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Re:Amazon Sells Out of Echo Speakers in Midst of Holiday Rush by bcook on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @07:07AM (#13228477)
Yeah, the RT-AC87U is known to have a buggy Quantenna WiFi chip, especially the 5ghz. There are many reports of problems over on snbforums.

The RT-AC68U or RT-AC88U are better choices (because they use Broadcom?). My RT-N66U has been a flawless AP for years.

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Re:Amazon Sells Out of Echo Speakers in Midst of Holiday Rush by croon on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @09:12AM (#13229179)
Interesting, I'll have to investigate this, I've had other Asus in the past, but not those two versions. I'll have to check the chips on the ones I've had.

Thank you for the tip!

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Re:Amazon Sells Out of Echo Speakers in Midst of Holiday Rush by Declanomous on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @09:43AM (#13229446)
You might also be interested in the Ubiquiti Unifi WiFi APs. They are access points, so you still need a router and a switch. I got a Unifi AP AC Lite recently, and it's probably the best AP I've ever used, behind perhaps only the Apple ones.
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