Hello,
currently I have ASUS RT-N66U but I'm going to buy something new. Thinking about TP-Link.

TP-LINK Archer C7 AC1750 WiFi DualBand
or
TP-Link Archer C2600

What do you think? Or can you recommend me any better router? Living in flat with 5 rooms.

Connected devices:

Apple TV - 100mbps LAN (FTP cable)
HP LaserJet Pro MFP125nw - 2,4GHz Wireless
iPhone SE - 5GHz Wireless
iPhone X - 5GHz Wireless
MacBook Pro - 5GHz wireless
Panasonic Viera TV - 100mbps LAN (FTP cable)
Synology DS216play - 1gbps LAN (FTP cable)

Thank you.

Well IMO there is no perfect router, and firmware combo.

Looks like you have a simple needs router. Basically non remote devices are hard wired.

Wireless printers don't require a router, if using authentication to connect, unless you cloud print. My printers don't connect to the Internet, so i do manual updates if needed.

Looks like you are not even using G, or can setup with an N connection. So it looks like ASUS us the way to go, especially if you are already familiar. As ASUS has some strong N and AC routers. I chose the linksys for G in multi story house. Which few routers are better at with G.

Luckily there is one ASUS router that is one of two routers that can run Untangled, if you find OpenWrt not to your needs. I forget the model but, you may look it up on the Untangled wiki. The linksys wrt1900acs is the only other router, which I have and will try OpenWrt first before moving on to Untangled, if i find a need to.

So i would look at a router that has the greatest support offerings, and abilities. So far I only see a few wrt offerings that are worth trying, as they are more active than the manufacturer that supports the product.

So ASUS router will be better choice than TP-Link?

Asus seems to prefer Broadcom designs for most of their routers, which usually means unsupported wlan under OpenWrt.

What is your Internet service speed?  That generally determines how much router CPU power you'll need.  For example it would be a waste of money to put a WRT1900 on a 12 Mb line.

I am not sure if the question is geared to me, as i posted my info as an option to be broader the range of options with wrt sources.

So I will add... i have 50 mbps cable connection, and just recently obtained a wrt1900ac v2... i am testing with latest build stock firmware before diving in to replacing with wrt builds. At first the original firmware was flaky and wiped out settings and soon was updated.

I am not sure if the hardware or nature of stock firmware, but it took a bit of messing with channels, frequency, and type (toggling wireless settings), to obtain 36 mbps on strict N  at 20 mhz on both 2.4ghz and 5ghz, with a 72 mbps connection link established.

Contrary to what I find on the Internet i get 75% throughput on my wireless connections using my setup. I assume from early tests with 40mhz channels i got higher throughput around 85% of my 50 mbps advertised Internet connection speed.

Downstairs it drops down to 32mbps to 18 mbps, depending on connection and location with devices.

Will be upgrading my miracast to the newer AC 5 Ghz and my laptop to dual channel N for better interplay with speeds on lan. Will then move into 40mhz range.

(Last edited by Notsofast on 31 Dec 2017, 16:14)

I'd stay out of asus because of broadcom (bad radio and closed source). TP link recently swithed from atheros to mediatek, so there are many problems too. But at least there's hope it will work some day, broadcom will never work.

I have had the same type of issue.  I have suddenlink in North Carolina.  I use a provided hitron cable modem.  So I keep running out of bandwith.  So I just flashed 3 Meraki MR-24's.  WIth OpenWRT on them and just a basic configuration, I have WDS master AP and 2 WDS client AP's.  They scream and with the firmware change it seems to actually be faster.  I paid $8.00 for each of the MR-24.  I have a MR-26 still under maintenance and I have a guest network setup on that one.

I have extreamly detailed notes on how to setup the MR-24's.  I will be glad to share..  Trying to get the instructions on a web page that I can share with the forum.
RC