I haven't had any issues with the higher end Netgears. Most people don't use 90% of the feature set though.
On Sunday, December 3, 2017, Paul Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally use an Asus as my default router at home when I’m not playing > with Cisco/Juniper/Fortigate “non-home” routers … > > I have the RT-AC87R and an impressed …. Never lets me down and handles > whatever I throw at it … the wireless is pretty good too IMHO > > Netgear Nighthawk – bought one before the Asus and returned it within a > few days … their tech support is absolutely horrible to deal with … 4 hours > waiting on hold to be told that my router is “incompatible with Canadian > Internet services” …. ROFL … issue ended up being poorly written code after > pushing the issues for a couple of hours and finding out the firmware would > be released (to solve the problem which was IPv6 related) – that release > was slated for sometime in the next year ;( > > -p > > On 2017-12-02, 12:03 PM, "Af on behalf of Mitch Koep" < > [email protected] <javascript:;> on behalf of [email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > We also recommend Asus now as the netgear have become undependable > > The Asus have been rock solid > > Mitch > > > On 12/2/2017 10:49 AM, Sterling Jacobson wrote: > > My main recommendations now are Asus and Netgear Nighthawk (NOT > regular Netgear, those suck). > > > > I don't provide routers to our customers, so I'm thinking we now > have hundreds of either brand/line of these routers and they seem to be the > least failure prone. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Af [mailto:[email protected] <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of > Jay Weekley > > Sent: Saturday, December 2, 2017 9:43 AM > > To: [email protected] <javascript:;> > > Subject: [AFMUG] Residential router recommendation. > > > > I have a friend that is looking for a new router from a big box store > > like Best Buy, Walmart or Officemax. Since I've been using > Mikrotiks > > and the occasional Readynet and TPlink for the past several years I > have no idea what to tell them to get. It's not for a customer and I will > hopefully have nothing to do with this router. If you were me what would > you tell them to get? > > > > >
