Linksys WRT1900ACS Dual Band AC1900 Gigabit Smart Wi-Fi Router (1.6GHz Processor, 128 MB Flash, 512 DDR3 RAM, USB 3.0, eSATA, 4 x Ethernet, Open Source Ready)

Works Good with OpenWRT Support internet speed upto 1 Gbps Can work as IPS, firewall & HomeVPN server

Il prodotto è di ottima fattura e qualità costruttiva. Le antenne sono davvero imponenti ed è piacevole il fatto che non richiedano alcun tipo di configurazione software. Il guadagno nel segnale c'è sia come potenza che come velocità stessa di trasferimento. E' adatto ad ambienti proiettati su un unico piano. Acquisto consigliato.

It's a very good router if it comes to WiFi range, stability or performance, however there are few things that are quite annoying, unless you install DD-WRT (very easy process) on it. The smart WiFi is just useless, I can't really say a single good word about this feature. If you want to use your own custom DNS, the router's DHCP will always allocate default gateway as a DNS address to its clients, apparently its a smart WiFi "feature" that cannot be changed as what's I've been told by the Linksys support (they just couldn't understand why someone would like to use its own DNS and the router's DHCP to assign it to its clients. When I mentioned Pi-Hole they did not know what I'm talking about) Next the firmware itself, last release in 2020, makes the router a bit forgotten by Linksys which is quite annoying when for example the guest network on it isn't working as it uses a port that cannot be changed and that's been blocked long time ago by all Web browsers due to vulnerability (it's guest network once connected, requires to open Web browser and connect to router through certain port then sign in, like public hotpots etc.) Linksys is aware of this issue, yet has no plans to release the firmware update to fix it. So if you need a router with stable connection and strong WiFi, buy it and upgrade its firmware to DD WRT, otherwise, buy something else.

Did not increase range of 2.4Ghz (as expected) but did increase bandwidth throughout the existing range. Increased range of 5Ghz by about 50% and increased bandwidth at range also. Note that these antenna are quite large. (about twice the length of the original Linksys WRT1900acs antennae). I can get signal on both spectrums up to about 40m from the router through the house walls and have not had any issues upstairs, though I tilted the back two antennae to increase coverage above the router.

A nice and capable router which has essentially replaced my cable modem as far as networking my machines together goes. I have it in a bedroom, connected to the cable modem via powerline adapters to save me the trouble of actually running an ethernet cable through the house at this time. My cable modem is on the 192.168.1.x subnet while this router is 192.168.2.x, which works well once I set up the configuration. I would have set this router as the 192.168.1.x subnet but my cable modem has a phone that will cease to function if I shut down it routing functions. This does require that I port forward twice (Internet -> Modem -> Linksys -> Machine) to reach machines sitting behind the router, but I think I prefer things this way. Its wireless signal strength is powerful enough to keep up with Steam in-home streaming, though rarely the signal will drop for 1-2 seconds simply due to how severely congested the 2.4GHz band is in this neighborhood. I would use the 5GHz channels, but my laptop's wireless card does not support it and I never bothered to replace it. Ultimately I opted to connect the laptop to it via ethernet so the stream will never drop. I've noticed a slightly annoying issue with the default firmware in that it pushes cloud tomfoolery on you, which I certainly do not need or want. You can log in to the router without a cloud account, but it will tend to offer that option first. I've been intending to try running DD-WRT on it but I've been procrastinating on that. A further side effect of the fancy cloud features is that if your connection drops for any reason and you try to access the router directly, it will block access until it has determined that there is in fact no internet connection. This can take several seconds and I find it's an annoyance that could have been avoided. Otherwise I can't fault the router, and I'm sure it will function better with a firmware change.

Die Antennen vollbringen zwar kein Wunder, bringen aber wirklich was. In meiner Wohnung sind die Wände extrem dicht, kA was da drin ist, lassen kaum WLAN durch, schon nach der ersten Wand ca. 55-67% Empfang. Noch ein Raum weiter ca. 25 - 37 %. Mit diesen Antennen sind es immerhin ca. 42-51%. Man sollte beachten, dass die Antennen für maximale Wirkung senkrecht nach oben ausgerichtet werden müssen, und man nur auf der selben ebene eine Steigerung erreicht, also selbe Etage/Stockwerk. Nach oben und unten(andere Stockwerke/Etagen) nimmt die Leistung mit diesen Antennen aber enorm ab. Wenn Ihr mehrere Stockwerke habt die mit WLAN abgedeckt werden sollen, nutzt die normalen mitgelieferten Antennen und folgende Positionen: Die vorderen Antennen sind in aufrechter 45° Position, während die hinten Antennen nach außen abgewinkelt sind (Weg von dem Router) Die hinten Antennen sind in aufrechter 45° Position, während die vorderen Antennen nach außen abgewinkelt sind (Weg von dem Router) Ach so Router niemals direkt auf den Boden stellen, sondern immer etwas erhöht, ein Regal/Hocker wirkt wunder.