Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 5:26 Post subject: Synology Routers (specifically the RT2600ac)
Hi Everyone,
New poster here - read the readmes and Known Incompatible devices and checkded the latest beta to see if the router I am looking at is supported.
The Synology RT2600AC does not appear on the list in the latest beta, but it also does not seem to have any of the known incompatibilities (AFAIK it has no RJ-11 - the VoIP is simulated/software-based/QoS only).
Basic specs seem to be in line as well: Qualcomm Atheros IPQ8065 @ 1.7 GHz chipset, 512 MB RAM and 4 GB flash.
It has no integrated modem.
I was curious if this was for a technical reason or if no one has ever sent the dev team a device to test on? If the former, would be cool to understand the reasons why just to know. If the latter, I might be able to find a good used one to toss your way unless you need it new in box.
Or is it just a pretty good router + software on its own?
"Unfortunately, its performance is weakest where you would want it to be strongest—5 GHz downlink."
I had purchased it mostly for it's small-office/home-office capabilities. While it is decent at those, it can't go much further than the built-in capabilities (e.g. DDNS can't use a custom option, which was the last straw for me). Trying to figure out if I can flash this with DDWRT at some point so that I can actually use it effectively. It doesn't need to be super strong - I just need it to have the right features that it kinda claimed it had. It technically has them but only in narrow use cases.