Which router to choose
I can get a used (about 1.5 years old) D-Link-890L AC3200 for $100 or a brand new Tplink Archer c7 for $90+tax. Which would you choose?
Feb 15th, 2018 9:47 pm
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Feb 15th, 2018 10:44 pm
No, I would still choose the C7
Feb 15th, 2018 11:04 pm
Ok how about a https://www.asus.com/ca-en/Networking/RTAC68U/
Feb 16th, 2018 12:07 am
ASUS makes solid routers if you like stock firmware and don't like to tinker around. You can also load 3rd party firmware on it no problem. I own the RTAC87U and couldn't be more happier with my purchase.DIrty-D wrote: ↑ Ok how about a https://www.asus.com/ca-en/Networking/RTAC68U/
I can get it for the same price, 100 bucks or so used 1 year.
Feb 16th, 2018 4:47 am
No contest. The ASUS RT-AC68U.DIrty-D wrote: ↑ Ok how about a https://www.asus.com/ca-en/Networking/RTAC68U/
I can get it for the same price, 100 bucks or so used 1 year.
Feb 16th, 2018 5:45 am
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Feb 16th, 2018 3:24 pm
This is the route I went about a month ago (Mikrotik 750GR3 and Unifi UAP-AC-LITE) and it's been rock solid. Bit of a learning curve since it's not plug-and-play like the consumer routers, but it's a very flexible and stable platform.
Feb 16th, 2018 3:29 pm
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Feb 27th, 2018 6:58 pm
I disagree. I bought two of these. One has been running since November and the other died in less than two months. The issue I ran into is very common and based on what I know about these now after having wasted hours worth of troubleshooting, I would avoid these and certainly wouldn't recommend them to anyone.SickBeast wrote: ↑ IMO the Asus and Archer routers are hyped to all oblivion on RFD. I have had a very good experience with my D-link 868L router, and it can be had for around $50 at the Source. Check out the reviews. It blows a lot of newer and more expensive routers out of the water.
https://www.thesource.ca/en-ca/computer ... /108043728
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Feb 27th, 2018 7:24 pm
What was the issue you had? Mine has been running flawlessly for many months now. It's completely stable and I've never even had to reboot it.txenglan wrote: ↑ I disagree. I bought two of these. One has been running since November and the other died in less than two months. The issue I ran into is very common and based on what I know about these now after having wasted hours worth of troubleshooting, I would avoid these and certainly wouldn't recommend them to anyone.
Feb 27th, 2018 8:30 pm
Mine had seemingly been running fine as well but I had noticed that it wasn't handling the assignment of my local DNS server IP (pi-hole) to dhcp clients so I manually rebooted it after multiple attempts to correct the issue. It then went into "recovery mode" and refuses to reboot with any firmware I upload to it. It can apparently be fixed with the method mentioned at the following links (the second link is mainly about the 880l but the painful process is still the same) but I can't be bothered to spend more time and money on it: