TP-Link - Archer NX200

UK buyer here. Bought as an upgrade to use 5G line of sight mast where we live. However try as I might the thing would never connect reliably to the internet. TV Netflix refuses to work saying it’s offline whilst phones and PC are clearly connected but only intermittently. Returned to Amazon. Piece of junk as far as I’m concerned

Get the free modem and decline the Wi-Fi which they charge about $5 a month and buy your own router. Wi-Fi 6 routers are cheap nowadays. You could get one for $60 plus. A TP link ax1800 should do the job for that price. If you are in a bigger home or have higher speed internet, you may need a better router such as TP link ax 4400. My advice is to never buy your own modem if the ISP provids it, especially for free. If you ever have any issues, they will blame your hardware and may refuse to troubleshoot.

A TP link AX1800 WIFI 6 would be perfect for you and you can get it for $60 to $70 new.

UDM is a great choice under ubiquiti. Alternatively I got the following for just around $200: TP link ER 605V2 for under $60 TP link ax1800 for under $65 Arris Surfboard (various models, just look at the speeds you have and what your needs are) between $60-$110 Having learned more about networking I like the separation of hardware/software between modem, router, and access point over all in one combos. Also if one craps out it's less of a financial hit and upgrades are more attainable.

I am not sure if it is the best but my TP-Link AX3000 Pro has never let me down. That is it doesn't seem to need to be rebooted a lot. I am not saying that TP-Link is the best and only brand that you should ever buy though! I had their AX1800 that was purchased from a local Walmart before the 3000 and it kept having to be rebooted which was annoying as ever as you might imagine! I was still in the insanely short 14 day return window and returned it. The AX3000 pro only seems to need to be reset on rare occasions. and I do mean very rare! Note this is not the AX3000 with the Intel processor. I wonder how many people get confused on that! The Intel one does not have a 2.5 Gb WAN port and I also never tried that one. An easy way to spot it is it has Intel's logo on top but other than that looks just like the Pro model. As I have said, I never tried the Intel one so I have no idea if it is reliable. I am hearing a lot of good things about Asus and Netgear. Do these ever lose the connection and need to be rebooted? If so how frequent is it? How rare is it for them to need this? I prefer router I can just set and forget, and not have to constantly get up to reboot it. I am the sort of person who if I have to keep rebooting it, I will soon want to just boot it...to the recycling center or even return the annoying thing!

I have the ax1800 router setup at home. Works very well.

Agreed, this is what I picked up several months ago, and couldn't be happier, easy setup and all our devices connected no problem, unlike that garbage router Spectrum gives you, and has been already mentioned saving (at that time $7), now it's up to $10, lmao...yeah hell with that.

I'd go off-the-shelf but put a Pi behind your router - to handle fast VPN / AdGuard etc I got Tp-Link Ax1800 for $72 and with a Pi4 behind it (I can have AdGuard Home, WireGuard etc and it runs fast because Pi has decent processor and I used the PiFi build to make setup easier). I think often you either don't get a good hardware to run adblocking or VPN or don't get good signal so this seems a fairly cheap middle-ground

I'd go off-the-shelf but put a Pi behind your router - to handle fast VPN / AdGuard etc I got Tp-Link Ax1800 for $72 and with a Pi4 behind it (I can have AdGuard Home, WireGuard etc and it runs fast because Pi has decent processor and I used the PiFi build to make setup easier). I think often you either don't get a good hardware to run adblocking or VPN or don't get good signal so this seems a fairly cheap middle-ground

get tp-link ax1800, great value router and costs around $130.