Linksys EA6900 AC1900 Smart Wi-Fi Router

The Linksys EA6900 AC1900 Smart Wi-Fi Router ($249, MSRP) is currently the best router to come from Linksys since its acquisition by Belkin. Although Linksys's ownership may have changed, this piece of hardware, including its branding, indicates that Belkin is allowing Linksys to retain significant...

Linksys EA6900 AC1900 Smart Wi-Fi Wireless Router

The Linksys EA6900 AC1900 Smart Wi-Fi Router ($249, MSRP) is currently the best router to come from Linksys since its acquisition by Belkin. Although Linksys's ownership may have changed, this piece of hardware, including its branding, indicates that Belkin is allowing Linksys to retain significant...

Fastest router tested to-date; Excellent range; Very good cloud-based management; Speedy NAS functionality with connected USB drives

Expensive; Runs slightly warm; Problems with disconnects at 2.4GHz band using Linksys WUSB6300 wireless USB adapter

Linksys EA6900 802.11ac Wireless Router

Excellent user interface; incredible throughput; very good USB3.0 transfer speeds

Large footprint; can't stand vertically; large power brick; high power use; no bridge mode; 2.4GHz radio fails over time

The EA6900 ties for a #2 rank with the ASUS RT-AC68U among the three AC1900 routers ranked . The ranker detail shows the EA6900's main weaknesses are vis-a-vis the other two products are routing throughput and 2.4 GHz range.