I was looking for an AC router/AP for my apartment, as the 2.4ghz frequency my Asus RT-N16 is restricted to is horribly congested and near useless for anything but a youtube video and light browsing. Most of them seem to be in the ~$150 range, which is about as much as I paid for my last two routers combined. I stumbled upon the Rosewill RNX-AC750RT, and I'm wondering just what differences I'm missing that separates it from something akin to the ASUS RT-AC66U. The only 2 differences I can see is in regards to speed and current firmware capabilities. I see the speed on the RT-AC66U, and I can only assume they're using some sort of channel banding to send across multiple channels. Or is there some new technology that I'm not aware of? I'm not a huge fan of channel banding as it seems like it just increases congestion.
The second difference is the firmware. The rosewill comes with stock firmware, while the ASUS comes with some sort of slightly-homebrewed version of DD-WRT. It looks like the rosewill RNX-AC750RT is a relatively new router, so I can't really discern if it's just too new to have a DD-WRT release or if it's completely incompatible based on the specs. For an AP, I think stock firmware would be fine with me. This thing would sit behind my RT-N16.
I can see 34 wireless signals in my apartment, only 5 of which are on the 5ghz band. I'm assuming anything going over 5ghz would be a huge increase.
The second difference is the firmware. The rosewill comes with stock firmware, while the ASUS comes with some sort of slightly-homebrewed version of DD-WRT. It looks like the rosewill RNX-AC750RT is a relatively new router, so I can't really discern if it's just too new to have a DD-WRT release or if it's completely incompatible based on the specs. For an AP, I think stock firmware would be fine with me. This thing would sit behind my RT-N16.
I can see 34 wireless signals in my apartment, only 5 of which are on the 5ghz band. I'm assuming anything going over 5ghz would be a huge increase.