[GTALUG] router upgrade

[William Park]

On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 06:25:23PM -0500, o1bigtenor wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 5:59 PM, William Park via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 09:51:08AM -0400, Myles Braithwaite via talk wrote:
> > > o1bigtenor via talk wrote:
> > > > I've been running an Asus rt-n16 router, using dd-wrt, for about 6.5
> > > > years now. On the second one for about 1.5 years and no longer have a
> > > > spare for the next time the router craters.
> > > >
> > > > Am finding it very difficult to determine an update/upgrade for my
> > router.
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > I'm a fan of the TP-Link TL-WR940N, so much that I have recommend it to
> > > everyone I know. I have three of them in various locations (home, farm,
> > > and HackLab.TO).
> >
> > I have Asus RT-N66U which I believe is the top of Wireless-N.  Checking
> > Canada Computers and Newegg, you can still buy RT-N16.
> >
> 
> So - - - I should just buy another one? (asus rt-n16)
> 
> I'm thinking the one I have might get another 2 years and the next one
> would need to last until at least 2024 to give good value. Was
> thinking that an upgrade would be nice by 2019.

If you're upgrading, then move to AC.  What Myles suggest isn't bad
idea, either.  TP-Link is cheap and disposable.
-- 
William