I currently have a Cisco E3000 router. It's been good for a few years now and was the first router I bought that really had good wireless reliability.
Prior to that I had been through probably 4 or 5 cheap routers that "worked," but were flakey on staying connected. This included the Linksys WRT54G that must be the most common thing out there at the time, but even that one was flakey in my house.
I couldn't tell you how long for sure I've had this one but until just recently everything was solid. Now I'm having issues with some devices dropping internet connection. the wireless says its connected but the actual browsing / download freezes or has huge latency. Wired has no issues.
I'm assuming it's just time to upgrade and have been looking at 2 or 3 different ASUS and Netgear devices, all in the $150-200 range. I am NOT sold on any of these, though of them, I was leaning towards the AC66U.
ASUS RT-AC68U
Netgear Nighthawk AC1900
ASUS RT-AC66U
Those are the current new models that include the AC standard. Right now I have no need for AC and no devices that would take advantage of it. Since I'm spending the money I typically buy the latest tech (because other devices eventually get upgraded) unless the cost is prohibitive, and there doesn't seem to be any break on the previous gen models. So for roughly equivalent money, this is where I was headed.
Now what really IS important to me is range and connection reliability, then speed after that. I will sacrifice AC to get better reliability for N immediately. If the a/b/g/n devices are more reliable, than I would easily go with one of them and there are plenty out there, to many to bother listing here.
So now the question is what router offers the best consistent connection and speed. The furthest reach is about 55 or 60 ft, but that is only the far end of the room over the garage. Everything else is < 40 ft and usually closer. All of my streaming is wired right now, but it would be nice to be able to stream wireless to a couple additional rooms. I'm still not convinced this can be reliably done in an uncompressed HD format, but if so it would save me eventually wiring two more rooms. Maybe AC will but no streamers support it yet at the other end.
So looking for thoughts, experience, and knowledge that could help guide me. I
Thanks in advance.
Prior to that I had been through probably 4 or 5 cheap routers that "worked," but were flakey on staying connected. This included the Linksys WRT54G that must be the most common thing out there at the time, but even that one was flakey in my house.
I couldn't tell you how long for sure I've had this one but until just recently everything was solid. Now I'm having issues with some devices dropping internet connection. the wireless says its connected but the actual browsing / download freezes or has huge latency. Wired has no issues.
I'm assuming it's just time to upgrade and have been looking at 2 or 3 different ASUS and Netgear devices, all in the $150-200 range. I am NOT sold on any of these, though of them, I was leaning towards the AC66U.
ASUS RT-AC68U
Netgear Nighthawk AC1900
ASUS RT-AC66U
Those are the current new models that include the AC standard. Right now I have no need for AC and no devices that would take advantage of it. Since I'm spending the money I typically buy the latest tech (because other devices eventually get upgraded) unless the cost is prohibitive, and there doesn't seem to be any break on the previous gen models. So for roughly equivalent money, this is where I was headed.
Now what really IS important to me is range and connection reliability, then speed after that. I will sacrifice AC to get better reliability for N immediately. If the a/b/g/n devices are more reliable, than I would easily go with one of them and there are plenty out there, to many to bother listing here.
So now the question is what router offers the best consistent connection and speed. The furthest reach is about 55 or 60 ft, but that is only the far end of the room over the garage. Everything else is < 40 ft and usually closer. All of my streaming is wired right now, but it would be nice to be able to stream wireless to a couple additional rooms. I'm still not convinced this can be reliably done in an uncompressed HD format, but if so it would save me eventually wiring two more rooms. Maybe AC will but no streamers support it yet at the other end.
So looking for thoughts, experience, and knowledge that could help guide me. I
Thanks in advance.
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