Tenda AC18 Review: Best Router Under $100 for Streaming and Gaming
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If you’re looking for a powerful, dual-band Gigabit router without every possible customization, Tenda AC18 is one of the better bargains out there.
The AC18 is an AC1900 router with high-end features like Beamforming+ technology on a WiFi router for seamless HD streaming or gaming.
During my testing , I tried to see if I could create some lag. In my living room, I turned on my Amazon Fire TV and began streaming a show on PlayStation Vue. My wife watched the show and surfed the web on her Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone using WiFi.
I went to the bedroom on the far end of the house where I fired up a Roku Streaming Stick and began streaming more live TV via a fuboTV subscription. I activated my Amazon Echo, instructing it to play some white noise (babbling brook). I also fired up a game on my Steam account and played a game for a while on my laptop. I created similar all-devices-on-deck scenarios over the next several days, including times when I knew Internet usage in my neighborhood was at its peak.
With the AC18, I threw pretty much everything I had at it over the course of several days without tripping it up.
Tenda AC18 still has an exceptional range for its price. The router has three omni-directional antennas on the back, which can be adjusted to redirect where you want bands to be transmitted.
Each antenna is 8 inches long, measuring a full two inches larger than ones found on a Netgear R6400. These antennas on the Tenda are powerful. Each are 3dbi, which is a little more than some Netgear routers.
The AC18 has five Gigabit ports with speed 10/100/1000Mbps on the back side. There’s one Gigabit WAN port and four Gigabit LAN ports. There’s also a power button, so you can shut off your router (and hopefully extend its shelf life) when you’re out of town and no one is using it.
In the front, you can open a small keyhole-sized cover and find a USB 3.0. You can use the USB 3.0 to connect a media server, FTP server or printer.
Tenda AC18 also supports third-party firmware like Tomato if you prefer to further customize your settings.
For the full review, read: https://goo.gl/sA9szn
For more details on the Tenda AC18 (affiliate link): http://amzn.to/2qe0GVc
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