If the idea of three SSIDs is too much for you, they also have a feature called "Smart Connect" which basically collapses a 2GHz and two 5GHz SSIDs and associated channels into a single Smart SSID that will abstract 802.11bgn across many channels. This gives guests internet, but keeps them off from seeing internal devices.
Even more, I could optionally turn on one or more Guest Networks when folks visit from out of town. I've setup my own 5GHz SSID for my office, while the family gets their own 2.4GHz WiFi Network, and Netflix/Streaming/XBox devices get their own 5GHz SSID. In this screenshot you can see that there are currently 18 devices connected and there are three wifi networks. I personally found the web interface to be simpler and more organized than any other router I've ever used, and I've used them all. Installation in my home took about 30 min from the moment it left the box until the whole house and every device was set up. Those are six folding antennas on the top. It's a very dramatic design, but it's for a functional reason. TP-Link AC3200 (Archer C3200)įirst, let me say that this router looks like a UFO. So far, it appears that this TP-Link Archer C3200 router can handle everything I throw at it. I've also had issues with range in the past but I don't feel like having two routers and one SSID. However, I am not a network engineer and I don't feel like being one. I want to be able to manage them differently, apply QoS (Quality of Service) rules, as well as segment my network. I've got a minimum of about 20 devices on the network at a time, and often as many as 35-45. I've tired $50 routers and they tip over with what I throw at them.
I did some research and decided on the TP-Link AC3200 (Archer C3200). I am tired of waiting and some recent instability in the stock firmware has got me shopping around. Fast-forward a bit and it appears that Linksys and Marvel have been working together to solve some technical issues and have reached out to the OpenWRT and DD-WRT folks but unfortunately there is still no release place for DD-WRT for the WRT1900AC. For about a year I ran the WRT1900AC with the stock firmware as there was a bit of controversy as to what that support would look like. This router was supposed to be the second coming of the WRT54G and promised enthusiastic support for alternate firmware. A while back I updated my router to the Linksys WRT1900AC. I loved the legendary Linksys WRT54G and ran DD-WRT on it for years. I've always been a Linksys or NetGear router person.
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