In today’s world, every gadgets or device is Wireless, with the evolution of Internet of the things (IOT), there will be more appliances and household devices can operate wirelessly.
To connect devices to the internet wirelessly, we need a good router who can manage the huge amount of data around the household and connect the devices simultaneously.
However, Wireless routers can be baffling to shop for and to set up. To save time and hassle for wireless router seekers.I have created in detail list of Best Wireless Routers after researching online and testing thoroughly, I have shortlisted the best routers which can help when it comes to buying that wireless router.

If you are planning to buy the fastest router available in the market. Netgear’s Nighthawk R7000 is the best choice and as the names suggest, it looks nothing less the nighthawk helicopter.
The Nighthawk R7000 is AC1900 has 1,300 Mbps speed in the 5 gigahertz band and a 600 Mbps speed on the 2.4 gigahertz band. Although it comes at a steep price but its performance validates its price tag.
Netgear R7000 Nighthawk – Design

Netgear R7000 is sleek and stealthy vibe to it. The router has a black finish and comes with three thick detachable external antennas which convey Netgear means business. The only issue in the product we found is its heavyweight 750kg builds at a size of 285x184x55mm also makes for the widest router available in the market.
In spite of a collection of activity lights – power, 2.4GHz WiFi, 5GHz WiFi, Internet, WPS,2 US,4 Ethernet ports – Netgear R7000 Nighthawk looks elegant.
Netgear Nighthawk is full packed with features. The main talking point is its branding “AC1900” which means it comes with Broadcom BCM4708A chipset – similar to EA6900 and RT-AC68U. The main plus point of this big news chipset is its new technology -‘Turbo QAM’ – that boasts 802.11n 2.4GHz speeds from a theoretical maximum 450Mbps to 600Mbps. When combined with the 1300Mbps theoretical maximum of 802.11ac you get the 1900Mbps. Only these three routers can assert this kind of speed.

Netgear R7000 is fully capable of operating third-party firmware based on Linux as it comes with a support of DD-WRT. The Netgear R7000 also supports OpenDNS and OpenVPN which means there will be absolute parental control build in the router.
Netgear R7000 also comes with the feature of Quality of Service (QOS) which means the user can manage the upstream and downstream of their internet connection.

Significantly the Netgear R7000 also has beamforming technology, which enables the router to identify where connected devices are and enhance the signal in their direction rather than sending equally in all directions. Those who want to set up their own personal FTP server Netgear R7000 also has customized free URL.

Overall, NetGear R7000 has an impressive line of features but it doesn’t come with any remote cloud access like latest ASUS and DLink or Linksys routers. But in view of price to performance ratio. It is the simply fastest wireless router available in the market.

As I have mentioned Netgear R7000 is fast, very fast. The performance on 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz is flawless. In the whole testing process there is no slowdown and to my surprise its USB performance is excellent. In range test too, the performance is much better than Ethernet connection.

NETGEAR Nighthawk X6 AC3200 Tri-Band Gigabit WiFi Router (R8000)

The Netgear Nighthawk X6 R8000 Ac3200 wireless router is a powerful quality router. It is like elder sibling of previous NETGEAR Nighthawk AC1900 Dual Band Wi-Fi Gigabit Router (R7000).

Nighthawk R8000 is quite expensive but comes with more capacity of processing, more aerials and lots of other refined features which make it worth to buy in spite of its price tag.

The best feature of Nighthawk R8000 is it uses tri-band Wi-Fi radios which you have to configure your own; otherwise, it is concealed behind SSID. The Nighthawk R8000 will automatically connect with best amiable band optimizes for the device while keeping the other devices on router network from impacting the performance of a newer device.

This feature along with the multitude of other features like beamforming technology, Parental controls, file and print sharing, Virtual Private Network (VPN), Network Address Translation (NAT), dual-layer firewall, Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) will be useful in the household which has lots of devices to connect. it will keep the devices steady and speedy.

In terms of absolute coverage, the Nighthawk R80000 goes neck to neck with its product sibling Nighthawk R7000. That is being said, Nighthawk R 80000 signal strength is much stronger. In our signal test reading process Nighthawk R8000 gave -60db which is significant stronger the -70db we get from Nighthawk R7000). In Transfer speed test the bandwidth is enough to work on. It certainly can max out lots of local connections in a household network. Nighthawk R8000 gave good speed at 5GHZ band but it manages to give remarkable speed over a 2.4GHZ band.

If somebody is thinking of buying gaming router then Netgear Nighthawk R8000 is a good choice. The router is very fast and its tri- band channels along with beaming technology collectively shift and manage the household devices together really does the magic.

Netgear AC5300 Nighthawk X8 Tri-Band WiFi Router (R8500-100NAS) – Best WiFi Router

Netgear’s Nighthawk product line has always given good wireless network performance, and the new Nighthawk R85000 is no exception. Nighthawk R8500 is an expensive one but it has every feature you want in a router.
Nighthawk product line is all looks like beasts, stealthy and other battleship -like qualities. Well, the R85000 doesn’t really look that way in spite it is mostly black. The most appealing in its design is an antenna that lights up blue.
The router supports MU-MIMO technology which stands for multi User, Multiple Input, Multiple-output. The router has competent of 5.3Gbps of total wireless bandwidth across multiple channels instead of single channel. It comes with beamforming technology, Parental controls, file and print sharing, Virtual Private Network (VPN), Network Address Translation (NAT), it’s a DLNA and FTP server; and it has security features like internal firewall and DoS protection.
The performance is excellent. The wireless connection has been magnificently consistent with no disconnection even with multiple devices streaming and downloading simultaneously.
The Nighthawk X8 AC5300 beautifully stream through range tests, providing speed and consistency in both 2.4GHz and 5GHz band range.
R85000 one of the fastest routers GadgetLint has ever tested. It’s unquestionably a costly product but it delivered top of the line performance.

Linksys WRT1900ACS Smart Wi-Fi Router – Best Home Router

The classic look of blue-black color scheme of Linksys WRT54G router of the past will right away recognize the WRT1900ACS. The router has very simple, yet efficient interface.
Linksys WRT1900AC exhibits the same AC1900 competence as before. The router concurrently accomplishes the speed up to 1300Mbps over 5GHz band and 600Mbps over the 2.4GHz band. The router comes with four antennas and open-source router network firmware OpenWRT, which can be a trade off with custom version for the preferred user.
A big inclusion feature of the Linksys WRT1900AC is “Smart Connect” setting, which means router will automatically arrange the settings to accommodate new devices in the network according to their priority of streaming or gaming speed. Using Linksys’ Smart connect a user can access router from anywhere in the world, which is suitable for those who wants to share files using USB ports.

The performance of the router on both bands is very good and runs without any uproar. Specifically, NAS performance undeniably surpassed compared to other wireless routers in AC1900 category. The router also supports UPNP (Universal Plug and Play) and DLNA.

TP-Link Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless AC Gigabit Router – Best Budget Wireless Router

TP-LINK Archer C9 AC11900 is the best budget wireless router you can buy. The router gives an up to 1,300Mbit/s on 5GHZ band and 600Mbits/s on 2.4GHZ band respectively. TP-LINK Archer C9 AC11900 is perfect for the users who want a good wireless router for gaming and streaming both.
It’s stylish looking router, too. Its shiny white finish with silver touch could almost be described as elegant. The router comes with three standard antennas at the top and vertically- associated kickstand. All the ports are at the back of the router.
TP-Link Archer C9 is not the fastest and doesn’t come with lots of features but it is trustworthy and easy to use. The router has a good speed at both the bands and great performance at reasonable price. it is intended towards the consumers who want entry level and budget oriented router.

D-Link DIR-890L AC3200 Ultra Wi-Fi router – Best Range Router

D-Link AC3200 resembles as a big robotic spider or airborne drone. It is the largest router by size as well as the best range router out there in the market. The router comes with six external antennas and stands tall at 10.9cm. It is fast in fact, amazingly fast with adequate features and good performance that it took a top spot in wireless router 2016 List.
The main feature of DIR ACS3200 which set apart from other router is its Wireless performance. It is a tri-band router at a speed of 600mbps at 2.4GHz band and 1,300Mbps at 5 GHz band. Another feature I like to mention is it’s capable to twofold NAS by adding an external hard drive.
It also comes with parental controls and in build firewall.

During the testing with multiple devices at a different distance the wireless range of DIR AC3200 fire out from start to finish. The speed over 2.4Ghz and 5 GHz network the AC3200 pushed internet connection to its absolute limit.

If you like the robotic spider design of the router or it is enough features and good performance. The DIR AC3200 perhaps worth buying for those houses that have lots of devices frequently using the wireless connection. It offers good range, speed is incredibly fast and consistent.

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