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That's just too sad. I was thinking recently how my 3 year old AirPort express was the best router I've owned. These routers were always super easy to configure and I remember maybe one reboot in its lifetime... it powers: 2 MBP pros; 2 iPhones 1 Apple TV 1 Roomba 980 cleaning bot 1 Footbot - Air quality monitoring 1 Apple Watch 1 Sony PS4 ... everything working flawlessly

Sad day for me.

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You would be shocked at how good an ASUS router is comparably. I always have people tell me I have over killed my houses wifi but the speed are awesome and I own a home built in 1894 and has plaster walls.

I don't understand how a router can be simpler then just typing in the password unless your trying to accomplish something more complex.

Yup, my ASUS-AC66U can do 600-700Mbit/s over air which is pretty impresssive and a bit better than what airport extreme could.

Yup, the trick is simply to not buy a shitty router. I got an Netgear AC1900 Nighthawk, and its working flawlessly.

Yup, and that trick used to be "go buy an Airport". Now the trick will be "go read a bunch of web pages and hope you make a good choice". I'm not looking forward to it when my AirPort Extreme dies.

Hey guys,

thank you for the recommendations. That was really my next question! Thumbs(votes) up!

I bought an Ac66u a while back (nicknamed dark knight). The thing died after 1 month. I didn't have the time or inclination to bother to return the thing (Asus support was entirely unhelpful). Sat like a dead spider in my networking cabinet as I put my Airport back into service.

If Apple is indeed abandoning the router space I'm a bit disappointed and worried that leadership doesn't understand the basic needs of their average brand loyal customers.

And there's a high probability it's out of software updates and has become part of a botnet (or will soon).

Same here. I was very reluctant to buy an Apple-branded router, but after going through half a dozen routers in just a few years, I figured I'd give it a shot. I have had the same router now for 4 years. I was just thinking the other day about how amazing it is that I have had to restart it only once or twice in its lifetime and it's still going strong. It's so reliable that if something is wrong with the WiFi, I immediately suspect the internet service.

Same thing here..

Surprising you found them stable. I have another router to be the best of the best: Asus Dark Knight (pricey). Try giving it a try. I must have gone through 6 budget routers before splurging on this one. Two restarts in 6 years.

Thanks for the recommendations as well. Looks like guys above also recommend Asus devices!

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