Do I need dual band?

[Kharohz]

So my TL-WR1043ND v1 is currently not performing as well as I hoped, as it needs a reboot every other day.

I live in area where my two neighbors have wifi, nothing else is really interfering with anything.

I had no issues with wireless devices and their performance. Only one device actually supports wireless AC (HTC one m7) or 5GHz for that matter. Everything else is stuck on 2.4GHz regardless.

Three of my devices are hardwired ethernet. (I do require gigabit)

The internet is telling me to buy dual band, my gut tells me I don't need it.

My gut also wants to play with some mikrotik, because I want something rock stable. (Other suggestions are welcome as well)

 

[Emulex]

Then get a decent microtik and use it for routing and use a router that can act as an AP off the ethernet - most reliable method of dealing with wifi on the planet! AP is solid - no nat reliability issues, and can stand in as a router should the microtik build not work out.

2.4ghz routers are a dime a dozen but you want routing - you want lots of ram and a stable platform. I like Buffalo routers for that job!

 

[JoeMcJoe]

Install this firmware on the TP link router, very stable on mine.
http://www.gargoyle-router.com/index.php

 

[Kharohz]

Thanks for the replies

I did end up getting a mikrotik RB951G-2HND and hopefully RouterOS frustrates the crap out of me (While learning me)

I will try that firmware, and perhaps use the tp-link as a switch. Would disabling the wifi on this thing potentially make it it more stable as well? Some of my issues with it were more ethernet based than wifi based.