Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 7:41 Post subject: Which one: R7000, RT-AC68U or EA6900 ?
Hi All,
My D-Link DIR868RevB died and I am looking for an affordable router with “good” DD-WRT support. I know good is relative and firmware version based, but good DD-WRT support for me means that I want this to work:
IPv4 & IPv6-PD support
VAP support with security (868 failed on that part)
FreeRadius for WPA2 Enterprise
ProFTP & Samba to USB thumb
DNSMasq DHCP & DNS
VLAN support on Ethernet LAN would be nice to have
Right now, the following routers are on my list and I am wondering about your experiences with it and in case you have a preference, which one you prefer:
Netgear Nighthawk R7000 - AC1900
Asus RT-AC68U - AC1900
Linksys EA6900 - AC1900
I would appreciate it, when you explain your preference of the poll in case you vote _________________ Netgear WNDR4300v1 DD-WRT v3.0 BS r29837 | Netgear R6400 DD-WRT v3.0 KB r33525M | Tickets: 5429 IPv4 & IPv6-PD | ProFTP & Samba to USB thumb | DNSMasq DHCPv6 | Pi-Hole on RasPi
Netgear Nighthawk R7000 - 1000Mhz CPU
Asus RT-AC68U - AC1900 - 800Mhz CPU
Linksys EA6900 - AC1900 - 800Mhz CPU
The Linksys is total crap. The R7000 is pretty much the best supported DD-WRT router.
If you don't need the 200Mhz extra for faster NAT, then I can give you another recommendation, the Netgear R6400. Almost R7000 with 800Mhz CPU clock.
The R6400 has 128K nvram (the other 3 have 64K) and therefore won't run out of nvram even with the most complex configurations.
Netgear Nighthawk R7000 - 1000Mhz CPU
Asus RT-AC68U - AC1900 - 800Mhz CPU
Linksys EA6900 - AC1900 - 800Mhz CPU
The Linksys is total crap. The R7000 is pretty much the best supported DD-WRT router.
If you don't need the 200Mhz extra for faster NAT, then I can give you another recommendation, the Netgear R6400. Almost R7000 with 800Mhz CPU clock.
The R6400 has 128K nvram (the other 3 have 64K) and therefore won't run out of nvram even with the most complex configurations.
R6400 is currently my main unit.
Thanks Kong. Since I do not really need the extra 200Mhz nor the extra 150Mbps on 2.4Ghz, I will have a close look at the R6400. _________________ Netgear WNDR4300v1 DD-WRT v3.0 BS r29837 | Netgear R6400 DD-WRT v3.0 KB r33525M | Tickets: 5429 IPv4 & IPv6-PD | ProFTP & Samba to USB thumb | DNSMasq DHCPv6 | Pi-Hole on RasPi