However, very good hardware, the software offers only basic functions

The instrument would like to remind its appearance to the router classics WRT54 and holds high expectations only partially. But let's start at first at the positive characteristics. The hardware is simply top. I have never held such a powerful router in the hand as the Linksys WRT1900AC. He makes a very strong impression. The inner values ​​impress. He radioed simultaneously over all frequencies (2.4 and 5 GHz) according to current standards (N AC), has Gigabit, USB 3.0 and eSATA interfaces. The processor is extremely fast (1.2 GHz ARM dual-core) and can draw on abundant 256 Mbytes of RAM. For a router, the device is well equipped. This notice also at the data rates achieved. In private life, I have seen nothing faster and the router solves all streaming tasks with ease.

The software ran smoothly for me. I found the configuration stringent and could set up everything very easy. However, the device is only capable of basic functionalities. The WLAN can not off by a timer and will shut down. The USB port does not support mobile sticks and the number of DynDNS providers is very limited. The integration of VOIP I think already needed for almost mandatory and I miss.

The missing features could be partially retrofitted by the OpenWRT open source project. This is advertised prepared by the term open source. However, these are just a promise for the future. Officially, the router is not yet supported by OpenWRT project. On GitHub [...] a first port can be found on the router. How well this works, I can not say. I would wait until the completion and integration into the OpenWRT project.

The powerful hardware consumes quite a lot of electricity. My Fritz box consumes about the hälft, has a significant better software features and VOIP support. But the hardware is not quite as fast.

Long story short. The hardware is very good and the software still has to grow with the customer. Who needs a fast device and the basic software is sufficient, which should access.