Best router?

[geforceftw]

Whats the best AC router?  and whats the best one for around $100?

[Hans Christian | Teri]

The router for a home setup that I have had (and is still having) the absolute best experience with is the Apple Airport Extreme (the older flat one). For $100 I'd get a used Linksys / Cisco router, personally I'm a big fan of the WRT54G, they are super cheap and rock solid, they are starting to get outdated though.

[AndrewReaganM]

Well the best AC: https://meraki.cisco.com/products/wireless/mr34 ($1500)

 

Jokes aside:

 

The best one for under $100 is an old PC running PFSense with an access point like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833168091.

 

But:

 

My favorite "all-in-one" router is this random refurbished Cisco E2500. This ran for an entire semester in my sister's dorm only restarting it once (and the only reason she restarted it was because she thought it had been running for too long without a restart). This semester four college girls have had all of their devices on it (laptop, phone, ipad, Roku, printers). Can you imagine the hell that thing is going through? I'll ask her how it has been going and report back if I can remember.

 

Just my $0.02.

 

-Andrew