Router for 1 Gbps speed line

[vilmantasr]

ASUS RT-AC86U or NETGEAR Nighthawk X4S for 1 Gbps line? Current ASUS AC1200+ even on 400 Mbps line and stronger load sometimes loses 5Gz connection.

 

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https://mikrotik.com/product/hap_ac2
Small, low consumption, 1Gbps symetrical able, 2.4 and 5 Ghz. Did I mention very cheap?
Wipes the floor with any Asus.

 

[Val D.]

ASUS RT-AC86U or NETGEAR Nighthawk X4S for 1 Gbps line?

Many consumer routers can handle 1Gbps ISP, but on wired connections only and with hardware NAT acceleration enabled. If you are asking about 1Gbps over WiFi, then very few can do it and with specific clients only. This forum is for wired routers, your question is related to wireless routers. Ask in appropriate ASUS and Netgear forums for more suggestions.

 

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https://mikrotik.com/product/hap_ac2
Small, low consumption, 1Gbps symetrical able, 2.4 and 5 Ghz. Did I mention very cheap?
Wipes the floor with any Asus.

i normally recommend mikrotik too, just many arent literate enough to configure it.
The most important question is, 1Gb/s with hardware acceleration or without?

 

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i normally recommend mikrotik too, just many arent literate enough to configure it.
The most important question is, 1Gb/s with hardware acceleration or without?

1 Gb/s with and without Fasttrack. It has hardware accelerated IPSEC.
All Mikrotiks have a quick setup feature via Winbox. You don't have to be a network wizard to setup it up.

 

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1 Gb/s with and without Fasttrack. It has hardware accelerated IPSEC.
All Mikrotiks have a quick setup feature via Winbox. You don't have to be a network wizard to setup it up.

not for someone who i had to help, quick setup did not work for his internet setup which uses ipv6

 

[ddaenen1]

not for someone who i had to help, quick setup did not work for his internet setup which uses ipv6

I would agree the learning curve can be a bit steep but once set up, extremely low maintenance.

 

[Val D.]

https://mikrotik.com/product/hap_ac2
Small, low consumption, 1Gbps symetrical able, 2.4 and 5 Ghz. Did I mention very cheap?
Wipes the floor with any Asus.

This little thingy looks cute. Everything Mikrotik I've seen is simple design and efficient combination of hardware/software. I'm sure it's performance will kill many "gaming routers" from other popular manufacturers, offered for few times higher price. Mikrotik is a good example of company with good engineering, they still exist. No RGB flashing lights though and this is a problem.

 

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This little thingy looks cute. Everything Mikrotik I've seen is simple design and efficient combination of hardware/software. I'm sure it's performance will kill many "gaming routers" from other popular manufacturers, offered for few times higher price. Mikrotik is a good example of company with good engineering, they still exist. No RGB flashing lights though and this is a problem.

i've tried the wireless hap mini i got free, the options for wireless are really nice but out of the understanding of regular peeps. Range isnt great though as its indoor. Now that im broke i cant even get the HAP AC which is neat and a contender to the HEX 3. Its hard to compare because the MIPS 64 bit dual core with 4 threads beats the ARM routing performance, and its even worse if the ARM is of A7 or A9 which i suspect is the case for the IPQ CPUs for mikrotik as it has 4 ARM cores.

The dumb customer wants RGB flashing lights instead. Also mikrotik's development path makes it cheaper in that the same firmware is used everywhere, whereas ASUS doesnt even have enough designs and a common enough OS between them due to proprietary issues from manufacturers since they dont design as much of the hardware as mikrotik does.

Netgear's pricing is far more atrocious and you no longer get the famous hardware reliability. I still like the asus ac1900 and netgear r7000 as those 2 routers are an example of good reliable design

 

[Val D.]

I still like the asus ac1900 and netgear r7000 as those 2 routers are an example of good reliable design

Indeed. We won't see ASUS RT-AC68U and Netgear R7000 reliability any time soon. I call newer products disposable.

 

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Indeed. We won't see ASUS RT-AC68U and Netgear R7000 reliability any time soon. I call newer products disposable.

i wouldnt say disposable, more like bad design. Even the asus ac68u did have an issue that was easy to solve that was thermals. Even mikrotik did have reliability issues and still does on some models.

A few things to look out fire
- wireless chip temperature
- PSU quality and voltage

With mikrotik you have to worry about both, that is why in the past it was recommended to use lower voltages. My RB450G uses a 12V rather than the usual 24V one from the start. Many of their wifi RBs had poor reliability for either reason, so the 2 on top is what you have to look out for. You also can get flash issues, happened to me with my first hex3 and i wasnt able to return it due to at the time lack of mikrotik in malaysia.

The problem with say netgear was i tried their modem, it performed the worst and didnt have the best design. The port was 100Mb/s (VDSL it supports is rated up to 300Mb/s), i had to reboot it every month, the PSU was just enough to match the amp needs (i prefer to always have a bit more, like 20-50% more so age does not affect it much), cooling designed looked good. VDSL performance was worse than both modems provided by ISP (one was an older one, another a newer one) and the difference was a consistent 1-2Mb/s lower. Rebooting the modem every 3 months is something unacceptable, because i do not expect to have to reboot these when i run my own server, as its a pain for that 1 in 3 months reboot when you're out and you need it and its not there.

high end netgear routers are priced more than asus and have worse offerings. Asus routers are still reliable and their software bugs can let you get them cheaper refurbished.

The biggest difference that mikrotik has over all routers in the same range is their internal bus design that is to be less of a bottleneck and gives you many options to build your network. For instance taje the RB4011 and 3011, you have 2Gb/s from each switch group, and 1 Gb/s for direct CPU ports, this gives you true dual 1Gb/s WAN capability, something no consumer router can give since their 2nd WAN port is on the switch itself sharing the same link to the CPU.

Still it all boils down to whether or not you can configure it. Plenty of people returned their mikrotik because they could not get it to work (configuration)

 

[Gar]

https://mikrotik.com/product/hap_ac2
Small, low consumption, 1Gbps symetrical able, 2.4 and 5 Ghz. Did I mention very cheap?
Wipes the floor with any Asus.

What router do use with this or just your Asus? Thinking of giving it a try.

 

[Val D.]

PSU was just enough

Everything is engineered to be just enough in new routers. Every dollar counts, it’s a business. This is why the overall reliability is down.

 

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What router do use with this or just your Asus? Thinking of giving it a try.

I am afraid I do not understand your question.
The unit from Mikrotik is a complete router and has WiFi. You do not need an extra router.