Hey users. Does anyone have a gigabit router they like? I have an ASUS rt-ac68u that more or less works as well as the pace wifi router I'm renting as a wifi / dhcp server except that it suffers from low wired ethernet speed (weird, but a problem other people have reported with this model - 400 or so Mbps on wired ethernet from the router, but 1000 from the pace unit, or hooked directly to the fiber modem thing).
I'd like to get my own router in part because the rental fees on the pace are high enough that it's economical to do this (I mean, at $9.50 a month over even a 12 month lifecycle, I can get a fancy router and save money), and in part because I like having better control over my home network (the pace interface leaves a bit to be desired - for example, I want to hook a USB drive up as a network share, and I might want to set up a VPN interface on the router for certain quadrennial sporting events when appearing to be not in the USA is propitious for streaming coverage).
I'm also a pretty technically-minded person, so I'm happy doing my own configuration and stuff. The fiber service is really straightforward, and I'm not looking to replace the fiber endpoint, just the pace router.
as fiber customers we have this problem that a lot of other people don't seem to have (really high bandwidth and low latency that we want to preserve inside the home network), so I'm wondering what experience people have had with different brands. I've been eying the tp-link archer and the nighthawk routers, but I also don't want to over-pay for a fancy looking enclosure, and honestly don't need gigabit wifi speed, as my bandwidth-critical devices (streaming media server on the TV, primary computer) are all on the wired network. So any feedback about routers you're happy with is welcome.
I'd like to get my own router in part because the rental fees on the pace are high enough that it's economical to do this (I mean, at $9.50 a month over even a 12 month lifecycle, I can get a fancy router and save money), and in part because I like having better control over my home network (the pace interface leaves a bit to be desired - for example, I want to hook a USB drive up as a network share, and I might want to set up a VPN interface on the router for certain quadrennial sporting events when appearing to be not in the USA is propitious for streaming coverage).
I'm also a pretty technically-minded person, so I'm happy doing my own configuration and stuff. The fiber service is really straightforward, and I'm not looking to replace the fiber endpoint, just the pace router.
as fiber customers we have this problem that a lot of other people don't seem to have (really high bandwidth and low latency that we want to preserve inside the home network), so I'm wondering what experience people have had with different brands. I've been eying the tp-link archer and the nighthawk routers, but I also don't want to over-pay for a fancy looking enclosure, and honestly don't need gigabit wifi speed, as my bandwidth-critical devices (streaming media server on the TV, primary computer) are all on the wired network. So any feedback about routers you're happy with is welcome.
