I’ve had what I thought was a great WiFi router for the past 3 years. The vendor continues to provide firmware updates, which is admirable.
Having heard of the awesome improvements that are being made by folks in the LEDE fork of OpenWRT (in the area of eliminating bufferbloat), I thought it was time for an upgrade. So I purchased an Archer C7 version 2 router, and today, I installed LEDE. Installation was a breeze. Configuring LEDE isn’t as easy as most consumer WiFi routers, but the payoff has been good.
My downstream 2GHz WiFi cameras and networking gear seem to be staying online better, and streaming live video works better as well. I’m not sure if my family notices much of a difference, but I do. I appreciate the folks who have brought me better networking.