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It is very difficult to know which routers are the most recent ones, if you are a relative newbie like me. So, I am looking for a recent wifi router, best brand, less than $200 that can also take DD-WRT software flashing and then a VPN on top. From what I know so far it should be dual band, up to 1000mbit speed (I have an excellent fast connection). Can anyone help point me to a router that would fit these criteria?
 
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Most the newest routers are manufactures adding more antenna and radio chips. For many people this does nothing because the end devices they own can not effectively use them

It to a point depends why you want dd-wrt. If you are going to use many of the advanced features this means the CPU speed and memory are important.

Asus tends to have the largest selection of routers that support dd-wrt. Tplink has large lists also.

I would recommend RT-AC56U. It costs about $100 but sometimes there are rebates or sales that you can get it even better. This router has a lot of memory and pretty good cpu power. It is only ac1200 but that tends to match most end device abilities. You do not need support for 3x3 or 4x4 mimo unless your...
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Most the newest routers are manufactures adding more antenna and radio chips. For many people this does nothing because the end devices they own can not effectively use them

It to a point depends why you want dd-wrt. If you are going to use many of the advanced features this means the CPU speed and memory are important.

Asus tends to have the largest selection of routers that support dd-wrt. Tplink has large lists also.

I would recommend RT-AC56U. It costs about $100 but sometimes there are rebates or sales that you can get it even better. This router has a lot of memory and pretty good cpu power. It is only ac1200 but that tends to match most end device abilities. You do not need support for 3x3 or 4x4 mimo unless your end devices can support it.

This is the list of dd-wrt supported routers

https://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices
 
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