Hello,
Im not a network guru at all but after moving and using a cheap free lg router, I miss the netgear 3700 I had with my roomates and am now split on what to buy. I have a small 2 bedroom triplex unit (1075sqft), timewarner cable 50Mbps connection, motorola surfboard router (dont have the model number in front but its a good one) and usually have 3 android devices connected as well as my "gaming" pc. after purchasing a dlink cloud storage 2000 router and feeling it was a step back over the cheap lg unit, i decided to ask here.
My buget was originally $60 but decided $140 is stretching it but if needed i will. I was thinking even the rt-56u would be good enough since it seems to do great but decided the 66u since im not planning on going AC within 2yrs and the 66u seems top notch. Here comes in the archer c7, my local frys just listed it for $90 but the 2.4ghz performance in the review here has me worried. All my devices are N and only the pc has 5ghz through an asus usb n53 adapter.
Is the archer c7 a great router for $90 or spend $140 for the rt-n66u? Or am I just going overboard and get the rt-n56u ($90)...purchases are made at a local frys so I can return it if im not happy.
Thanks!
Im not a network guru at all but after moving and using a cheap free lg router, I miss the netgear 3700 I had with my roomates and am now split on what to buy. I have a small 2 bedroom triplex unit (1075sqft), timewarner cable 50Mbps connection, motorola surfboard router (dont have the model number in front but its a good one) and usually have 3 android devices connected as well as my "gaming" pc. after purchasing a dlink cloud storage 2000 router and feeling it was a step back over the cheap lg unit, i decided to ask here.
My buget was originally $60 but decided $140 is stretching it but if needed i will. I was thinking even the rt-56u would be good enough since it seems to do great but decided the 66u since im not planning on going AC within 2yrs and the 66u seems top notch. Here comes in the archer c7, my local frys just listed it for $90 but the 2.4ghz performance in the review here has me worried. All my devices are N and only the pc has 5ghz through an asus usb n53 adapter.
Is the archer c7 a great router for $90 or spend $140 for the rt-n66u? Or am I just going overboard and get the rt-n56u ($90)...purchases are made at a local frys so I can return it if im not happy.
Thanks!