Swistheater
Very Senior Member
Small correction above. The RT-AC3100 has 4 LAN ports, not 8. That is the RT-AC88U which is otherwise identical.
I also recommend the RT-AC86U above the RT-AC3100 for the long term today. The one area where the RT-AC3100 stands out for me is the range of the signal, even if the RT-AC86U still has a higher throughput.
As someone with experience with both of them I concur with you.