QUOTE(Alex9182 @ Feb 28 2018, 01:15 AM)
my area not congested, currently running C1200 only at 2.4G and getting 30~33mbps consistently.
Few models under RM200 for consideration : -
TP-Link TL-WR841HP - RM180
TP-Link Archer C5 - RM160 "mudah seller New TM set"
Asus ASUS RT-N12HP - RM199
Tenda AC6 - Rm160
i will get which ever is most "stable", no reboot, disconnect. Pls recommend.
mean time i try to manually reboot the router each day, hope it will not self reboot in between.
First analyze your situation.
1. Do your area congested with 2.4ghz wireless signal.
2. Do you need a dual band router?
3. What internet package you're current subscribed to?
4. How many devices connected to the router i.e how many device will stay connected with the router via physical connection and how many devices will stay connected via wireless?
5. What is your budget? If your budget is around rm200, the best router you can get around the price is asus rtn12hp. But is it worth for your home usage?
6. If you're subscribe to between 10 to 50Mbps, then you can buy a single band router. But remember, although your area is not congested, sometime, your house appliances can cause wireless distortion.
7. If you're planning to use or upgrade to higher bandwidth such as 100Mbps, then you need to invest money on a dual band router that comes with gigabit wan+4xlan ports.
8. Where do you place the router? If you staying in a double storey house, you should place the router at upstairs and not downstairs since the wireless signal transmitted downwards and not upwards. and the router should be placed at the center of your house.
9. Your router should always receive firmware upgrades from the manufacturer like asus brand. This is to ensure you don't always have to stick up with the firmware bugs. avoid tplink and dlink brand whenever possible.
10. You should know how to tweak the performance of the router so that you can maximize the performance of the router.
there you go. I always spend some money to test out the routers. And currently, i am testing dir850l router (tm version). My luck is good when i bought a virgin dir850l which the bos is still seal in the plastics.
. Archer c5 definitely better and only c5v1 supports third party firmware such as ddwrt but ready to lose your 5ghz wireless card / board.