Cold only 6 aerials

Pricey, but it's got 6 aerials, so that's pretty good value. My current router only has one aerial and was about £40, so this actually works out much, much cheaper.
Thanks OP....

needs more aerials

Some weird trend this week with all those routers and repeaters. Already purchased 3 since last week lol

My wifi kept dropping on virgin media, I've still to set this up.

Pricey, but it's got 6 aerials, so that's pretty good value. My current router only has one aerial and was about £40, so this actually works out much, much cheaper.
Thanks OP....

looks like Statue of Liberty's crown!!!

needs more aerials

You'll be able to get a signal in Beirut of that :laughing:

Cold only 6 aerials

It is interesting how these look a lot like animals, netgears 8 antenna one is like a hedgehog, for this I would say a peacock.

I want this one

Cold. Too much for what it is. This price will net you a better router, just not this one. The broadcom stuff needs to come down. Still not MU-MIMO ready. The double access points sound good but not necessarily great in practice. Underbaked firmware etc.

I name you... the hedgehog.

One word. Ubiquiti. I don't do consumer kit these days.

You are better off with a dedicated wireless Access Point ...and if placed correctly it should resolve all your wireless issues...

Could it be used as a car eyelash?

Those aerials are fake. Empty tubes with a 22mm stub in the base.

That is awesome.

I have AC-87U which is very similar, its ok better than isp supplied but not much of in improvement from my asus RT-N66U expect AC support.
asus do update the firmware on these very frequently and merlin also supports it DD WRT and tomato not so well supported on the never routers at least no on my 87U

I take it this can't replace a BT Home hub but connects to one of the ethernet ports?
Has anyone used it with a Home Hub?

To be fair it is a good router. The prices are silly though. If I spent this much there are other options too. It's odd saying £150 is a great deal. But you can do worse! It is worth pinning out that several features are not quite as they make them out to be despite its early 2015 launch. Bigger numbers etc are misleading.

You could also try Xclaim, it's only an AP not a router so you'd need to connect it to a router but you'd get better wireless performance out of it than from anything else affordable. Ubiquiti is probably better than consumer kit but it's poor compared to other business grade stuff, you get what you pay for.

Shouldn't that have the NOD logo?

For smaller businesses the Ubiquiti kit is amazing. I've setup a few networks using the kit in the past few years and only once had a POE injector die on me after 2 days on an install in New Zealand. But since then it has been flawless, and the handoff between APs on the network is seamless.

The best wifi APs use MIMO antennas which are printed onto circuit boards. Using software defined radio attenuation, hey can form 'beams' towards clients boosting the signal strength and quality without exceeding regulatory power limits.

It might not be Cisco grade kit, but for the price it's way better than any standard consumer equipment.

I would agree it's better, as long as you're not fooled into thinking it's enterprise grade like a mid range Cisco or Ruckus WAP.

Does Ubiquiti even support 802.1x yet?

Some devices including the mFi, but to be honest networks are just a hobby for me. Not my real job, so I take an interest, but that's as far as I take it.

Given the amount of Ubiquiti kit I've taken out and replaced for people with something better, I disagree. It's not about how long the POE injector lasts (use a switch anyway, injectors are messy), it's about radio performance and concurrent clients. It's good to know that the handoff works well for you as you'll be needing more APs by using Ubiquiti.

Maybe you've set up a few networks but I've set up hundreds with competitor's kit and Ubiquiti doesn't even come close. It is cheap though, as I said, you get what you pay for. If it's a choice between something like this Asus thing and Ubiquiti, sure, go for Ubiquiti. Otherwise, steer clear.

Xclaim is owned by Ruckus and aimed at the small business market, it doesn't have all of the Ruckus features but you can't expect those at this price range.

This I would agree with, I work as a NE now but used to work as in Education and trialed Ubiquiti in a high density environment... yes it failed miserably

Thumbs up to Ubiquiti.

It's great kit.!

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Finding a wireless router can be difficult. Yes Asus Gigabit router can be a good option but in my opinion there other options as well that we can avail. Here some good resources to get started.

http://www.howtogeek.com/168379/10-useful-options-you-can-configure-in-your-routers-web-interface/
http://www.wikihow.com/Set-Up-a-Wireless-Router /
http://mobilesiri.com/best-wireless-routers/
http://www.pcworld.com/article/249185/how_to_set_up_a_wireless_router