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I had picked up a Netgear R6100 at Staples about a week and a half ago. I used it for a bit, but the 5Ghz AC band was flaky. (I am using Rosewill AC1200UBE adapters, on shielded USB3.0 extension cables.) Listening to internet radio, it would stop and say "buffering", like it lost the connection, and it wouldn't immediately reconnect. Meanwhile, I could transfer data ISOs to my NAS, at 11MB/sec over wireless, and it never paused or stopped.
You might think then, that the radio station / site was the problem, but I have one of my PCs wired, and it never stopped and said "buffering".
Swapping the R6100, for a WHR-600D Buffalo with DD-WRT (dual-band N600) router, and the problem with "buffering" stopped. I could only transfer to my NAS at 7.5MB/sec though over 5Ghz.
I went to hook up the R6100 this morning, to reset it to factory defaults to return it, and it wasn't even broadcasting the 5Ghz signal anymore. I logged in over 2.4Ghz, confirmed the 5Ghz radio was enabled. Reset to factory defaults, still no 5Ghz signal being broadcast.
Guess it died. In less than two weeks. (Thankfully, I guess, since I was still within my retail return window.)
TigerDirect has the Engenius ESR1200 AC1200 Gigabit router on sale again for $39.99 (today only? normally $129.99). Reviews indicate that setup is difficult, if the auto-setup wizard doesn't work (no manual mode? Same problem I had with the Buffalo before I put DD-WRT on it, no setting for manual Static IP).
Newegg has the Canadian R6200 v1 router for $59.99 after $70 off promo code, expiring today. Not sure if I want a Canadian router, not sure if it's FCC certified or whatever it needs to be to be legally used in the USA.
I missed out on a TrendNet AC750 (single-band AC) for $23.99 after promo (ended yesterday). Now it's $47. Reviews for this one were pretty decent.
I suppose an Asus router is always an option, but I have a RT-N12/D1, and I wasn't impressed with the factory firmware at all. I put Shibby Tomato on it, but it still somewhat sucks.
You might think then, that the radio station / site was the problem, but I have one of my PCs wired, and it never stopped and said "buffering".
Swapping the R6100, for a WHR-600D Buffalo with DD-WRT (dual-band N600) router, and the problem with "buffering" stopped. I could only transfer to my NAS at 7.5MB/sec though over 5Ghz.
I went to hook up the R6100 this morning, to reset it to factory defaults to return it, and it wasn't even broadcasting the 5Ghz signal anymore. I logged in over 2.4Ghz, confirmed the 5Ghz radio was enabled. Reset to factory defaults, still no 5Ghz signal being broadcast.
Guess it died. In less than two weeks. (Thankfully, I guess, since I was still within my retail return window.)
TigerDirect has the Engenius ESR1200 AC1200 Gigabit router on sale again for $39.99 (today only? normally $129.99). Reviews indicate that setup is difficult, if the auto-setup wizard doesn't work (no manual mode? Same problem I had with the Buffalo before I put DD-WRT on it, no setting for manual Static IP).
Newegg has the Canadian R6200 v1 router for $59.99 after $70 off promo code, expiring today. Not sure if I want a Canadian router, not sure if it's FCC certified or whatever it needs to be to be legally used in the USA.
I missed out on a TrendNet AC750 (single-band AC) for $23.99 after promo (ended yesterday). Now it's $47. Reviews for this one were pretty decent.
I suppose an Asus router is always an option, but I have a RT-N12/D1, and I wasn't impressed with the factory firmware at all. I put Shibby Tomato on it, but it still somewhat sucks.
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