[TriLUG] Router recommendations

[Peter Neilson via TriLUG]

Thanks. I'm not using ac right now, but it's hard to predict things,  
especially about the future. Apparently if I order a C7 off "Amazon" I'll  
get a Ver 2, not a Ver 1, according to words I've seen floating in  
webspace.

One thing that I have learned is that tech advice from brick-and-mortar  
store people is almost invariably less than worthless. The sole exception  
is Intrex.

On Fri, 03 Jul 2015 08:38:36 -0400, bak <bak at picklefactory.org> wrote:

> I have a couple Archer C7s — got them late last year — they’re just  
> fine. Though 5GHz might be a little excessive for a phone and a printer;  
> they won’t really use it, I suspect.
>
> Better put OpenWRT on it, too, because TP-LINK’s firmware is mediocre,  
> as I suspect you know already. “Chaos Calmer” works great. Get the  
> ath10k packages to enable 802.11ac support/5Ghz.
>
> If you want to spend $20 less and only need 802.11n support, I found  
> EasyTomato on an ASUS RT-N16 to be rock solid, too.
>
> —bak
>
>
>> On Jul 3, 2015, at 08:22, Peter Neilson via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>  
>> wrote:
>>
>> It appears that the wireless transmitter on my TP-LINK TL-WR841ND Ver  
>> 3.0 has failed. I think I picked it up in a hurry from an Office-*  
>> store about four years ago, but it looks as if it was already three  
>> years obsolete at that time.
>>
>> So a new one is in probably a better idea than trying to "fix" the  
>> current one. What's best for "home use" where my Android phone and my  
>> Brother printer are the only wireless clients, at least right now?  
>> Wirecutter recommends TP-LINK's Archer C7 (not the C8). It's about $90  
>> on Amazon.