Buying a router


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I'm looking to buy a new router and need the following features

 

Latest wireless standards

Able to handle a lot of devices on network simultaneously

Able to adjust priority to certain devices (for example, I would like to limit how much upload or download bandwidth one particular device can use)

Able to block things from the router (like Google ads and trackers/analytics)

Reliably supports network attached storage device

Good security/able to keep the Chinese out (also, no Chinese brands/Chinese chips; prefer not made in China but not sure if that exists)

Decent range, but nothing extreme needed

Minimum of 4 Ethernet ports (10/100/1000)

Works well with streaming things to consoles

NSA chips/monitoring okay

 

Price isn't an issue.

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Smallnetbuilder recommends wireless ac routers in this order.

 

1. Netgear R7000

2. ASUS RT-AC87U

3. ASUS RT-AC68U (Slightly cheaper but rock stable on latest firmware) I am using this one since a year.

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price is no option huh?  The nighthawk is a nice router and the high end linksys is supposed to be a nice router.  You could always buy a asa and a wireless controller or buy a sonicwall or go meraki if you wanted to be a bit more secure than your standard run of the mill hardware router/firewall.

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This is the one I use at home and at work. Covers all the bases nicely. They also have models that come with the DD-WRT firmware.

http://www.buffalotech.com/products/wireless/dual-band-routers/airstation-extreme-ac-1750-gigabit-dual-band-wireless-router

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That model has got many negative reviews.

Like I said. I use 1 at work and 1 at home for about 8 months now. No complaints. No bad review here.

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