Buying a new router

[rfire90]

I am deciding on a new router to buy to replace my old, unstable one. The MOST important thing to me is wifi stability. I am going to be leaving home for college and can't force my parents to constantly restart the router when the wifi drops out. A close second is range, because my sister uses a lot of wireless devices upstairs.

I have looked into the following:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F0DD0I6/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza (Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 R7000) which has been praised for its range, but I read some reports of people having their 5GHz connection dropping out randomly and frequently, requiring a reboot. I don't know how common this is and would appreciate some input if someone else here has owned one of these.

After that I also looked into this one:
http://www.amazon.com/RT-AC68U-Wireless-AC1900-Dual-Band-Gigabit-Router/dp/B00FB45SI4/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1452661746&sr=1-1&keywords=ac68u (Asus RT-AC68U) which seems fairly highly rated.

Which would you recommend between these two, keeping in mind wireless stability is the MOST important? If you have other suggestions feel free to post them as well. Thanks.

 

[bill001g]

It is not possible to predict wireless stability because the primary cause of problems is interference. It is all dependent on what devices are in your house and what neighbors you have using wireless. The router itself makes very little difference, actually your end device make much more difference since they are the ones that have crappy antenna and low power radios many times.

Range again is depend on your house. 802.11ac will actually have less range than if you use 802.11n on 2.4g because 802.11ac only runs on 5g and it does not penetrate walls as easily.

If a router has problems that require a reboot it is generally a software issue so you should be able to fix it with a firmware upgrade. There is really no way to predict this since all software has bugs.