What router are you using at home?
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@RojoLoco said in What router are you using at home?:
@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
@RojoLoco said in What router are you using at home?:
@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
I make slow decisions, but I went with the Asus AC1900
https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/RTAC68U/
I should get it in the mail by the end of this week or early next week.
I've got a non-AC version of the ASUS router. It has been perfectly stable.
Are you running Merlin?
Nope, dead stock.
So merlin is a fork from stock firmware. It just adds features to the stock firmware and even uses the same config file. So, in other words, you can change firmware from merlin to stock on the fly and nobody would be the wiser.
It also offers some performance updates and is updated more frequently than Asus stock firmware.
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@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
@RojoLoco said in What router are you using at home?:
@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
@RojoLoco said in What router are you using at home?:
@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
I make slow decisions, but I went with the Asus AC1900
https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/RTAC68U/
I should get it in the mail by the end of this week or early next week.
I've got a non-AC version of the ASUS router. It has been perfectly stable.
Are you running Merlin?
Nope, dead stock.
So merlin is a fork from stock firmware. It just adds features to the stock firmware and even uses the same config file. So, in other words, you can change firmware from merlin to stock on the fly and nobody would be the wiser.
It also offers some performance updates and is updated more frequently than Asus stock firmware.
I knew it was alternative FW, but I didn't realize it was closely related to the stock FW. Gotta check that out.
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@RojoLoco said in What router are you using at home?:
@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
@RojoLoco said in What router are you using at home?:
@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
@RojoLoco said in What router are you using at home?:
@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
I make slow decisions, but I went with the Asus AC1900
https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/RTAC68U/
I should get it in the mail by the end of this week or early next week.
I've got a non-AC version of the ASUS router. It has been perfectly stable.
Are you running Merlin?
Nope, dead stock.
So merlin is a fork from stock firmware. It just adds features to the stock firmware and even uses the same config file. So, in other words, you can change firmware from merlin to stock on the fly and nobody would be the wiser.
It also offers some performance updates and is updated more frequently than Asus stock firmware.
I knew it was alternative FW, but I didn't realize it was closely related to the stock FW. Gotta check that out.
Here's a good read and a table for anyone too lazy to click links.
https://www.rickygao.com.au/blog//tuning-the-asus-wireless-router-to-best-performance/
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Just curious, why choose an Asus router?
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@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
Just curious, why choose an Asus router?
I had one before. They aren't bad.
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@stacksofplates said in What router are you using at home?:
@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
Just curious, why choose an Asus router?
I had one before. They aren't bad.
What's an Asus who had some major flaw last year with their firewalls?
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@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
@stacksofplates said in What router are you using at home?:
@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
Just curious, why choose an Asus router?
I had one before. They aren't bad.
What's an Asus who had some major flaw last year with their firewalls?
Ah maybe. Before Ubiquiti, I always put dd-wrt on everything so I didn't use their firmware.
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@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
Just curious, why choose an Asus router?
https://www.cnet.com/products/asus-rt-ac68u-dual-band-wireless-ac1900-gigabit-router/
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@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
Just curious, why choose an Asus router?
https://www.cnet.com/products/asus-rt-ac68u-dual-band-wireless-ac1900-gigabit-router/
And, this means what? That CNET was paid pretty good to do a review?
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@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
@Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:
Just curious, why choose an Asus router?
https://www.cnet.com/products/asus-rt-ac68u-dual-band-wireless-ac1900-gigabit-router/
And, this means what? That CNET was paid pretty good to do a review?
4.3 stars out of over 3,200 reviews.
https://www.amazon.com/Dual-band-Wireless-AC1900-Gigabit-Router-RT-AC68U/dp/B00FB45SI4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494423936&sr=8-1&keywords=asus+ac1900My point is that Asus routers are well known for their performance vs other consumer grade products including linksys.
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@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
My point is that Asus routers are well known for their performance vs other consumer grade products including linksys.
But why compare to that category? Linksys I've always found to be pretty bad, being good in comparison isn't a selling point.
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@scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:
@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
My point is that Asus routers are well known for their performance vs other consumer grade products including linksys.
But why compare to that category? Linksys I've always found to be pretty bad, being good in comparison isn't a selling point.
Because the price point matches that category well.
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@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
@scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:
@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
My point is that Asus routers are well known for their performance vs other consumer grade products including linksys.
But why compare to that category? Linksys I've always found to be pretty bad, being good in comparison isn't a selling point.
Because the price point matches that category well.
I don't see how that is relevant. Why not compare quality in general, not "only quality compared to a bad category?" What does "price point matching" mean, especially in a market where consume and commercial overlap.
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@nadnerB said in What router are you using at home?:
I am replacing my Netgear DGN2000 which replaced a Netgear DGN 3700 which replaced the previously mentioned DGN2000 with a TP-Link VR600 (propaganda page: http://www.tp-link.com.au/products/details/cat-15_Archer-VR600.html)
I actively chose not to purchase an ASUS router due to their swiss cheese approach to security (landed them in hot water earlier this year).
Hopefully, I'll remember to post a review of the new thing after I set it up tonight.
While I remember, I sent the TP-Link back because it was dropping out (LAN & WLAN).
I bought a Netgear D6220. That was faulty too. LAN settings wouldn't stick, config file was corrupt when saving, and while more of an annoyance than a fault it needed rebooting after most setting changes. Also, the Antennas are not removable on that model.
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@scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:
@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
@scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:
@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
My point is that Asus routers are well known for their performance vs other consumer grade products including linksys.
But why compare to that category? Linksys I've always found to be pretty bad, being good in comparison isn't a selling point.
Because the price point matches that category well.
I don't see how that is relevant. Why not compare quality in general, not "only quality compared to a bad category?" What does "price point matching" mean, especially in a market where consume and commercial overlap.
It is an all in one networking device with enterprise features and performance very similar to Ubiquiti.
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@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
I make slow decisions, but I went with the Asus AC1900
https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/RTAC68U/
I should get it in the mail by the end of this week or early next week.
So, the light up logo is a key selling point... lol
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@nadnerB said in What router are you using at home?:
@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
I make slow decisions, but I went with the Asus AC1900
https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/RTAC68U/
I should get it in the mail by the end of this week or early next week.
So, the light up logo is a key selling point... lol
duh
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Asus AC1900 vs Ubiquiti AC-Lite
https://community.ubnt.com/t5/UniFi-Wireless/Performance-Asus-AC1900-vs-Unifi-AC-Lite/td-p/1657284
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@nadnerB said in What router are you using at home?:
@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
I make slow decisions, but I went with the Asus AC1900
https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/RTAC68U/
I should get it in the mail by the end of this week or early next week.
So, the light up logo is a key selling point... lol
Well, I was thinking that that was kind of cool. I'm an Asus guy and have all Asus laptops (three) and some other stuff so it's kind of neat
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@IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:
AC1900
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/shop/dd-wrt-routers
BestBuy knows what ddwrt is apparently
