AC68U packed up what to replace with ?

Randall8686 · 4 Aug 2015 at 11:24

So my RT-AC68U has packed up. I purchased it from PC world and having just spoken to them they are going to refund me tonight luckily its just short of a year old by 7 days !!!

So i will have a full refund to buy what ever i wish with. So what router should it buy ? I loved the 68u the VPN worked great and port forwarding was a breeze. The QOS was a bit naff but there we go.

I Run a couple of game servers and have 3 servers currently and about 14 devices connected via Lan plus half a dozen wireless bits. after somthing really good the RT87U looks like a good replacement ?

any one really happy with a premium router ?

SupermotoMX · 5 Aug 2015 at 01:08

if you have 14 devices via lan i assume you have a switch already

i would suggest a separate router and wireless access point

i use some £30 netgear wireless router with wifi disabled and tomato USB installed, still going strong for the 5th year in a row [dont need gigabit here as my switch sorts all that, internet is only 38mb]

if you wanted less of a 'bodge' you could always pickup a ubiquiti edgerouter lite, will no doubt the replacement when my netgear gives up the ghost

as for access point i use some tp link 300mbps with POE which isnt blisteringly fast but i have yet to reboot it and its fast enough for the phones and tablets that use it not to mention signal is very very good 4-5 bars in every room of the house

Randall8686 · 5 Aug 2015 at 11:42

interesting way of doing it, Yes i have 2 gigabit switches in network. I have never seen the edgerouter before will have to look into it a little. I have a BT homehub 5 kicking about that i could use for wireless access tbh as you say its only Ipads/phones that use the wireless and my laptop but no big files regularly.

Kei · 5 Aug 2015 at 14:29

It's the same way mine is configured, except that I use a cisco 1921 router with the OR modem and a D-Link DAP-2695 AC access point for wireless. Not had to reboot any of it either, very pleased with the reliability and the wifi reception and speed is remarkable. Best bit is if any of it goes wrong, I only need to replace that particular bit.