I've used Linksys and Netgear Routers in the past, the router this unit replaced is a Linksys WRT1900ACS, it's still a perfectly functional router and more then fast enough to support my 100mbps down internet connection but it simply lacked the Range I needed now that i'm expanding my smart home IoT devices, my Router is on a high shelf in the basement in the center of the house (roughly) as there are several things that needed to be hardwired to the router down there. I have one smart outlet on a fence post that just barely got like 2-4mbps down speeds on my phone at it's location on the old Linksys router, with this router my phone now gets 15-20mbps down speeds at that same location, I tested my phone using a Wifi Analyzer app with both routers running at a point near the fence post and the Linksys was roughly around -73dbm and this router was around -63dbm, so this definitely wins the range game compared to the Linksys, but it still wasn't enough range for my grand plan of IoT devices so I took advantage of another feature of this Router, it's support of Mesh Wifi, so I bought the Reyee RG-R6 2-pack to go along with it, talk about easy to setup, I simply plugged the 2 of them into power, went to this router and pressed the button on top, within minutes both of the RG-R6's where paired and then I moved them to their final locations at the far opposite corners of the main level of the house, I now have full internet speed EVERYWHERE inside the house, all over the front yard out and into the street(it's about 50-55 feet from the RG-R6 that is closest to the street) and i'll have to see how far away I can get in the backyard when it's not the middle of the night. Some things I would mention in hopes it helps others, Leviton Smart Switches and Outlets are easy to reconfigure the wifi to switch onto this, but my Arlo Video Doorbell had to be Deleted and re-installed in the Arlo app, it just refused to find the doorbell when I did the Change Wifi in the app, wasted like half an hour on that, so save your time, delete the doorbell and add it as a new device. There are also a few settings you'll want to set in the web interface under the Wifi section, this can be set to broadcast 2.4 and 5Ghz SSID's or you can toggle it to Dual Band Single SSID, doing this toggle to Single SSID means no more having to switch between your 2.4 and 5Ghz SSID's as you get too far away from the router and the 5Ghz drops out, when the 5Ghz drops you'll seamlessly switch to 2.4Ghz, you'll also wanna toggle on the "Band Steering", this lets the router choose what devices to push to 5Ghz and which to keep on 2.4Ghz (which are mainly old devices and IoT devices) based on the capabilities of the device. Now the only outstanding question is how reliable will this be, only time will tell. Oh and one last thing, my Wifi Calling works with this router, it didn't work with the Linksys I mentioned at the beginning of this review. So thats another plus. EDIT: 7 months into ownership and this thing is still going strong, haven't had to reset it or pull the power like you do on most routers and the speed, still kicking but, can transfer video files over wifi at 60-85 MEGABYTES (not Bits) a second, this is the same or faster then a USB 3.0 external drive plugged directly into the computer.
Routers
Reyee WiFi 6 Router AX3200 Wireless Internet High Speed Smart Router with 8 Omnidirectional Antennas, Dual Band Gigabit Computer Router Mesh Support for Homes up to 3000 Sq. ft. - E5
