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Recommend A Router

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I'm never had a home Internet connection.

I've always lived off my Mobile and contorted and beat it do do things it's not supposed to. My AT&T or T-Mobile monthly data use-age has averaged at the 40GB mark depending on the platform for the last decade or so, failing EDGE or HSPA, for large transfers, I've always taken advantage of public WiFi.

It seem still seems crazy to me to pay for two Internet bills. However. It's 2015, living situations change and at, 37, I'm an old man.

What would you guys recommend for a robust, reliable open source router in the AC class? I want to run a VPN through it, given any particular day I distribution hop like a prostitute, torrent mildly and bonus points for Mesh capability.

I'm happy to look at whatever you guys recommend and at whatever price point since this will be my one purchase for a considerable amount of time.

Thoughts?
 
Asus AC66R/U with Merlin WRT firmware.

Most of the new DD-WRT builds have been garbage, especially for Broadcom chipped routers (Netgear R6/7000 series and such)
 
If you don't mind stock firmware, the TP-Link Archer C8/C9 are good WiFi routers. Very stable, no problems connecting various iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets.
I replaced some Linksys AC routers with Archers.
 
The only decent option you have is the TP-Link Archer C5 or C7-series which both have good OpenWRT support. The Asus routers are NOT open source and use binary blobs and whatnot.
//Danne
 
diizzy said:
The only decent option you have is the TP-Link Archer C5 or C7-series which both have good OpenWRT support. The Asus routers are NOT open source and use binary blobs and whatnot.
//Danne
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Yeah. The more research I do the more I may have to bend my open source criteria. If I relax that component from the equation and have the router flashable?

What should I look at? Any great difference in brandage between these commercial router companies?
 
bmstrong said:
Yeah. The more research I do the more I may have to bend my open source criteria. If I relax that component from the equation and have the router flashable?

What should I look at? Any great difference in brandage between these commercial router companies?
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I've got both routers mentioned.

The Asus I use at my house and have multiple computers and devices connected with out really any struggle.

The TP LINK C6 I picked up for my girlfriends house and have just as good performance as the Asus.

I've been a long term TP LINK customer.

For about 10 years now I've used their routers on a regular basis and upgrade every 2-4 years depending on issues occurring.

The biggest complaint I have with TP Link is every so often devices tend to disconnect. Less often now that I've used the C6 for the past couple months, but it still happens once every two weeks or so. Usually I don't need to reboot the router. But under extreme load times, the c6 is an absolute beast.

My girlfriends house can stream Netflix in HD all through the house on 3 devices ,plus cell phone, tablets and laptops connected and I'm still able to have a decent wireless gaming experience.

Considering her direct internet speed is around 65 megabits down and about 8 up, we haven't seen any real issues yet.

The range is pretty good I must say too.

TP Link is such an under rated company. Sure they've got problems, but they are usually more affordable and offer a ton of options with their products.
 
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I'll give a nod for the Archer C7. A few weeks so I needed a new router and based on what I read here (thanks diizzy), and a nice sale, I went ahead and got a TP-Link C7 v2. So far I have to say it's been rock steady under heavy loads, good range, simple setup too. Haven't tried OpenWRT yet, but will when time permits.
 
Yes, grab the Archer C5 or C7 v2 they're good routers overall.
//Danne
 
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