I haev a 30 dollar credit to spend at tiger direct and i am at a loss on what i want to buy. I was thinking of getting a new wireless AC router but don't know what is good. I am currently looking at smallnetbuilders.com since they are highly reputable. I was wondering if anyone on here had also read through all of their site and can point me in the right direction. The last router i bought was the N600/WNDR2700 if i recall. It was the best at the time and i got bad ones both times lol. Still limping by with a glitchy router. Tried Netgear support but gave up after they forwarded me some BS do this even though i already did that blah blah stuff so i gave up. I hate RMA stuff what can i say.
EDIT: i roll on caring about solid performance...as in it isn't glitchy and has long life. Also range. Speed is meh to me. Range is crucial with it actually working for more than 3 months before becoming glitchy.
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HopelesslyFaithful Notebook Virtuoso
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Gandalf_The_Grey Notebook Evangelist
Maybe the TP-LINK Archer C7 would be an option?
http://forum.notebookreview.com/net...2-11ac-router-recommendation-fall-2013-a.html
TP-LINK Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Reviewed - SmallNetBuilder
TP-LINK Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Gigabit Router IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, 2.4GHz - 5.0GHz, 1.75Gbps at TigerDirect.comHopelesslyFaithful likes this. -
Do you need range over 2.4ghz or 5ghz? 5ghz range on most router seem to be more or the less the same. ASUS have the lead for 2.4ghz though.
ac router don't really improve "Range" , so you probably want to consider dumping 100+ on a router is worth while.
I think the most recommended ac router now would be netgear r7000 night hawk, for the pretty good usb 3.0 performance. asus n66u(non ac) for the good 2.4ghz performance.HopelesslyFaithful likes this. -
HopelesslyFaithful Notebook Virtuoso
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AC won't improve range at all compared to n so if it's your primary concern why not stick with a High Powered n router which would be both cheaper and offer better range? Check out something like Buffalo HP routers.
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HopelesslyFaithful Notebook Virtuoso
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The thing is there's no AC on 2.4GHz band. 802.11AC standard is "normal" 802.11n on 2.4GHz and AC up to 1300mbps on 5GHz band (hence 1750mbps class routers are really 1300+450)
If you are after primary after range (and it certainly looks like it from this thread) you would be looking at 2.4GHz band anyway.
5GHz fades quicker with range as the higher the frequency the lower the practical range (due to signal fading while penetrating through obstacles).
If we agree that you are looking at 2.4GHz band than you would be using 802.11n anyway- so you might as well buy a cheaper HP 802.11n router and spend less money to get better results.
If you actually need 5GHz throughput for some reason (like I do) that is an entirely different matter, but at this point it doesn't look like this especially that you have stated that "Speed is meh to me" in your first post. -
HopelesslyFaithful Notebook Virtuoso
Wireless AC router and smallnetbuilders.com
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by HopelesslyFaithful, Dec 29, 2013.