[SOLVED] Linksys vs netgear vs Asus vs Dlink
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I've had pretty good luck with Netgear products, but I'm not sure there is all that much difference.
If you have specific models that you are looking at, you can check the FCC ID database for the original certification test results, and OpenWrt has a pretty good list of the critical components inside lots of routers.
https://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/fccid
https://openwrt.org/toh/start (look at the "Device Page" column)
If you have specific models that you are looking at, you can check the FCC ID database for the original certification test results, and OpenWrt has a pretty good list of the critical components inside lots of routers.
https://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/fccid
https://openwrt.org/toh/start (look at the "Device Page" column)
Generally wifi issues are not the fault of the router. Almost all router made by well known manufactures put out full legal power. The distance the signal goes will be more or less the same.
The much larger issue is the end device. Many of those do not transmit at full power to save battery or they have small antenna for portability reasons.
There used to be large difference but not so much today. There are only 2-3 manufactures of the chipset inside the router so pretty much routers that use the same chipset have about the same wifi performance.
The largest difference is going to be software features. Only you can put a value on these, do you need parental control or firewall or maybe some other feature. Nobody but you can decide which is important.
The much larger issue is the end device. Many of those do not transmit at full power to save battery or they have small antenna for portability reasons.
There used to be large difference but not so much today. There are only 2-3 manufactures of the chipset inside the router so pretty much routers that use the same chipset have about the same wifi performance.
The largest difference is going to be software features. Only you can put a value on these, do you need parental control or firewall or maybe some other feature. Nobody but you can decide which is important.
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The only reliable way to get increased WIFI coverage is to add additional WIFI sources (access points). If you have ANY ethernet cabling infrastructure available, that is the best option.
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