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Best AC Router <$200

sterlingr
By sterlingr
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Hey!

 

Looking for suggestions on the best wireless AC router under $200. Priorities are reliability (as I'll be moving out in under a year and this will be left in my parent's house), range (Decent sized house), and speed. 

Any suggestions on good quality routers would be great!

 

(More background info, I'm replacing my AT&T router that is pretty bad, and have a home NAS that all our computers back up to. Right now speeds max out at about 12mbps to the NAS as the router is slowww, doesn't even support N I don't think)

 

Thanks!

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TP-Link Archer C7. Has great signal. Has 2x USB for NAS-like behavior. Easy to use software. And it looks good.

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a standalone router and wireless ap will be much more powerful. i recommend something like an ubiquiti edgerouter x and ap, though from what ive heard the interface is a bit confusing

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1139738-REG/ubiquiti_networks_er_x_edgerouter_x_5_port_single.html

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1189144-REG/ubiquiti_networks_uap_ac_lr_us_802_11ac_long_range.html

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