looking for a very reliable new router

I've spent a lot of time researching new routers, and have found several
which have very high performance ratings, particularly with regard to
wireless performance.

My network has very few wireless devices, but does have approximately 40
wired ethernet devices. In the past, I have found some routers do a poor
job of managing DHCP leases and assignments for such a relatively large
number of devices.

Most important, I have been distressed in my purchase of several routers
recently that so many of them are poorly built and unreliable.

I purchased four routers over the last six months, two from TP Link, two
from Netgear, and each of them developed intermittent problems.

The major reliability issues were sudden disappearance of wireless radios,
LAN ports on the router failing, and rebooting with no warning. I have also
seen other connectivity issues requiring frequent manualreboots.

Looking at Amazon customer reviews for some routers which are highly rated,
such as the Netgear Nighthawk and other comparably priced and highly rated
models, I discovered that all the consumer brands (Netgear, Linksys/Cisco,
D-Link),
despite selling thousands of routers, each have hundreds of users
complaining of the same issues I encountered. These very same highly rated
Nighthawk and other $200 plus routers are filled with consumer reviews
warning "Do NOT buy this brand".

Although I have been tempted to purchase an Airport Extreme router from
Apple, based on favorable consumer comments, I am totally turned off by
their lack of a web configuration interface. I do not want to own a
networking device which relies on custom utility programs provided by the
manufacturer which may or may not work with operating system updates,
Linux, etc.

Does anybody have any specific recommendations for a really solid router?
Dual band Wi-Fi, "AC" or "N" would be fine. I would not object to spending
more money for an enterprise class device if it brought me excellent
stability and reliability.

Thank you for any suggestions and opinions.

 

Den 15-10-2015 kl. 05:01 skrev Smarty:

See if any of the routers you have now, can run DD-Wrt firmware and get
a high-priced router for nothing ;-)

Check you routers in the database at;

http://http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database

Kindly
Mcwm

 

Thank you for your reply. I ran DD-WRT in a Linksys router and it added
many features. This router eventually broke.

The newer routers seem to have many hardware problems, especially in the
wireless radios. I am wondering if the DD-WRT firmware will improve / fix
these issues.

Thank you for your help.

 

Any router experts on this forum???

 

If you're looking for the perfect router, the one that absolutely no one has
ever had a problem with and everyone loves, well it doesn't exist.

You're already using Amazon reviews, which is fine, but I'd also head over
to http://www.smallnetbuilder.com and see what they have to say. Lots of
info about routers over there, including most reliable, fastest, most
expensive, etc.

 

Thanks for your reply and very helpful link.

Never expecting anything 'perfect' but presuming something above consumer
grade for enterprise use must exist. The current crop of DLink, Netgear,
Linksys/Cisco, TP-Link, Belkin, Trendnet, each of them have literally
HUNDREDS of warninga to "beware", "never again", etc. The common complaint
is failure within a year or less, often beyond warranty, combined with poor
customer support to replace / repair / RMA them.

The Apple Airport Extreme gets noticeably better scores and reviews but
lacks things like UPnP, web browser based management, QoS, etc., for me
deal-breakers.

My research subsequent to my original post did find 4 other brands never
promoted to consumers which, although a bit more pricey, seem a lot closer
to what I am seeking.

Thanks again for assisting me.

 

If you're looking for enterprise grade, I'd stick with Cisco. There may be a
large and steep learning curve if you aren't already familiar with their CLI
interface, but they tend to work well.

Just last week I checked the uptime of a customer's Cisco switches and they
hadn't been rebooted for 5 years 22 weeks.

 

Thank you ! What an incredible uptime!

I came accross this brand and model in my research and was blown away by
its low cost and very exceptional rating. Other models from this same
manufacturer get very high praise also, including a WiFi 802.11.b.g.n.
Model which sells for $30 more.

Any thoughts on this unfamiliar (to me) brand "Ubiquiti"? Thanks again !!

http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Edge...id=1446261240&sr=1-1&keywords=Ubiquiti+router

 

Ubiquiti is one of the best. More info at their home site www.ubnt.com.

 

Thanks again !