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Sorry if this has been asked before, but I am looking for a new wireless router and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or a decent site that had some good reviews.

 

 

Thanks!

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2 minutes ago, Bam said:

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I am looking for a new wireless router and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or a decent site that had some good reviews.

 

 

Thanks!

budget?

 

I can recommend this becuase I have it

http://www.amazon.com/RT-AC66U-Dual-Band-Wireless-AC1750-Gigabit-Router/dp/B008ABOJKS/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1458837381&sr=1-3&keywords=asus+router

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Budget and uses? 

A $250 asus will kick ass with dual bands, high speed, usb3.0s, and 8 ports

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a $50 Linksys will suite a small home

  

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Asus are all right but the firmware is lacking in some features.  

 

Linksys (now Belkin, formerly Cisco) is the worst firmware I've see in a Long time. 

 

Netgear has the best firmware and hardware for the price they offer but the GUI is a bit of a pain to navigate but is still the best.

 

IMO I'd get a R7000. It has the best third party support and does what you need if you don't plan on running 20+ AC clients.

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2 minutes ago, AdamIsaacLang said:

Asus are all right but the firmware is lacking in some features.  

 

Linksys (now Belkin, formerly Cisco) is the worst firmware I've see in a Long time. 

 

Netgear has the best firmware and hardware for the price they offer but the GUI is a bit of a pain to navigate but is still the best.

 

IMO I'd get a R7000. It has the best third party support and does what you need if you don't plan on running 20+ AC clients.

Have you ever used a asus router?

My uncle has the R7000 and I have the RT-AC66U.

The Asus web interface is much cleaner and very powerfull.

It still gets regular updates that add new functionality, like a mobile app to manage the router.

 

It even has stuff like a virtual DNS, network attaged storage/printing, tracert from the router itself, QOS and live network usage graphs.

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The router is for home use, gaming video streaming and general web use.  I don't want to say I don't have a budget, but I am open to cost if I am getting good features and things.  We have 2 story home and basement.

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2 minutes ago, mathijs727 said:

Have you ever used a asus router?

My uncle has the R7000 and I have the RT-AC66U.

The Asus web interface is much cleaner and very powerfull.

It still gets regular updates that add new functionality, like a mobile app to manage the router.

 

It even has stuff like a virtual DNS, network attaged storage/printing, tracert from the router itself, QOS and live network usage graphs.

Just because the GUI is more beautiful does not mean what's happening behind the curtain is in any way better. 

 

The R7000 can route a lot more than a RT-AC66U and has had far fless security bugs than the Asus firmware.

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