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Unifi Choosing the correct Unifi router (own experience), TP-Link vs Asus for Unifi

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sHawTY
post Jun 19 2015, 12:03 PM

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TP-Link routers has always been shitty. Their official firmware is worse.
The only reason why TP-Link is still alive is because their prices is cheap & 3rd party firmwares help saved their company.
Without OpenWRT/DD-WRT, TP-Link would've been dead already.

Not hate speech nor a die hard fan of ASUS.
I'm here speaking on years of experience in using both TP-Link & ASUS.

TP-Link TL-WR1043ND v1 - Only acceptable when using OpenWRT. On official firmware, the WiFi function keep disappearing. Not WiFi channel issue, but the firmware itself.
TP-Link TL-WDR4300 - Worse router ever. Even OpenWRT couldn't save it.

ASUS RT-N16 - 5 years old & still running strong. Not to forget that ASUS still produce firmware updates for this model until today eventhough production for this model has been stopped for 2 years.
ASUS RT-AC68U - Best router I've ever had.

The point is, TP-Link doesn't give a shit about their customers.
Sure, we've heard how bad ASUS is when it comes to warranty but TP-Link non-existant tech support is the worse of all.
ASUS on the other hand have their own tech support guy in our forum that will answer all your question.

You get what you pay for.
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post Jun 19 2015, 10:52 PM

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QUOTE(imbibug @ Jun 19 2015, 08:29 PM)
The Asus rt-n16, ac68u are 2-4x more expensive so cannot be compared directly with the tplink models you mentioned.
I beg to differ.
You can't compare these routers based only on their prices.
You have to compare them based on what they are offering.

TP-Link TL-WR1043ND v1 is a wireless 300MB with Gigabit LAN, thus it is on the same level with the ASUS RT-N16.

If you're going to compare TP-Link & ASUS routers based only on their prices, then tell me, where do you put ASUS RT-AC68U & TP-Link Archer C9?
Are they not using the same processor, giving same wireless speed?

The only differences between ASUS RT-AC68U & TP-Link Archer C9 is their RAM & flash memory size.

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post Jun 27 2015, 09:11 AM

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QUOTE(JeremyThw @ Jun 26 2015, 10:24 PM)
Change to Google DNS got what benefit?
Google please.
http://www.howtogeek.com/167239/7-reasons-...ty-dns-service/
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post Jun 28 2015, 05:28 PM

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QUOTE(herojack41 @ Jun 28 2015, 03:33 PM)
google dns is fucked up. been trying to access taobao and is non valid
Working fine over here.
Must be something from your side.

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post Oct 18 2016, 09:41 AM

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QUOTE(chokia @ Oct 18 2016, 09:21 AM)
1. If there is a thing why people choose to buy separate router?
xDSL Modem Routers doesn't work for UniFi
QUOTE(chokia @ Oct 18 2016, 09:21 AM)
2. Is it recommended to have these two devices separately?
Yes
QUOTE(chokia @ Oct 18 2016, 09:21 AM)
3. Does it work with unifi and hypptv box?
xDSL modem routers, no
For UniFi & HyppTV, you need to look for model that starts with "RT"
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