Buying a new WiFi router: AC1750 vs AC1900

[badkuk]

Am trying to decide which to get to replace my old Linksys WRT320N. i read somewhere that you rarely get the advertised max. throughput anyways, although connections are a lot more stable compare to 802.11n.

Di naman kami power user, although we plan to watch netflix...aside from that it's mostly browsing.

tia

[papi smith]

Medyo off-topic, curious lang, doesn't your provider give you a free wi-fi router? Parang standard na ata ito sa mga ISPs.

[@alon]

Mabilis naman mag load & play HD movies/series sa Netflix using a cheap 350mbps router (10mbps internet speed), TV is connected thru WIFI. I was looking at that models before para sa gigabit LAN to connect my network attached storage, di kasi kaya ma play smoothly sa TV ang 4K video clips, and transferring file is slow. IIRC, dual band yan, 350mbps for N connection and the rest AC (if capable din ang device).

[wd420]

Kung ako mamimili kahit ano pede basta compatible sa device ko

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[kreme]

Hi, if you purely plan to use your router to consume internet related things, you can pick the lowest AC rating.

Higher AC rating would just help if you have a locally/network hosted media. Like streaming your PS4 from your bedroom to your living room. Or has a network attached storage that is accessed by multiple devces. Or you are a video editor and you always sync GBs-TBs of videos to a storage server in your house. So basically high end routers tends to make sense only if you have high local network usage.

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[tr1ck5h07]

You also need to check the compatibility of your devices with Wireless AC. Not all devices can connect using this standard. Most will only use Wireless N or G thus capping your theoretical network bandwidth.


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[badkuk]

Thanks for your inputs. i'll go for an Asus RT-AC1750 para me konting future-proofing, and it's just under my budget.

[fleas2016]

I suggest to get an even cheaper one. Unless you have a GB internet or you plan to setup your network in a mesh configuration... or there's a huge discount, both choices are overkill. Get the Asus RT-AC1200, its dual-band and has the bells and whistles that you care to have. If you have a huge home though, the extra antenna of the more expensive ones are good. But i would rather invest on an extender.

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[badkuk]

I suggest to get an even cheaper one. Unless you have a GB internet or you plan to setup your network in a mesh configuration... or there's a huge discount, both choices are overkill. Get the Asus RT-AC1200, its dual-band and has the bells and whistles that you care to have. If you have a huge home though, the extra antenna of the more expensive ones are good. But i would rather invest on an extender.

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i noticed th RT-AC1200 has four antennae vs the RT-AC1750's three. In terms of coverage and number of devices connected, would the AC1200 be more effective?

And no i don't have a big house

[Vodka]

yeah you probably don't need anything fancy. in my house i got a few phones, 2 tablets, 1 chromecast, 1 laptop, 1 desktop, several IP cameras. all on a cheap wifi-N router. but it's placed on top of a big tower PC on top of two plastic trash cans, to get it as high as possible

[boybi]

I suggest to get an even cheaper one. Unless you have a GB internet or you plan to setup your network in a mesh configuration... or there's a huge discount, both choices are overkill. Get the Asus RT-AC1200, its dual-band and has the bells and whistles that you care to have. If you have a huge home though, the extra antenna of the more expensive ones are good. But i would rather invest on an extender.

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If dual band ba, it means it can connect to 2 different ISPs?

[oj88]

If dual band ba, it means it can connect to 2 different ISPs?

Nope.

Dual band pertains to the WiFi radios. It supports both 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi bands.

[badkuk]

Just something to note about the Asus models mentioned earlier:

The AC1200 may have more antennae, but only two antennae per frequency. On the other hand the AC-1750 has three antennae for each.

[fleas2016]

Better theoretically. It also depends on the antenna rating too.

If its a small home, then go get the AC1200 and save the extra cash. [emoji108]

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[zechs]

Replace your old router with Google Wifi or Eero. Mesh technology is better. Coverage is wider also.

[StockEngine]

ac is so fast 🤓

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[claRkEnt]

Pa-hijack with additional question

If using LAN cable connected to laptop, mabilis nman globe internet sa bahay using the globe-provided modem/router. However, wifi connection is tooooo slow, sometimes not loading at all. Is this a router issue? (Smartphones and iphones connected via wifi will take forever to load)


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[badkuk]

most likely wifi issue po. How many bars are you getting, where wifi is slow?

[claRkEnt]

most likely wifi issue po. How many bars are you getting, where wifi is slow?

Even inches away with signl in full bars, “paking” slow


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[claRkEnt]

Ask ba ako sa globe ng replacement modem/router?


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