Can you reccomend a good wireless router that does open VPN and has great range?

[BirdDad]

And does wireless AC as well as .N for many users at once? I am looking to replace some Amped wireless routers and APs, I am thoroughly discussted with them and was sold on the 800mW idea when I bought them. I have a large house and have two access points as well as two repeaters and the speeds are terrible and I have to keep unplugging them and re plugging them in in order to get them to work at all. The wireless N is intolerable and my daughter has a lot of trouble getting her computer to connect at all on either N or AC.
I am looking to buy a router and two access points. Would prefer that they had decent transmit/receive power but range and multiple users is paramount.
Can someone recomend something that has worked well for them? I want it to be able to do OpenVPN at the router as I will be moving all of our connections to a VPN for security.
Preferably something with a USB 3.0 plug for network storage.
Thank you

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I have the Asus AC68U and love it. Prior to that router, I had the following devices acting as APs:

1. D-Link DIR-655 (covered all the house at one point but gradually got weaker)
2. D-Link DAP-1522 (covered the patio)
3. Amped Wireless SR10000 (used to bridge the entertainment center to the DIR-655 AND provided a second 2.4 Ghz network to cover the areas the 655 wouldn't reach)

Like you, I had many issues with the Amped Wireless device. Yeah, it gave a good signal, but it would occasionally disconnect from the DIR-655 and I'd have to cable it to a laptop to reconfigure it -- it was a PITA because it was behind the entertainment center.

I got fed up and tried the AC68U. It was a HUGE difference. It covers the entire house and patio and I can actually detect the wireless network several dozen yards from my house. The only other device I use is the DAP-1522, which is used solely to bridge the entertainment center back to the AC68U (will probably replace it with a Linksys AC bridge I have at some point).

 

[BirdDad]

Thanks
I think that I will try one.

 

[Fallen Kell]

SmallNetBuilder has some pretty extensive router benchmarks/testing. I suggest reading through some of the site.

I personally just ordered a D-Link DIR-980L/R as my Netgear 3700 just died (mainly choose this due to its actual routing capability, and DD-WRT firmware capable, not the wireless functionality although I figure it's wireless isn't too bad).

 

[BirdDad]

Thanks for the site Fallen Kell
The only problem with the reviews is that it doesn't say whether the routers do open vpn or not.

 

[BirdDad]

I bought the RT-AC68U I hope OpenVPN is easy to setup and I hope that this does the job.

 

[Fallen Kell]

Well, if the basic firmware doesn't support OpenVPN, you can always flash that router with DD-WRT which does include OpenVPN.

 

[anhbloginc]

I'm still using Buffalo G450H and it works great with many features as well as VPN.

 

[fortworthtechs]

The cisco RV215W Wireless-N VPN Firewall is the one which I am using. It provides me simple, affordable, high security, business-class connectivity to the Internet from small offices, home offices, and remote locations.

 

[digitheads]

watchguard X series

 

[freeskier93]

I bought the RT-AC68U I hope OpenVPN is easy to setup and I hope that this does the job.

If you're using access points for wireless why buy a consumer all-in-one router? For much less then you spent on that Asus router you could get a real router that blows the pants off the Asus. The Ubiquiti EdgeRouter, for example, is less than $100. Even a fancy consumer router with DDWRT won't come close to the capabilities. The Ubiquiti doesn't have as nice a GUI as the consumer routers but the main stuff is easy to set up. It also has VPN capabilities out of the box with the potential for RSA support for VPN authentication.

 

[BirdDad]

I need wireless on the router as well. The access points don't cover my entire house, but with the wireless router they do.
I live in a HUGE house.