Wireless Router Round-Up

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Hardware.Info has posted a wireless router round-up featuring twenty routers from ASUS, Apple, Belkin, D-Link, Buffalo, Linksys and more.

The market for routers is dynamic, and given that it has been a while since we have last published an overview covering the state of affairs surrounding 802.11ac routers on Hardware.Info, it's high time for an update. We've tested 20 different models, including a number of the already third generation 802.11ac routers.
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Read about the constant disconnects with the R7000 under load and you'll feel yourself drift to another router. I've tried 3 and all do the same thing. My R6300 never skips a beat. My next one will the the Apple Extreme. All I want is speed and stable.

The review was more of a feature list, than a review.
 
I'm still rocking a WRT54somethingrather. Does the new stuff have anything better to offer?
 
dceremuga said:
Read about the constant disconnects with the R7000 under load and you'll feel yourself drift to another router. I've tried 3 and all do the same thing. My R6300 never skips a beat. My next one will the the Apple Extreme. All I want is speed and stable.

The review was more of a feature list, than a review.
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I have one and after I flashed the firmware and defaulted the router I haven't had any issues. Maybe I am lucky.
 
My R6300 is rock solid as well. I could have bought the Apple one but USB 2.0 and only three ethernet connections killed it. Definitely recommend the R6300.




dceremuga said:
Read about the constant disconnects with the R7000 under load and you'll feel yourself drift to another router. I've tried 3 and all do the same thing. My R6300 never skips a beat. My next one will the the Apple Extreme. All I want is speed and stable.

The review was more of a feature list, than a review.
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dceremuga said:
Read about the constant disconnects with the R7000 under load and you'll feel yourself drift to another router. I've tried 3 and all do the same thing. My R6300 never skips a beat. My next one will the the Apple Extreme. All I want is speed and stable.

The review was more of a feature list, than a review.
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Was just coming on here to say how much I love my R7000. Push a ton of traffic, super stable. Also, I have always used Tomato or some other hacked firmware and the default firmware on here is actually not bad. Not amazing but not bad either.

For the client side I'm using the Edimax AC1200 and I stream 1080p movies from my computer to my HTPC no problem. I can download at my full 65mbps internet connection. I really can't complain. Also I didn't pay $199. I think I paid like $160 after a Staples coupon.

edit: when I say stream I mean I'm opening a shared folder and then opening the movie. not using plex or some shit software that downscales the movie.
 
jkerr2 said:
I have one and after I flashed the firmware and defaulted the router I haven't had any issues. Maybe I am lucky.
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No problems either. I stream full blu-ray discs (no mkv rips or re-compression) without any issues.
 
dceremuga said:
Read about the constant disconnects with the R7000 under load and you'll feel yourself drift to another router. I've tried 3 and all do the same thing. My R6300 never skips a beat. My next one will the the Apple Extreme. All I want is speed and stable.

The review was more of a feature list, than a review.
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I have one, and it has been absolutely amazing. Flashed it with Kong's firmware and haven't had an issue on it either. This is with an iPad, Nexus 7, tons of phones, and two laptops, Roku 2 XS, and a PS3. Not a single issue on anything.
 
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