What router do you find best for 6 to 12 devices, mixed PC and Apple?

I use the ASUS RT-AC66R as well as the Apple Timecapsule at home. The TM is the Airport extreme with a build in HDD.

I noticed that my timecapsule would often loose wifi signals / drop connections when the network was busy, I suspect that the CPU can't handle the DHCP / Nat tables or its an issue with the WIFI part of the router.

I disabled DHCP and WIFI from the time capsule and have it setup to connect to my network through a Linksys range extender. Its connecting both my kids computers to the internet acting as a switch.

Since it's running in switch mode I can still access the disk for my timemachine backups.

The RT-AC66R router seems to have the option to install various apps such as p2p software, vpn server, cloud stations, dlna/itunes servers and probably more to come as it seems to be app based.

If you wanna stay ahead of the technologies go with the Asus router.
Unless you connect 100% apple products to the router I probably wouldn't choose Apple.

P.S. Using and preparing the disk drive in the Timecapsule seems to be a lot easier than preparing and using USB disk drives in the Asus router

Linksys wrt54g it's where it's at yo.

PFsense on a spare PC or old laptop with 2x NIC's.

OpenSource for edge devices, in my opinion is a very good idea. Even SonicWall just last week had major vulnerabilities released with exploit proof of concept code.

or eBay a pre-built unit: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trks...at=0&_from=R40

If you don't want something this powerful then go with a Asus Black Diamond series router. And don't forget to enable Quality of Service (QoS) on whatever device you choose.

It has only been a day. I do appreciate the passion though.

Point to Asus.

Edit: As in, I mean that your post makes me think I'd like to go with Asus.

That might be outside of my skill set or that of anyone I work with, but I surely would feel all uber cyberpunk with one of those setups.

I went with the ASUS, well, the next one up in the ASUS family, basically the same thing but with Wireless AC connectivity. Loving it so far. Thanks for all the good advice!

The airport extreme makes a clicking sound when transferring data. Annoys the fuck out of me.

LOL at a bunch of weekend warrior tech experts comparing their epeen sizes.

Every home router I have ever bought or touched sucked the bone. Some suck less than others. Most people don't notice these things unless they have the right mix of requirements when the weakness of the equipment (software) is exposed. And the vast majority of people when they do uncover a weakness in their router, don't understand that that is what is going on.

I haven't touched an apple routing product, but I doubt its any better, just costs more.

Unfortunately to my (somewhat now outdated) knowledge there isn't really a corporate level router that you can buy and set up yourself and besides, where would you stick your printer USB, and connect your PS3, and etc etc.

So it's shitty advice for a shitty situation. 1) Buy & try until you find something that works for you and does what you want 2) If you are more technically inclined than average then you could do better with a router that supports open source custom s/w, at least then it'll get some updates through its lifetime.

Both options is fiddling.

If your requirements are modest (X devices is no big deal) then make your decision on price and availability and you'll probably be fine.

EDIT: Just noticed I'm late to the party. Asus products are decent hardware and they support open source custom s/w if you choose, so not a bad choice.

Whats your epeen size?