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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Here's a new update to my router issues..<div><br></div><div>As you may recall I bought a TP-Link N-750 router a couple of weeks ago to replace my ailing Netgear WNDR3700.</div><div><br></div><div>After some install issues I got the TP-Link up and running and set up all my DHCP reservations, port forwards, etc.</div><div><br></div><div>In the last few days I noticed that my network would drop (both wired and wifi were unresponsive; I couldn't get anything to talk to anything else). I had to reboot the router to get everything working again. Yesterday this happened three times in one day.</div><div><br></div><div>So I did a factory reset, threw it all back in the box and took it back to Canada Computers. They gave me a full refund.</div><div><br></div><div>I walked out with a new Netgear AC1900 Nighthawk (the 2 year old model, not the latest and greatest). This is a big router, but it got great reviews in 2013. It dropped in and set up without any issues. From what I can see after one night of playing with it, it runs well and has a decent wifi signal. Yes, it's $180 which is more than I wanted to spend but I just got burned by buying what was cheap, and my last Netgear lasted several years without any issues.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm running the stock firmware right now as there seems to be some debate as to whether or not openWRT works on the AC1900. I'm waiting for an "all-clear" from the forums before I try installing openWRT on this box. I will say, though, that the firmware on the Netgear is much more user-friendly than on the TP-Link. One weird thing; there's no way to set DNS in the DHCP setup. I haven't checked but I think all DHCP clients get their DNS from the AC1900, which in turn gets it from the DNS set in the internet setup portion. Usually I can specify what DNS servers I want my DHCP clients assigned.</div><div><br></div><div>Jeff</div><div><br></div> </div></body>
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