GT-AX11000

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 2,5 years ago I decided to upgrade to a AC band capable router. After reading reviews I decided to go for Linksys EA9500. That was a mistake. Coming from a very reliable nighthawk, RT-N66U, the Linksys was a huge disappointment. The software on the EA9500 was never good, and I don't think there was one firmware upgrade in the period I used it either. Secondly, the range was not good. First think I did was to get a Linksys RE7000 repeater. For one of my son's I bought an AC band PCI adapter. Although good tranfer speeds were good, the connection dropped frequently.  I resolved to using the old RT-N66U as bridge for this connection. I tried a custom firmware for the Linksys. I managed to get it installed but it was not stable so I had to revert to stock. For the home office, the EA9500 was very annoying with dropping MS Teams connections. At best, transfer speeds was in the range 200-250 mbps. That was ok, had it only been stable.

Last week I decided to replace the home router. I landed pretty quicly on the GT-AX11000. The only drawback was its size, but I check and concluded that I had room for it: it's pretty huge. Installation was swift, well almost: it has dual WAN so I messed up the configuration at first. What impresses me with this router is its performance. We have a 500/500 mbps line to the house and this router gives transfer speeds close to these numbers throughout the house! I was really impressed, as I had never seen WIFI speeds abot 250 mbps in the house before. Further, connections are stable. My kid does not need the bridge and the RE7000 is redundant. I am really impressed after a week of use. Hopefully I will get an iPhone 12 Pro soon so that I can test the AX band as well.

The EA9500 is for sale. Not much use for me without repeater or bridge mode capabilities.




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