Airport Extreme replacement. New Router recommendations?

[mikeshep]

This. If you can hold off, the "Ubiquiti Dream Router" (or UDR) as it's called should be out early next year. If you sign up to Ubiquiti's Early Access Program, you might even be able to snag one for super cheap before then if you get lucky. I would avoid most of the mesh offerings on the market unless you have the ability to hardwire them in. All of Ubiquiti's access points are capable of acting as wired mesh satellites, and with the UDR you'd be able to power them via PoE as well which would give you a bit more flexibility in terms of placement.

Also, the UDR acts as a "Security Gateway" device for Ubiquities products, which gives some pretty impressive DPI information about the activity on your network.

Looks good. so do you know if the UDR is pretty easy to set up and as powerful and robust as the Asus 86U that's been suggested to me? Just looking around for specs on it and not sure exactly what it is - couldn't find anything specifically about the UDR on the site(?) Thanks

 

[clarencek]

Second the eero recommendation. It’s a great mesh WiFi system and their customer service is great - 24/7.

My four eeros have been rock solid for almost a year now. Maybe a reboot every few months but I’ve never had such stable, fast, trouble free Wi-Fi.