Wanna Buy a new Access Point: Netgear EX7000 or Others?

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cherry_hinz

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Hi there.
I have a Netgear R7000 as my home's router.
I now want to have an additional Access Point in my room, to connect to devices via Ethernet LAN / AC Wifi.
Some people tell me this: Get networking products in same brand. It's the best practice. (I'm not sure if this is true). So, another Netgear AP?
I'll connect it to my R7000 via Cat.6 Ethernet cable (already installed in walls)
I'm a bit undecided: Netgear EX7000, or others (e.g. Asus AC68U, AP mode)?
Please help me out.

My home's network setup
(Here, "=====" means Cat.6 Ethernet Cable Connection)
Modem(1000M fibre-to-home broadband) ===== Netgear R7000 (Router) ===== to-be-bought Wifi Access Point (in my room)

My requirements for the AP: (1 is most important, 2 is secondary, and so on)
1) The fastest possible Ethernet LAN, because I'll connect my Desktop PC to this AP via Cat.6 Ethernet cable to get the most out of 1000M Broadband.
2) Good Wifi ability. AC Wifi is a must (I'll have <5 Wifi devices connected to this AP, not too many)
3) Can stand up, put in an erected position.
4) Good price-performance ratio
5) Reliable

Any thoughts? Thanks!
 
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There is no reason to paying the extra expense in getting a so called "range extender" if you are not going to use the features. This is also true of actual AP like the ones you get from say ubiquiti. Most true AP are designed to run on PoE and most only have a single ethernet port.

Pretty much buy a inexpensive router. You do not want to pay for extra fancy features on the router like firewalls or vpn because you will not be able to use them when you run it as a AP. Even if the router does not have a actual AP feature you can run any router as a AP.

Wired performance will be the same on even the cheapest device you can find that has gigabit ports. The lan ports on a router are just a small switch it really is no different...
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There is no reason to paying the extra expense in getting a so called "range extender" if you are not going to use the features. This is also true of actual AP like the ones you get from say ubiquiti. Most true AP are designed to run on PoE and most only have a single ethernet port.

Pretty much buy a inexpensive router. You do not want to pay for extra fancy features on the router like firewalls or vpn because you will not be able to use them when you run it as a AP. Even if the router does not have a actual AP feature you can run any router as a AP.

Wired performance will be the same on even the cheapest device you can find that has gigabit ports. The lan ports on a router are just a small switch it really is no different than if you bought a $20 switch and then plugged a 1 port router into it.

 
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