Best ac router for range?

pioneer2000 · 23 Sep 2014 at 12:34

D-Link DIR-880L £115ish

Asus ac68u

Asus ac87u

Linksys EA6900

Looking at some reviews that are doing the rounds, it looks like the DIR-880L actually beats the Asus ac68u in many instances and at about £30-40 cheaper?!

The only review of the ac87u that I've seen seems to suggest that it's cureently slower than the ac68u (presumably a firmware issue?)

I'd quite have liked an Adsl modem router but seeing as the DSL-ac68u is so expensive and apparently the integrated modem interferes with the wifi kinda puts me off.

Any other suggestions? Also does the DIR-880 come in black? Pictures online seem to suggest so but can't find it anywhere!

pioneer2000 · 25 Sep 2014 at 20:49

Why is it that most people seem to be going for the ac68u rather than the 87u? And also everyone seems to shy away from the DSL version?

pioneer2000 · 25 Sep 2014 at 21:19

Evil Shubunkin said:
The 87U is too new and full of bugs in the firmware.

As for the DSL models - just no. Each time I've tried to use it, DLM has kicked in and enabled interleaving on my FTTC line. The routing part is fine, but the modem seems to suck. Yes, I have a few routers kicking around the house.

lol, how comes you have so many new routers about?

pioneer2000 · 30 Sep 2014 at 23:34

So after some more research it's sounding like the more expensive 3x3 and 4x4 routers are pretty pointless if using iphones / ipads primarily (as they are only single stream devices)?

All I want to do is get the best possible range router as my current netgear dgnd3300 (?) struggles to pass a significant signal out of the room it is in!

pioneer2000 · 1 Oct 2014 at 08:03

Linksys EA6900. £117

Dlink DIR-880L. £128

Asus ac68u. £150

I really cannot see why the asus I championed here when it's reviewed as being worse performing than the dlink and is more expensive than both by quite a margin.