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Ask HN: What's your favorite router these days?

by niels_olson on 12/21/16, 4:32 PM with 3 comments

Looking to upgrade my home network, currently have an Airport Extreme and 2 Airport Express access points. Now that Apple's getting out of the routing business, I'm sad. I really like knowing there's some NetBSD in the house. I know the Airport line is generally a little bit behind the bleeding edge, but it's proven extremely stable for me.

  • by lsiunsuex on 12/21/16, 4:48 PM

    I have a Time Capsule / Express config also. I'm gonna wait a bit more (3-6 months) to see if Apple really is exiting or they just pulled the product because a new one is coming out.

    If they did exit and theres nothing to replace it, I'm interested in Plume right now. http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/12/5/13837804/pl... I like the size of the pods, it got good reviews and the price isn't horrible. Put the router in the basement; a pod on the patio, family room and 2nd floor hallway and that'll blanket the house. We've always struggled to get a strong wifi signal on the patio while streaming via Airplay and in the summer, we try to spend a lot of time outside. I may do it anyways...

  • by jrnichols on 12/21/16, 8:21 PM

    I'm almost wondering if the product line is in doubt, or if Apple is actually getting out of that business.

    http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/12/21/apple-airport-firm...

    I'm almost thinking that they might shift things towards the Apple TV as a "Apple Home" kind of thing. Hard to tell.

    If i was going to replace the Airport Extreme that I have, I would be going with a Ubitiqi edge router of some sort and one of their access points. The stuff seems well supported and has a decent community behind it, in addition to being reliable and making the pretty graphs that I want. :-)

  • by gentleteblor on 12/21/16, 6:47 PM

    I just picked up an Amplifi HD router a few days ago. So far so good. Great speeds and really nice hardware.

    The app and hardware touchscreen are really simple and usable. They're missing a few pro settings/configs though.