Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 35792703)

How about THIS then?

It would help if you told us your budget.

Oooops I see you already have.

Originally Posted by Harryn9000 (Post 35792705)

I'm looking at that one or a belkin ac1200 for 28

Originally Posted by adduxi (Post 35792692)

Nice review for such a low cost router, only £79 on Amazon to boot !

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq (Post 35792820)

There's a cheaper version for £50.

Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 35792907)

Personally, I'd go for the C5 and put DD-WRT on it.

The choice is yours though.

Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 35792907)

Personally, I'd go for the C5 and put DD-WRT on it.

The choice is yours though.

Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 35792907)

Personally, I'd go for the C5 and put DD-WRT on it.

The choice is yours though.

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 35793392)

Not worth £40 considering what is on offer for a little more.

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 35793465)

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2015/08/9.gif GET THAT 615 OUT!!!! https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2015/08/10.gif

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 35793525)

http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-wi-fi-router/

http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-cheap-router/

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 35793568)

Out of that lot number 1 and only number 1. Remove 2, 3 & 4. I'll have a look round in a little while.

Originally Posted by General Maximus (Post 35793656)

sure, why not? He isn't going to go for it anyway. Thanks for pointing it out though, it is going to be my new favourite router recommendation for everyone. Can't go wrong with an AC Linksys router for £50.

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet (Post 35793699)

On the higher end just wondering if anyone had thoughts on these three?

Originally Posted by Harryn9000 (Post 35793667)

I'm actually tempted to get it mate it actually what I'm looking for on my budget just depends if it stays around that when I get paid in 2 weeks time

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 35793568)

Out of that lot number 1 and only number 1. Remove 2, 3 & 4. I'll have a look round in a little while.

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet (Post 35793662)

My TP-Link Archer C7 is getting on my nerves as far as WiFi performance goes. I thought a firmware upgrade had resolved the grief, however it appears to simply not deliver.

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 35793736)

not me. I like the fact theres a Linksys head here :cool:

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq (Post 35793750)

I have no problem with Gen or Linksys

Originally Posted by General Maximus (Post 35793728)

D-Link DIR-890L/R AC3200 Ultra Wi-Fi Router - looks like a replicator from Stargate SG1

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2015/08/9.jpg




NETGEAR R8000 Nighthawk X6 Tri-Band WiFi Router - looks like one of the nanobots the Doctor developed in Star Trek Voyager to attack species 8472

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2015/08/10.jpg




ASUS RT-AC3200 Tri-Band Wireless Gigabit Router - looks like the router is trying to assimilate the house with Borg assimilation tubules

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2015/08/11.jpg





I hope so for your sake. I love it when you can get great stuff which doesn't cost an arm and a leg. Everyone loves to take the **** out of me for being a Linksys fan boy but that is because I started out 15 years ago with a Linksys/Cisco router which was great at the time and I never looked back. As technology has moved on over the last 15 years I updated my routers to keep up with the wireless and wan to lan throughput as I have always been on VM's highest tier. I have always had Linksys routers and each one has worked flawlessly and I have never had any dodgy lockups and needed to reboot. I have got a semi-demanding network in the house and I stream an awful lot of stuff between two nas servers and the tvs and we stream a lot of youtube content to the tv downstairs. I have got a networked laser printer in one room, Sky boxes in other rooms where we watch a lot of on demand stuff and that is without all the wireless from the tablets and phones. When you do a lot of stuff which all revolves potentially one device (your main router) then you want something which has great wireless, great performance, great reliability and you know it isn't going to let you down.
Each one of my Linksys routers has ticked those boxes over the years and until they do something to screw it up I'll continue buying Linksys routers out of brand loyalty. I see too many people come on this forum complaining about wireless speed, wireless range, wan to lan throughput, routers locking up and loads of other stuff (way too many dns issues), all of which can and could be avoided if they just brought a decent router.
The EA6300 does about 800mbits want to lan and then you have got ac wireless as well. I think it will be a perfectly solid router for you with ample future proofing.

I have dug out my trusty network diagram so you can see how important it is to have something which you can rely on and that you know is going to work:

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2015/08/12.jpg


I feel like a right spoon, having just looked at my diagram I have noticed that I have got a 6300 myself. It is setup as a switch and wireless access point atm. I bought it last summer because I needed to use it as a print server because the laser printer I had at the time was usb only but it has since been replaced with a proper network printer. Mine was £75 when I bought it in May last year so I think £50 is a very reasonable price for something which is very very good.

Originally Posted by Carlos Carboni (Post 35793802)

I have no brand loyalty... I am curious to hear what problems you have wth the C7.

Originally Posted by General Maximus (Post 35793926)

I don't know whether that was meant for me or Igni but I generally have a phobia about being cheap. You can tell me something is the best thing in the whole world and kicks ass over it's rivals but if you then tell me it is half the price, I won't have it. I am a firm believer in you get what you pay for and I appreciate that everyone has a budget but the way I look at it is that my main router arguably gets used more that anything else in my house so on the rare occasion that it gets replaced, I want it replaced with something very very good which I know is going to work and I know I am not going to have any problems with given how much our lives are going to depend on it (plus all the other reasons I mentioned above).

Originally Posted by General Maximus (Post 35793926)

I don't know whether that was meant for me or Igni but I generally have a phobia about being cheap.

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet (Post 35794014)

My C7's WiFi has never been quite right. Range has always been disappointing, speeds have always been disappointing.

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 35794724)

theres 1 left OP

Originally Posted by Eeeps (Post 35794027)

The only problem I've seen with my v2 C7

Originally Posted by Eeeps (Post 35794027)

Which hardware version do you have Igni? The only problem I've seen with my v2 C7 was on the 5GHz band when placed right next to an active WiiU.

I find the 5Ghz range really quite good and all of our 5Ghz capable devices are now on that band.

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet (Post 35796171)

From the sublime to the ridiculous.

http://www.cnet.com/uk/products/asus-rt-ac5300u-router/

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq (Post 35796331)

Didn't you say you actually wanted something with dual-radio 5Ghz? And that unlike most consumers you'd actually know how/why to use it?

Still, the claim of 1000Mbps on the 2.4Ghz band... Ermm...

... Given most 802.11AC client devices (including top-of-the-range laptops) only go are dual-stream and 866Mbps or less, MU-MIMO is the only way these could be of any benefit and that's notoriously hard to implement correctly.

Originally Posted by Kushan (Post 35796347)

If anyone can do it, Asus can. They've built a decent little reputation for themselves and open-sourcing their firmware is an instant win for me.