Well, after the summer I'm provably going back to Oslo and I'll be living again in a student residence. Last time I bought there a Belkin N450 for the incredibly high price of 500NOK (about 80$) which was a fine router, but too basic for that price.
I've repurposed that router as an AP in my parents house, so I'll have to buy another one (we get 1 RJ45 socket in each room) and I was thinking: how good is the Cisco SOHO line?
If I get a SOHO cisco, will I get some useful knowledge playing with it? Is the product worth it's price or I'll be just paying a premium because it's cisco with no associated benefits?
I don't mind buying an "expensive" router (although I'd like to keep it below 200), but I want a reliable product that's rock solid and with good performance.
I don't need AC wifi, although I'd like to get 5GHz. The VPN capability of the router is nice to have, but I could live without it. 4 Gigabit ports are a must.
I've also tried dd-wrt for some time in a TP-Link WR1043ND and yes, it had much more functionality than the original firmware, but it was way less stable, so I got back to the original firmware since the router is in a small office and they can't have a router that hangs. I'll be using the router for my dorm, but I get mad when thinks stop working, so I'd rather buy a reliable router with a good firmware or one that's known to be rock solid running dd-wrt.
So, any recommendations?
I've repurposed that router as an AP in my parents house, so I'll have to buy another one (we get 1 RJ45 socket in each room) and I was thinking: how good is the Cisco SOHO line?
If I get a SOHO cisco, will I get some useful knowledge playing with it? Is the product worth it's price or I'll be just paying a premium because it's cisco with no associated benefits?
I don't mind buying an "expensive" router (although I'd like to keep it below 200), but I want a reliable product that's rock solid and with good performance.
I don't need AC wifi, although I'd like to get 5GHz. The VPN capability of the router is nice to have, but I could live without it. 4 Gigabit ports are a must.
I've also tried dd-wrt for some time in a TP-Link WR1043ND and yes, it had much more functionality than the original firmware, but it was way less stable, so I got back to the original firmware since the router is in a small office and they can't have a router that hangs. I'll be using the router for my dorm, but I get mad when thinks stop working, so I'd rather buy a reliable router with a good firmware or one that's known to be rock solid running dd-wrt.
So, any recommendations?