Hello all,
Currently using an Asus RT-AC66U for the last 4-5 years and have been extremely pleased as it has been a solid and stable performer for that time and I get decent coverage around the house (2 story 2700 sq/ft with another 1000 sq/ft basement). However, with the addition of all relatively recent added wifi enabled smart home devices, security cameras, Ring Pro door bell, Echos, along with the many Iphones, Ipads,etc I am approaching the 50+ client mark and I think it is time to upgrade to something that may be able to handle the concurrent use of wifi by many of these devices a little better. A lot of these devices utilize 2.4ghz only so that will still be important to the new router. I do a lot of console gaming and tv streaming all of which are hardwired through switches so wifi will not be a concern for that except in a few rooms. I have a Synology 916 NAS so I was looking at a router that may be able to take advantage of port aggregation. Was about to pull the trigger and buy the Asus AC88U but figured I just post here before I did to maybe get some other input to see if something else might suit me better?
Thanks for the help!
Currently using an Asus RT-AC66U for the last 4-5 years and have been extremely pleased as it has been a solid and stable performer for that time and I get decent coverage around the house (2 story 2700 sq/ft with another 1000 sq/ft basement). However, with the addition of all relatively recent added wifi enabled smart home devices, security cameras, Ring Pro door bell, Echos, along with the many Iphones, Ipads,etc I am approaching the 50+ client mark and I think it is time to upgrade to something that may be able to handle the concurrent use of wifi by many of these devices a little better. A lot of these devices utilize 2.4ghz only so that will still be important to the new router. I do a lot of console gaming and tv streaming all of which are hardwired through switches so wifi will not be a concern for that except in a few rooms. I have a Synology 916 NAS so I was looking at a router that may be able to take advantage of port aggregation. Was about to pull the trigger and buy the Asus AC88U but figured I just post here before I did to maybe get some other input to see if something else might suit me better?
Thanks for the help!