Looking for a decent AC router

[Lehti]

Hello,

Up to this point, I've been using a cheap WiFi router that's worked fine for the last four years or so, but when I switched to connecting my computers mostly via Ethernet, this little guy started choking under its own FE cap.

I'm looking to buy a new one with the following specifications, preferably under 100$/€:

- NAT loopback

- 4 GbE ports

- WiFi AC 1200+

- A QoS that actually makes sense and doesn't make me want to pluck my every hair with a spoon

- fibre ready

 

I don't care about USB ports or other "quality of life" features.

Can you guys suggest me a good enough option within that budget?

 

EDIT: As @manikyath correctly pointed out, I actually need a modem/router.

Edited October 12, 2016 by Lehti
Added clarification

[manikyath]

Please enlighten me if i'm wrong, but seemingly "fibre ready" means the device has a gigabit WAN port...

 

do they still make routers without gigabit wan port?

[Lehti]

Just now, manikyath said:

Please enlighten me if i'm wrong, but seemingly "fibre ready" means the device has a gigabit WAN port...

 

do they still make routers without gigabit wan port?

In my country the WAN port is replaced with an RJ-9 port.

[manikyath]

2 minutes ago, Lehti said:

In my country the WAN port is replaced with an RJ-9 port.

Here we call that a modem

[Lehti]

Just now, manikyath said:

Here we call that a modem

My bad, I should've made it clearer that I want a router with a built-in modem.

[ERSCreeper]

Rather decent router, a few friends have them: http://www.tp-link.co.za/products/details/cat-15_Archer-D5.html#specifications

[manikyath]

9 minutes ago, Nicholas Marzio said:

Rather decent router, a few friends have them: http://www.tp-link.co.za/products/details/cat-15_Archer-D5.html#specifications

I kinda dislike tp-link, they cut a lot of corners i'd rather not see cut at all, certainly for a premium device.

The lan/wan combo port is probably the most obvious example here.

 

EDIT: i can grammar properly, i swear...

[ERSCreeper]

Just now, manikyath said:

I kinda like tp-link, they cut a lot of corners i'd rather not see cut at all, certainly for a premium device.

The lan/wan combo port is probably the most obvious example here.

Personally I use MikroTik or UBNT so I don't touch "consumer" products but as I said, some friends have them and love them. I do agree it's a little cheeky to use a combo port but their software is good and they have the emulators on their website to test the GUI so pretty decent overall.

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, Nicholas Marzio said:

Personally I use MikroTik or UBNT so I don't touch "consumer" products but as I said, some friends have them and love them. I do agree it's a little cheeky to use a combo port but their software is good and they have the emulators on their website to test the GUI so pretty decent overall.

I'd have been all over it they kept their hands off the LAN ports and went for a fifth WAN/DMZ combo port, like linksys does on some devices.

[m0k]

sorry, dont have much knowledge on modems but a router i have been using for 2 years now is pretty solid, still receives firmware updates too
Netgear R7000 (Nighthawk)