Decent speeds at close range; As many features as many top-end routers; Customisable with OpenWRT;

Patchy long-range performance; Can get AC1900 routers for the same price; Large garish design;

After hours on the phone with Linksys support, we can not get the unit set up. It works - but I can't set it up with a router name; login; and password because the "smart" wifi set up won't allow me to get into manual mode.

nothing yet

Smartwifi set up won't work

The Linksys WRT1200AC has decent 5GHz 802.11ac performance, but there are better routers for the price

Not worth the money.

Setup is easy

Poor wifi range

Note: I'm a software engineer with a degree in Information Technology, so I'm very familiar with network hardware and attempted multiple resets and re-installations as well as tweaking just about every setting I could find.

Looks nice? Supports WRT distributions

STUPID SLOW; I tested my connection speeds while connected directly to my modem and was consistently able to get speeds around 30Mbs download and 8Mbs upload; I then added this router into the mix and my wired speed drops to 6 down and 4 up, while my wifi drops to an impressively terrible 0.6 down...

Bought this to load with the ExpressVPN firmware to make it easier to switch my home's location and secure my data. Works a treat. Was a bit of a pain to get into Malaysia, had to go through a customs process and an extra import payment which sucked

So far, router working well. Easy to install and setup. It has good features to control Wifi and Wifi guest. Very easy to access all menus. One thing i'm not completely happy about is the range of the WiFi but i think this could be due to very thick walls in my house.

We've seen a great router on the previous page and the price just got even better with the MSRP being dropped to just MSRP ￡159.99. At the time of writing, the Linksys WRT1200AC can be had at NewEgg for $179.99 , Amazon UK for ￡192.48 .

Dual-Band AC; Powerful but power efficient CPU; USB 2.0; USB 3.0; eSATA file sharing; OpenWRT compatible; Parental Control; Guest Access; and Firewall

Price

Summary: Great styling, good build quality and excellent software/stability. Ideal for the average consumer who doesn't need the enhanced signal strength and extreme multiple device connectivity/usage of the more expensive model.

Linksys routers typically fall into one of two categories: the sleek and stylish models such as its E1700 or the comparatively garish but more fully-featured models such as the WRT1200AC.