New router?

[OVERKILL]

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Thanks for the offer. For now I'll just stick to what I have. I don't mind if it has to reboot itself every night.



OK, the offer stands if you change your mind.

Also, for fun, I would install DD-WRT on it and see if the issue persists:

DD-WRT Router Database

 

[Rand]

IF wireless AC isnt a requirement the older hp r110 is only 120$ on Amazon.

vs 300 something for the r120.

https://www.amazon.com/HP-Wireless-11n-J9974A-ABA/dp/B00OJZJEMM

 

[Quattro Pete]

Thanks. Technically AC isn't a requirement right now since I don't have any AC clients, although if I do get some within a year or so, it would be nice to have a router that supports it.

 

[mattwithcats]

Amazon has some nice deals on refurbished Linksys routers.
I see an EA4500 for around $35..

https://www.amazon.com/Linksys-App-Enabled-Dual-Band-Wireless-N-Refurbished/dp/B00HU7C7Q6

I would not go lower than an EA2700, or if your backbone is 100 meg, E2500...

Minimum requirements for me are simultaneous dual band 2.4 / 5 GHz, and gigabit Ethernet,

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Something is screwy with my Asus RT-N66U as of late... every couple of days, internet speeds become painfully low and ping gets close to 1000 ms, when normally it's about 30 ms. After I reboot it, everything goes back to normal for a couple of days. Not really sure what's causing this. It didn't used to be like this before.

Doing some more research on this.... is it possible an Apple device is responsible for bringing down my home network?

There are quite a few of these on the web:
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/126813/iphone-slows-down-entire-home-network


My wife has several Apple devices (iPhone 6s and iPad something). Looking at my ip traffic history, these devices at various times seem to be uploading ****load of data to the cloud, chewing up my entire available upload bandwidth, which I don't have much to begin with. This week my wife is out of town, and surprisingly, I'm not experiencing any slowdowns on my network. Coincidence?

I have now set up bandwidth limiters for these Apple devices. We'll see if that helps. Alternatively, I should send my wife out of town more often.

BTW, I did buy a new router (Asus AC56U), but I haven't even opened it. If bandwidth limiting fixes my problem, I won't need it.

 

[Y_K]

Originally Posted By: alarmguy
This is the router, Archer C7 AC 1750. Been rock solid..


This POS was rock solid for my daughter until it started giving intermittent fits over WiFi. Wired link was fine at the same time.
Amazon is full of similar experiences.