Best Wireless Router for Gigabit Service?

$70 for the gigabit Internet service and $120 for gigabit service and TV (1 box).

I don't think so... unless my 2015 iMac does, which I doubt. Will need to to look into that as well...

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Go get the Apple Airport Extreme,

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man that is SO EXTREME!!!!! An airport? So like the Data are the planes?

Yeah... before more people just throw in the name of their favorite router, the first step in finding a router for a Gigabit connection is determining which ones are capable of WAN to LAN throughput even remotely close to a gigabit. While most routers have Gigabit ethernet, and AC routers can provide bandwidth beyond a gigabit if they support at least 3 spatial streams, what is not readily advertised is the hardware limitation determining how much incoming bandwidth it can handle from the modem. That number used to not matter because it's always hundreds of megabits. Anyone without gigabit internet doesn't have to worry much about that number.

Luckily, SmallNetBuilder evaluates the shite out of all of our favorite consumer routers, so you can look at this handy-dandy list ranking them by WAN to LAN throughput. LINK

You'll notice that consumer routers still aren't quite hitting the magic 1gbps mark, but a few come acceptably close. The Nighthawk sits at the top of the list. And you can probably just stop there, because the Nighthawk is pretty much superior in every other meaningful category as well.

EDIT: Another thing you'll notice on that chart is how far down the list the Apple Airport Extreme is. Good thing you didn't buy that one yet.

EDIT2: lol at downvoting absolute fact. Some of you people are irredeemably dumb and sad.

I have an Asus AC56u.

Haven't had any problems with it.

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Go get the Apple Airport Extreme, or Time Capsule. Both awesome, and with the TC you get the backup features as well.

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My advice is only get an Apple router if you have a majority of Apple devices. Even then its really iffy. This is coming from someone that has 3 macs, 3 iPhones, 2 iPads, and 3 Apple TVs in his house and uses an Airport Extreme and Airport Express as a bridge. When I upgrade my router it won't be made by Apple.

Good stuff as always. Thanks everyone

It's not always about throughput, though...

I've installed them all -- from Linksys (before Cisco), to Linksys (during Cisco), to NetGear, TPLink, D-Link... And the only brand I have found to remain reliable in the home to small-business arena are the Apple products.

Plus, the fact that I can extend the wireless network just by adding another access point, install and manage all of the Airport devices from a single console, and connect speakers to the extensions around the house... Well, it's a winner for me.

Show me a device ranked higher than the Airport on SNB that has those same features and let's really compare.