I gave this review some time to sit, I received this router about a month ago at a discount for a honest review and intended to do just that, anyways, I got this router because the stock router that came with charter was dying on us, we got a new one, same thing, turns out we have SO MANY devices and 3 gamers in the house that it just killed our network, ping spikes, intense lag, even

With Streamboost on, everyone in our home found the simplest internet tasks (googling something etc) suffered horrible lag

Its been smooth sailing and no lag from anywhere in the apartment

Setup was very simple and intuitive, not sure how the one reviewer missed the apply button (which dramatically decreases setup time as you don't need to reboot to write every new commend or setting) which is useful for writing multiple changes in one rebootThis router is compatible with my range extenders from Linksys and Zyxel without a problemThe Streamboost functionality is very effective at decreasing gaming latency and lag while handling streaming and browsing

When a user in our home is watching streaming video on Netflix or youtube, the other devices on the network suffer terrible lag and connection timeouts

However with that said, we did not have bad lag issues with either router

I would prefer to have our money refunded as I don’t have much faith that the replacement router will work any better than the first one we had.

Her laptop is likewise as fast as it was if not faster.

The speeds on the 5 g network are as fast as when I'm wired up

I replaced an Arris TG852G modem/router and really miss how you could hover your cursor over an

Downside is not enough indicator lights (wifi 2/5G, wired connection).

Sometimes I'd lose connection on one of 5G/2.4G and switching to another solves the problem.

The 5g doesn't travel thru walls as well as the 2.4g but works on the newer tech ok