No, a consumer vehicle met my needs. A consumer router did not.

Asus RT N66U for me here. Been running it for 2 years pushing tb's of data. It stays up for months at a time. The only time it reboots is when I'm doing a firmware update. I just bought an AC68U to replace it. That being said there's plus' for both methods.

Netgear R7000 is on sale at amazon for $150.

Review here:
Router

Otherwise if you want cheaper, the TP-link C7 are going for about $80 at various places.

and what makes u think a consumer router does not meet HIS needs?

You could say that you could buy a car too. But building one is much more fun. Isn't it?

When I was in high school, I remember a motorcycle machine addressing the topic of building vs buying a bike, particularly the claim that building was cheaper. They chose a particular bike (a Kawasaki 400 street bike of some sort, if memory serves) then priced out every. single. part. down to the last washer. The cost of parts alone was something like $14,000; retail cost of the bike was under $6,000.

He has one, if it didn't meet his needs, he wouldn't be looking for another one. Try a free solution before spending money on something that may not even solve the problem. For all we know, a stronger or 5ghz wireless access point will do it for him.

"Free" assumes he has a spare fully working PC laying around...

Guys, I am looking for a new AC router as well, that will handle my new 500M internet, new dual-bay Synology, and 600sq-ft home traffic.

My current setup is a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH (N router w/ DDWRT) + Synology DS111 that I have been using for the last 4 yrs, it's time to upgrade. I don't torrent or game that much anymore, mostly youtube, run the LeTV apps, and jerk off over the RS Porno thread lol. I am thinking Synology RT1900ac, but isn't that overpowered?

Will 3+ antennas really necessary for cell phones? Any other recommended routers that will fit my situation.

And a switch, and wireless APs, and a bunch of Cat5/6, and surge protectors, and space...

More antennas doesn't automatically mean better performance. In most cases the benefit is mainly for the router's reception, not transmitting.

Almost nothing has 3x3 antennas as standard. Some phones have 2x2. That being said I've never seen synology make routers before so I'd probably go with one of the more common ones like Asus AC68U, Netgear R7000, maybe the Archer C7. At least you can load custom firmware on those. Also that being said you probably won't get much benefit unless you upgrade your wireless devices to AC as well.

and hes gonna say u can buy those cheap on craigslist...

funny how both the dragons got each others backs...

It could be more fun if he was a router enthusiast who went on routerscene.net, constantly scoured the 'craigslist router good buys' thread and tinkered with the innards of his router in his spare time

WHAT?! This isn't routerscene?! That earthquake sent me to the wrong site, I swear.

I like to play devils advocate. ;)

I ended up getting the TP-Link Archer C7 when it was on sale for $80 at dell.

- No longer gets drop connection when I download at >2.5Mb/s
- File transfer between computers on the network is much faster.

One thing tho, I am getting 23-28ms latency on speedtest.net. (wifi)
is this normal? I think I used to get 12-20ms ping with the old crappy router.

^^...turn off QOS..that might be slowing down the response time.

should wait 802.11ad routers to come out

^ If you think like that, you will probably never buy anything. IMO wireless N was able to satisfy the needs of most people. Anything beyond that is a bonus.

^ true, but if it is only few months away, then I will stick with my current N router until it is available.