asking as some people think a modem/router is just a router.

Please quote my post, or put @paddy-stone if you want me to respond to you.

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I only need a router. The ISP that I'll have in my new place provides a mandatory modem.

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3 hours ago, Zelement said:

I'll be moving into an apartment in a few days, and need to buy a new router. I've got a budget of around $75 USD, and I'd like to get something Dual-Band AC. But, if I had to settle for Dual-Band N or Single-Band AC I could live with it. I'll either go in store at Best Buy after work, or order the router on Amazon. Please give me any suggestions for a nice quality router or brands you think I should avoid.

AC standard works only on 5 GHz band, N standard can used on both 2.4 and 5 GHz. There is no dual-band AC, there are dual-band routers and dual-band devices (capable of connecting to networks on both bands).

 

I use ASUS router myself, works just fine. TP-Link ones have been quite okay as well. Netgear is another brand, that is recommended by people. Can't remember more by heart at this moment.

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1 hour ago, jj9987 said:

AC standard works only on 5 GHz band, N standard can used on both 2.4 and 5 GHz. There is no dual-band AC, there are dual-band routers and dual-band devices (capable of connecting to networks on both bands).

 

I use ASUS router myself, works just fine. TP-Link ones have been quite okay as well. Netgear is another brand, that is recommended by people. Can't remember more by heart at this moment.

No dual-band AC, what is this? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BUSDVBQ/ref=psdc_300189_t1_B00JZFG6QS

 

"1.75Gbps total available bandwith, which includes 450Mbps at 2.4GHz and 1300Mbps at 5GHz"

 

Does it use only AC for the 5GHz band and N for the 2.4GHz or something?

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3 hours ago, Zelement said:

No dual-band AC, what is this? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BUSDVBQ/ref=psdc_300189_t1_B00JZFG6QS

 

"1.75Gbps total available bandwith, which includes 450Mbps at 2.4GHz and 1300Mbps at 5GHz"

 

Does it use only AC for the 5GHz band and N for the 2.4GHz or something?

As I said before. If a router is dual-band, it means it can work on both 2.4 and 5 GHz frequencies, but it does not say which exact standards it can use.

802.11ac standard can only be used on 5 GHz band. However 802.11n standard can be used on both bands.

 

Regarding speeds:

802.11g - 54 Mbps (2.4GHz)

802.11n - 600 Mbps (2.4GHz and 5 GHz). 150Mbps is typical for many network adapters while you can get 300Mbps, 450Mbps, and even up to 600Mbps speeds for some routers with channel bonding.

802.11ac - 1300+Mbps (5 GHz). This is the newer standard that uses wider channels, QAM and spatial streams to get higher throughput.

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