Hi guys. I'm currently interested in getting a new router. My current router is the Belkin n750 from a few years back, not the new version.
The Nighthawk R7000 looks cool but it's a bit pricey. The USB 3.0 port would be great for hooking up a hard drive for streaming and it offers FTP. But I do have a 4TB Seagate Central and most of my streaming would be through that. I'm currently going through my collection of NFL broadcasts and TV recordings, making MKVs of them, putting them on the Seagate, and streaming my collection through the Xbox One Media Player which plays MKVs. I really like the Seagate vs the old way I used to stream through my Belkin. I've had no buffering at all since I started using the NAS. When I connect two USB hard drives to the Belkin, only one would show up or I would have other problems.
Anyway, I thought about getting the Archer C7 since it's only $86, but it's not DLNA certified (does this matter?), the USB ports are only 2.0, and it doesn't have beamforming. I read the requirements for beamforming and I have no way to make use of it anyway. I only have a laptop that's a few years old, an Xbox One, 360, Wii U, plus I stream heavily with the Seagate NAS. But the C7 allows you to have your own FTP server, and that's what I'm interested in so others can see/download my files. The remote sharing feature of the Seagate NAS is super slow and useless. A friend tried to download a file and it was going at less than dial up speed.
My other choice would be the Archer C8 AC1750, but I'm not sure I like the design. At $115-$125 it's a possibility... it has USB 3.0, FTP, beamforming. I guess I'd get the Nighthawk R7000 if it wasn't $150-$199.
Any suggestions?
The Nighthawk R7000 looks cool but it's a bit pricey. The USB 3.0 port would be great for hooking up a hard drive for streaming and it offers FTP. But I do have a 4TB Seagate Central and most of my streaming would be through that. I'm currently going through my collection of NFL broadcasts and TV recordings, making MKVs of them, putting them on the Seagate, and streaming my collection through the Xbox One Media Player which plays MKVs. I really like the Seagate vs the old way I used to stream through my Belkin. I've had no buffering at all since I started using the NAS. When I connect two USB hard drives to the Belkin, only one would show up or I would have other problems.
Anyway, I thought about getting the Archer C7 since it's only $86, but it's not DLNA certified (does this matter?), the USB ports are only 2.0, and it doesn't have beamforming. I read the requirements for beamforming and I have no way to make use of it anyway. I only have a laptop that's a few years old, an Xbox One, 360, Wii U, plus I stream heavily with the Seagate NAS. But the C7 allows you to have your own FTP server, and that's what I'm interested in so others can see/download my files. The remote sharing feature of the Seagate NAS is super slow and useless. A friend tried to download a file and it was going at less than dial up speed.
My other choice would be the Archer C8 AC1750, but I'm not sure I like the design. At $115-$125 it's a possibility... it has USB 3.0, FTP, beamforming. I guess I'd get the Nighthawk R7000 if it wasn't $150-$199.
Any suggestions?
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