Did anyone switch to the WRT1900AC?

[thiggins]

If you have switched from your old router to Linksys' new one, please post and tell us what your old router was and why you switched.

 

[bobiii]

Asus RT-AC68R. Switched out of curiosity, nothing else. Working ok. Just need to reboot about every 4 days. (can't access the router from mac)

 

[chadster766]

Asus RT-AC68R. Switched out of curiosity, nothing else. Working ok. Just need to reboot about every 4 days. (can't access the router from mac)

Use the WRT1900AC feature "Check for Update" to see if your are running the newest firmware. A couple of new releases are available.

 

[RogerSC]

I've been going back and forth between the Netgear R7000 and Linksys WRT1900AC. Been leaning towards the WRT1900AC, though.

Some thoughts...for the WRT1900AC, I like that it is stable, and the IPv6 works well, including an IPv6 firewall, and the built-in guest networks. I get whole-house 5GHz. wireless, which is a big thing that I'm looking for.

For the R7000, I use dd-wrt firmware, so no IPv6, and I have to manually make guest networks. Performs very well though, and the monitoring capability of the dd-wrt firmware is very useful. It bothers me (on principle), though, that even though the R7000 is capable of IPv6, it isn't able to be used without my spending a lot of time configuring it. And should my ISP downloads ever get to the area where it matters (yeah, right *smile*), no CTF for dd-wrt yet.

So I haven't totally leaned one way or the other yet, but I've been definitely using the WRT1900AC more. Don't really feel like I need to choose. Several things could happen in the future, IPv6 could be added to dd-wrt for the R7000, or Tomato firmware for the R7000 may get to the point where that's attractive, it does have CTF at present. Or there may be better open source firmware developed for the WRT1900AC. Or Linksys might improve their firmware to the point that it satisfies all my needs.

Lots of possibilities for the future, looking forward to them.

 

[sfx2000]

I didn't switch out as I have a fairly extended and somewhat complex home network (2 Airport Extreme AC's as AP's in a roaming configuration, with OSX server providing Radius Support, DNS, etc, and an older 5th Gen Airport performing routing (WiFi on it is off, it's just a router).

The Linksys WRT1900ac - high on my recommended list due to ease of setup, stability, and reasonable performance (2.4Ghz, once tweaked is very good, good 5Ghz performance, excellent NAS, and good WAN/LAN).

It's the one I would recommend for most folks...

Heard good things about the Asus AC66U and the Netgear boxes, but not having first hand experience with them...

sfx

 

[sm00thpapa]

Tim I switched from a RT-N66U and I may be going back soon.


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[TonyH]

Hi,
Going into 2nd week with WRT, just using basic funtion, 3 surveillance cameras on NAS,
Real time streaming every evening by wife on 5GHz. Feeling reluctant to go back to R7000. Don't know whether it is hunch or what, I like looking at WRT. Just feel better.
(secure) It'll only get better. Still no Telnet access which I miss.

 

[speedingcheetah]

Nope. Sticking with my proven AC56U.

WRT is sitting on my shelf looking geeky......waiting until OpenWrt is stable and a viable option to flash to it, but, that won't happen anytime soon. Marvel still is not cooperating. Its a real shame. So much potential.

 

[Mordred]

I switched and after a week I switched back to my old router. It had way too many bugs and I also don't like the fact, that the Linksys firmware communicates with the Linksys servers, this is a no go for me. ( I saw this while doing a tcpdump on the wan side and it is definitely not just checking for a firmware update). I guess this has to do with the remote management feature. I did not really find an option to turn it off.

Looking at openwrt, dd-wrt, tomato forum it looks like there is not going to be any support at all, I guess I have to wait for the AC87U.

 

[RogerSC]

I experienced a spontaneous reboot on the WRT1900AC earlier this evening, and have switched back to the R7000 with dd-wrt firmware for the time being. New WRT1900AC firmware, and I'll be back with that. But the stability and performance of the R7000 with dd-wrt is hard to beat.

 

[thiggins]

Tim I switched from a RT-N66U and I may be going back soon.

Why will you switch back?

 

[thiggins]

I also don't like the fact, that the Linksys firmware communicates with the Linksys servers, this is a no go for me. ( I saw this while doing a tcpdump on the wan side and it is definitely not just checking for a firmware update). I guess this has to do with the remote management feature. I did not really find an option to turn it off.

This is just the router doing a keepalive for portal based remote login.

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/cloud/cloud-services-apps/31857-is-ciscos-cloud-watching-you

 

[htismaqe]

Hi,
Going into 2nd week with WRT, just using basic funtion, 3 surveillance cameras on NAS,
Real time streaming every evening by wife on 5GHz. Feeling reluctant to go back to R7000. Don't know whether it is hunch or what, I like looking at WRT. Just feel better.
(secure) It'll only get better. Still no Telnet access which I miss.

So you have users in your house urging you to avoid going back to the R7000 too?

 

[thiggins]

Folks,

Please post to this thread only if you have switched to the WRT1900AC. Use other threads or open a new one for other comments and opinions.

Thanks,

 

[njweb]

If you have switched from your old router to Linksys' new one, please post and tell us what your old router was and why you switched.

I switched to the WRT1900AC (two of them for wireless bridge purposes).

My 'old' routers were two RT-AC66U routers. I have old in quotes because I need to keep the RT-AC66U routers for now for another place.

I switched, among other reasons, because I was intrigued by the reported capabilities of the WRT1900AC and its four antennas / antennae, in addition to my enjoying getting the latest and greatest tech gadgets and experimenting with them.
I also wanted wireless performance (maximizing range, for a multi-story home, and throughput) and stability are my primary goals.
It doesn't hurt that I like the look emulating that of the original Linksys WRT54G.

So far I love the WRT1900AC:
It has been rock solid (no reboots needed, no wireless disconnects).
I love its wireless bridge mode (I know the AC66U has media bridge mode) which I just started using for a day before our vacation.

 

[stevech]

Asus RT-AC68R. Switched out of curiosity, nothing else. Working ok. Just need to reboot about every 4 days. (can't access the router from mac)

That's not what I'd call working OK!

I've had many home WiFi routers over the years since WiFi began. One or two were not long term stable and they were retired.
many months between reboot - and that's usually because of a tweak I did.
I tend to avoid immature products, bleeding edge, and go for SMB/SOHO class WiFi routers that are 1-2 years' old in design, and often I find them on eBay for 1/4 the new price (< $100).
Works for me.

 

[sm00thpapa]

Why will you switch back?

2.4 GHz is not what I expected and not compatible with the Xbox 360. Nothing but issues on the 2.4 GHz band and Xbox 360's. I'm getting tired of my family members complaining about it. I never had this issue with Asus routers.

 

[chadster766]

2.4 GHz is not what I expected and not compatible with the Xbox 360. Nothing but issues on the 2.4 GHz band and Xbox 360's. I'm getting tired of my family members complaining about it. I never had this issue with Asus routers.

Do you have different SSID's for the wireless 2.4ghz and 5ghz?

It's best if your wireless modes are set to mixed and security WPA2.

 

[ilukeberry]

I switched from Linksys EA3500 to WRT1900AC

EA3500 was working so-so. Firmware hasn't been updated since '12. I guess is pretty much EOL. Signal was weak into the room where my computer is (2 inner walls) I was solving this with placing Linksys RE1000 in the room between router and my PC. Only that way i got full bars but that didn't solve lag spikes in Battlefield 4.

Bought WRT1900AC to replace EA3500 & RE1000. So far so good. I'm getting full bars 400Mbit connection on 2.4Ghz band. I haven't tired 5Ghz but i assume it would be weaker since 5Ghz doesn't penetrate so good as 2.4Ghz does.

The adapter i'm using is ASUS USB-AC56 on Windows 8.1 x64 with lastest drives from asus.com and it's working really great. No stability issues so far! So i'm happy camper! Also no more lag spikes with Battlefield 4. Multiplayer experience is smooth as butter.

I'm currently running latest FW from Linksys on WRT1900AC. I'll wait with OpenWRT until Linksys releases opensource drivers for Marvell WiFi chip.

 

[sm00thpapa]

Chadster766, I have it set to mixed and always use WPA2-AES. I am far from a noob. Thanks for your input. I can't quote anyone using TapaTalk sorry.


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