Linksys WRT1200AC Dual-Band and Wi-Fi Wireless Router with Gigabit and USB 3.0 Ports and eSATA

Very fast, handles 23 wireless devices with ease, easy to setup, and has enough range to cover a 1300sqrft house and most of the street.I bought this to replace a D-Link DIR-810L router, which was dropping wifi connections and slowed to a crawl. My 30Mbps internet dropped down to .2Mbps, and no amount of resetting/rebooting/re-flashing firmware would fix the problem. I even replaced my modem to make sure that it was not just a crappy Xfinity Modem doing this to me. After reading several positive reviews of this product, and already being a fan of Linksys from past experience, I ordered this lovely router on friday.I learned that amazon apparently delivers on sundays in my city, as my shiny new WRT1200AC was on my doorstep before noon on sunday. Seeing as how my internet had been borderline unusable for almost a week, to the point where I had to order this over my LTE, you can understand why that made my day.The router was shipped in a standard amazon box, with about 20 of those giant bubble wrap things covering every angle of the router packaging. So it's no surprise that the router box had no dents or scratches, in fact it looks like it was taken directly from the factory. The plastic wrap didn't have so much as a fingerprint on it.The setup was probably the easiest of any router I have every used. Just screw on the included antennas, reboot your modem, plug the router into the modem with the included ethernet cable, and plug in the power cord for the router. That's the only physical setup needed, then you just join the network that the router comes preset with, and you are already online. I changed my SSID and password simply for security (and so I wouldn't have to type a new password into 23 different devices). From the time I opened the box and started plugging cables in, to the time I had customized my own network settings and could browse the web was 27 minutes flat.I have six computers (two Macs, four PC's), five iPhones, three Xbox 360's, three Apple TV's, two iPad's, two iPod's, a Blu-ray player, and an Xbox One all running through wifi. Not one device has dropped connection, and I can game stream from my Xbox One to my MacBook Pro (running windows 10 through parallels) on the "Very High" quality setting with no noticeable lag. (across my house and in my garage) I can do LAN file transfers between my computers at 103MBps over wifi. (Megabytes, not megabits) System link with three Xbox 360's playing Halo and Call of Duty work flawlessly. (even while using four wireless controllers per console)The Linksys WRT1200AC handles 23 devices connected wirelessly with ease, I have no problems with anything now. The D-Link router had issues with multiple Xbox consoles running, and obviously keeping a solid connection to the internet.The design is also a plus, while still being a running joke in the family, as it looks like a baby spaceship to most of us.The only thing I can complain about is that it seems like the USB ports for hosting hard drive as a NAS do not work with enclosures. I tried plugging in an old hard drive attached to a SATA to USB enclosure just to see if the feature worked, and my router locked up until I unplugged it and rebooted the router. However, plugging in a portable Western Digital USB3 hard drive worked perfectly. So it may just be some driver incompatibility issue with my enclosure.Running since sunday morning with 23 devices continuously connected to it, it hasn't dropped once and is still cool to the touch.Make sure you have enough space for where you are putting this router though, it's much bigger than it looks. The Linksys WRT1200AC takes up the same size as an Xfinity Modem/Router combo on it's side.Overall, a fantastic router with a great design and extremely long range. I am once again able to take full advantage of my internet speeds and use every device in my house at once.

I previously had a $39 TP-link router that worked excellently, but I wanted to get a router that could handle working with OpenVPN so that all traffic in my household could go through a VPN when I wanted it to. The TP-link router I had didn't have the memory or processor power to handle this.This Linksys modem is really awesome. Here's why I like it:- It supports DD-WRT open firmware which has a lot more capabilities than existing stock firmware- it has DUAL partitions. You can have one partition with DD-WRT and the other with the stock Linksys firmware. If you prefer to just stick with Linksys firmware, it uses both partitions (newest firmware load in one partition, older on in another). This allows you to recover in case you mess up during an upgrade. Pretty slick.- it is fairly easy to switch between the two partitions with some telnet commands if you're running DD-WRT, or through the GUI if you're using standard Linksys firmware.Loading the DD-WRT firmware isn't the easiest thing in terms of knowing which version to load, and the setup is a little more complicated, but I was able to get everything setup. I also setup the VPN with my existing VPN supplier (PIA) and it works perfectly. I'm extremely happy with this router!I didn't think it would make a difference, but my download speed is a little faster with this router (using normal speed tests that I run often enough to know it wasn't a anomaly). When I have it going through the VPN, it does drop in speed, but it isn't that significant.I've had this running for a couple weeks now, and 0 issues. The Wi-Fi coverage seems excellent too, much better than my previous router.

Works well. I upgraded the stock antennas to larger ones for added range and also flash it with DD-WRT to get all the capabilities unlocked. This unit now has a range that is longer than the new Netgear WiFi Router and reaches areas that the Motorola Modem+WiFi Router combo does not. If this AC1200 will do the job for you, you could save a few bucks on it and extend the range with some upgraded antennas. The location this unit is being used in handles 3-5 streaming wireless devices connected at once. The design itself is a little awkward though. It's a bit large compared to most routers and you can't really sit anything on top of it. The "feet" prefer being on a hard and flat surface and its a bit of an eyesore being mounted to a wall. The feet seem to double as easy-to-use mounting holes though.