As the title says, my trusty N66U is starting to get very erratic, wifi dropouts, transfer speeds varying greatly for no apparent reason. Not complaining, bought it 4/2012, and it has served us very, very well for almost 5 years of 24/7 use. I almost replaced it with a newer N66U, but decided to see was new in the world of routers......and now my head is ready to explode. I've been reading for the last week, and reading, and reading, yet I am still no closer to picking a replacement, might actually be further away than when I started. I'm hoping some of you here will take pity on my poor aging brain and just give me a simple answer.
What Asus router will best suit my needs? In no particular order...
1. Media server is a must, I stream from router connected hd daily
2. QoS is a must also as there are 2 gamers in the house
3. Parental control(to kick aforementioned gamers off so they actually sleep at night)
4. Wall mountable is prefered, but not a must
5. App accessible would be nice, but again, not a must
6. Between $100-$200 would be nice, but a little extra wouldn't be a deal breaker
7. Good transfer speeds over wireless to attached drive would be nice(currently getting maybe 2-3mb/sec if I'm lucky)
8. Merlin compatible is a must, have always used it with my N66U and found it to be ultra reliable compared to stock firmware
9. Have 2 ip cams(they have their own poe switch that's connected to router) that connect to an NVR at a different location, setup was super easy on N66U9static ip's). I'm a big fan of super easy.
Would like to stick with Asus, looked at a ton of models, AC68U, AC1900, AC87U, AC3100, etc, but I think I overloaded my brain and am now just drowning in a sea of indecision.
Please....
Help
Edited because I forgot about the ip cams
What Asus router will best suit my needs? In no particular order...
1. Media server is a must, I stream from router connected hd daily
2. QoS is a must also as there are 2 gamers in the house
3. Parental control(to kick aforementioned gamers off so they actually sleep at night)
4. Wall mountable is prefered, but not a must
5. App accessible would be nice, but again, not a must
6. Between $100-$200 would be nice, but a little extra wouldn't be a deal breaker
7. Good transfer speeds over wireless to attached drive would be nice(currently getting maybe 2-3mb/sec if I'm lucky)
8. Merlin compatible is a must, have always used it with my N66U and found it to be ultra reliable compared to stock firmware
9. Have 2 ip cams(they have their own poe switch that's connected to router) that connect to an NVR at a different location, setup was super easy on N66U9static ip's). I'm a big fan of super easy.
Would like to stick with Asus, looked at a ton of models, AC68U, AC1900, AC87U, AC3100, etc, but I think I overloaded my brain and am now just drowning in a sea of indecision.
Please....
Help
Edited because I forgot about the ip cams
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