Do reliable routers exist ?

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I bought dozens from pretty much all brand and they all sucked (range, reliability, had to reboot them, etc.)... I don't care the price, I wan't a reliable fucking router !!!
 
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Most cisco router you will need to buy a router and a AP separate. I would use AP form ubiquiti which is much cheaper than cisco and likely as stable and much simpler to configure. They are designed for smaller business that can't afford Cisco. If you decide to go cisco you are best staying away from the ones that are designed to use their controllers.

For routers I would look at 2821 and since they are end of life you can get them for less than $200. The current routers are 2911 that will be similar capacity wise but tend to be kinda expensive since they are still close to $1000 used. You might also look at 1941.

Still it will be quite a learning curve if you have never used a commercial router. They have so many feature...
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To a point you get what you pay for. The larger name brands tend to have much better support which is why they cost more many times. If you are constantly killing routers buy a UPS.

There is a reason a company pay huge money for cisco or juniper commercial routers. Pretty much once you get them installed on a stable code level they will run for years. We have a couple that are close to 4 years without a reboot. Commercial devices are designed to never be down with the ability to even replace power supplies....and even on commercial routers pretty much the only thing that fails are power supplies or fans.

I would spend you money on a UPS first and be sure you have the latest firmware on your router. If you still want to spend your money there are lots of used cisco routers on ebay. A couple year old router will have come down a lot in price from what they cost new
 
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Tried it. I didn't keep it enough to test its reliability, but this thing has no more range than my 30$ Netgear and most of its options are pretty much useless for me and doesn't justify paying that much.

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This is the kind of solution I'm looking for... I want industrial grade stuff. Could you give me some Cisco model no. I could look for ?

Thank you !
 
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May be, but I'm speaking for the last 10 years or so, having tried around 25-26 different routers from pretty much all brands. Seriously, they all sucked and this seem to be some kind of consumerism scheme where people always buy new routers. Based on my personal entourage, most people don't realize that their router sucks and this is why they don't complain like I do. They end up rebooting it or having bad performance in Wifi all the time, then buying a new router each 2 years.

I paid 2000$ in 2006 for a computer that is still running perfectly fine right now, running on the same power source and build with Intel parts. Why there's no real router alternative built with real high-quality processors ? Don't tell me to dedicate a PC tower to being a router, I obviously though about it, but my router need to be placed in the living room for maximum range and have a good looking appearance.

I'm kind of depressed about the state of this sheep-like industry...
 
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Most cisco router you will need to buy a router and a AP separate. I would use AP form ubiquiti which is much cheaper than cisco and likely as stable and much simpler to configure. They are designed for smaller business that can't afford Cisco. If you decide to go cisco you are best staying away from the ones that are designed to use their controllers.

For routers I would look at 2821 and since they are end of life you can get them for less than $200. The current routers are 2911 that will be similar capacity wise but tend to be kinda expensive since they are still close to $1000 used. You might also look at 1941.

Still it will be quite a learning curve if you have never used a commercial router. They have so many feature that a home user does not need it tends to be hard to get started because you don't know what you can ignore
 
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