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Question

I need a great long distance router that will last.

Feb 18, 2016 10:12PM PST

I currently have 2 routers, ASUS RT-AC87U and a TP-Link Archer C7 V2. The ASUS I bought and 3 months later it started breaking down on me and ASUS would not ROE me a new one on warranty untill I sent the old one back. I explained its for a business and I am using the hard line as it only works and I can't send it back. They said send it back and we will try and fix it and send you a refurbished one in 6 weeks if we can't fix it. I was angered Happy

I replaced it with the TP-Link and that worked great except for the USB 2/3 for 5TB drives. Support was good and sent me a firmware that would fix this but now, 5 months later it keeps dropping offline and cutting out.

I am looking at 2 routers with max distance and max hardware attached LAN and WI-FI. They are D-Link Ultra Performance Series Wireless AC3200 Tri-band Gigabit Router and the Amped Wireless Athena High Power AC2600 Wi-Fi Router RTA2600. I've read good and bad reviews on these. Can anyone give me insight on these OR point me in the direction of a GREAT wifi router that will last longer than 4 months?

Thanx

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There it is. "BUSINESS"
Feb 19, 2016 10:01AM PST

Time to look at business class gear from Cisco, Ubitiqy (spelling?) and such. Your list of gear is for consumers.

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Thanx
Feb 19, 2016 10:19AM PST

Thanx for the quick reply. I will take a look at these. Happy

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PS. I had a C7 now have the C9 HOWEVER
Feb 19, 2016 10:46AM PST

I don't use the USB storage option. I've learned to keep the load light on routers. My move to the C9 was to eek out a little more performance as I now have both 2.4 and 5GHz devices. This gives me a router that isn't stuck with a single core servicing two WiFi radios. It seems much better.

But I would not count on the NAS feature. That has been hit and miss forever it seems so I go with a NAS today. Hope this helps.

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Clear winner
Feb 27, 2016 10:22PM PST

So I decided on the D-Link Ultra Performance Series Wireless AC3200 Tri-band Gigabit Router as per a friends recommendation. After spending $319 I got it home, opened the box and found out it had been opened before and had the "seal or guarantee". Hokked it all up, only using one of my external drive to test it out, 1TB,. All seemed to work great, configured the wifi and then did a speed test from my ISP connected direct at 1GB to my pc. I was unable to connect my D-Link Wi-Fi security cameras to the router, even know the everything is D-Link. I pay for 100Mbps and I tested at 56Mbps and 84Mbps. I was extremely dissapointed,

I connected my laptop and iPad 2 Air to the 5GHZ and barely scraped off 30Mbps. Decided to do a firmware update, as it said there was a new one. Updated the firmware and the router bricked. So it lasted 2.5 hours. Needless to say I was displeased.

Took the router back after reading on the Netgear Nighthawk X6 AC3200 Tri-Band WiFi Router Model R8000 I was sold and purchased this for $370 with a 3 year extended warranty. Got it home, unboxed it, plugged it all in, including my 1TB and 5TB external drives into the USB 2.0/3.0 ports. The router found everything with amazing ease, and the ReadySHARE Vault by Netgear. It found all the external drives and did not have to configure samba or anything like that. All Drives were there, woohoo. I setup the D-Link camera's withing 5 minutes and works like a charm. Now the test comes, I did a speed test from my PC with the 1GB card and pulled a 141.60Mbps download, 41 over what I pay for. from my Acer Laptop connected at 300Mbps to the router I tested 129.97Mbps. Now comes the final test, the iPad Air 2 on the other side of a 5000sq foot house in the basement. I tested it from my ISP and got a 119.86Mbps. The winner by clear knockout is the Netgear Nighthawk X6 AC3200 Tri-Band WiFi Router Model R8000. I didn't care about cost. The dashboard is AMAZING and there is no cons.

Thanx everyone for all the help.