Edimax BR-6478AC Dual-Band AC1200 Router/Extender/AP, 3-in-1 Smart Device, Provides iQ-Setup for Easy Installation via Smartphone/Tablet

Pros: - Customer service was excellent - Streams flawless video over the internet and to the Xbox for Windows Media Center Playback - Same amount of lag as wired connection - Can be set up as a signal receiver (bridge/extender) or sender (router)

Cons: My computer runs Windows 8.1 and was struggling with AC1200 drivers, so I opted to go the bridge/range extender route. I was trying to set this up initially as a range extender with a hidden 5ghz extended signal, but this wasn't an option. I emailed customer service and they provided me with a workaround that I was able to complete in about 10 minutes.

Overall Review: Judy from customer service was patient with my emails and figured out a a work around for my problem. She provided me easy to follow, step-by-step instructions to get it working. Thanks, Judy!

Pros: Price in this class of routers. Very simple setup, You can use inbuilt setup wizard or do it manually. Both setup are good. I have 2 of them in my networks used as wireless routers with Cable Internet provider. Both network have 2.4 and 5 GHz band with TV. PC, laptops, wireless printers, Roku and Macbook as wireless and wired clients. Routers work about 1.5 month and never dropped connection or requested restart.

Cons: No for a while.

Overall Review: This routers replaced 2 TP-Link Archer C7 AC1750 that have many problems with dropping connections and 5Ghz band without any hope to fix it. These little Edimax routers have a not so good range and don't have USB ports but they give you very reliable basic functions for small business and simple home network. Very satisfied.

Pros: It worked great for the first two months

Cons: Used it for two months. After that, it progressively got worse. The connections were dropping more and more often, and now I can't keep the connection for more than 5 minutes without it dropping.

Pros: I read reviews, looked at many ac devices and decided to try this one based on my budget. Directly wired it to my SolusOS Linux desktop computer and by air to my SolusOS laptop , networked it with all of our Android phones (one is an S4 on ac), Nintendo Wii, and my wife's 2 Windows computers with WiFi. no problems whatsoever. We end up using all speeds simultaneously and streaming Netflix to up to two TVs. I've been gone for 2 months and my wife has had ZERO problems. She's not tech savvy, and doesn't like problems -- she calls me.

Cons: It's a little weird looking. reminds me of My Favorite Martian. When streaming Netflix, it worked great on the first tv, but when starting the second TV, it would skip and reload every 10 or 20 seconds. On Netflix's website I lowered the resolution and it works great now. The image is still fine, but no skips. We are in an iffy area - on wireless internet and then WiFi in the house, so this is a network and NetFlix issue. Nothing at all to do with this device. buy it!

Overall Review: Get it! never heard of this company, but at this price.....WOW

Pros: *Easy setup - Had some difficulties with getting an IP address but it was because of my ISP, not the router. *The wireless is stable and reliable. *Supports AP mode, station mode, various bridging configurations, and repeater. *High speed support - Gigabit-E and 802.11ac wifi *Some uncommon features, including STP and QoS.

Cons: *No ssl security option for web interface, not even for remote logins. *It's nice that there's a help button on every page, but it only gives a very basic overview and no useful information about configuration options. In order to get more details, you must consult the manual. *Can't specify a custom NTP server. *No more than 16 static dhcp leases allowed. *The web interface using comic sans. Is that some kind of joke?

Overall Review: Some things that I didn't count against this router because it seems like an issue for routers in general: *No advanced dhcp options. *No dns server function *No ntp server function *Single user login for web interface. I am using firmware v1.11.

Pros: Dual Bandwidth is the only good thing about this router.

Cons: Not easy to setup at all if you are a Comcast user. It took me over a hour with tech support to get it up and running. I was the one who figured out the problem not them. I also dropped internet more times then I could count on the LAN and it has a weak signal for the WIFI. I was countlessly rebuffing videos. The manual comes on a DVD and it is hard to make since out of.

Overall Review: I went back to my ASUS RT-N56U which has its own problems but works better then this router ever did.

Pros: - Gigabit - No reboots. Running strong since day 1. - 2.4 GHz range is almost as good as my old N router was. See cons. - Gigabit ports work at full speed, no issues. - Handles routing better than the cable company's modem. - Running solid on stock firmware. - Appears to have resolved my VPN issues which I had with my DD-WRT router, but it could be the fact that I also changed ISPs when I "upgraded" to this router. - Keeps my internet as fast as it comes to the house across all wired ports. - No issues with XBMC(Kodi), WMC and any media streaming I tried anywhere on the network.

Cons: - 5 GHz range is so small it is almost non-existent. If you have ONE wall (even with an open door in it) between this router and your phone/tablet and you are about 10-15 feet from that wall, forget about the 5GHz band. It either drops/reconnects when you least want it to, or it just times out, even though it shows connected. - 2.4 GHz range is better, but still not as good as my wireless-N router had.There are some very unstable spots just 2 (hollow) walls and about 40 feet from this router. - No DD-WRT, don't even hope on one. I really miss it. - No frequent firmware updates. I have not seen a firmware update for the entire year I've owned it. - DHCP reserved IPs limited to 16 clients. Terrible. I really don't need more than 20 reserved, but I had to do some costly sacrifices with my development VMs. If you are ok with setting static IPs this won't be a con for you, but I like to manage as many things as possible from one place. - Wi-Fi speed not even close to marketed, but that was to be expected from all AC routers.

Overall Review: To me this is 3 and a half star product, much to be desired for the price and marketed speed. Didn't want to drop it to 3 stars as although it is limited on features, short-ranged and rather overpriced for what you get, this router has been providing a stable network for my home with a good amount of wired devices and a wild party of wireless users hopping on and off its radios 24/7. If a firmware update comes out with support for 20+ DHCP clients and DD-WRT I'll raise this to 5 stars, even with the short wifi range.

Pros: First off, Edimax is releasing fixes so they are definitely trying to address all the issues.

Cons: Some drops with v2.02 firmware. Range not as good as 2.4 GHz TEW-637AP (in use for years) it replaced (using same channel). I also tried a TP-LINK Archer C7 v2 AC1750 in the same location, and it had much greater range. The TP-LINK was destined to a vacation home with more challenging WiFi issues.

Overall Review: I hope there is no fundamental hardware issue like the TP-LINK Archer C7 v1 AC1750. The Edimax was released out the door early it seems. The TEW-637AP it replaced had issues for a long time until they were all fixed, but eventually became rock solid. The unit works well about 99% of the time with v2.02 firmware. Now trying v2.12 and hope range will be at least as good as what it replaced. The 5 GHz range is not great, but my home area is full of 5GHz devices.