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Still running a 2009 AirPort Extreme at our house. I haven't yet brought myself to replace it, even though I'd probably see a significant benefit from 802.11ac support and better ipv6 support

It has been reliable for nearly a decade with barely a few thoughts. Much more than I can say about any previous router I had.

I can't decide whether to go as open-as-possible-but-more-expensive, or with something like Ubiquity, or what.

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It depends on the home. I use 2.4GHz and disable 5GHz because it causes a lot of issues.

The latest issue I have is where the phone I'm writing this on keeps switching from 2.4 to 5GHz when in the bedroom. However, when it switches from 2.4 to 5 it becomes unusuable due to the poor SNR ratio. I wish I could pin it to 2.4GHz, instead I keep having to wait for it to drop the connection and renegotiate on 2.4GHz.

I'm also running a 5+ year old Time Capsule, extended by an Airport Extreme that was given to me. It covers our house just fine, and even though there are newer technologies, I don't think it would make much of a difference since we only have 18 Mbps service. The TC has started conking out a couple times a week, but I don't know when I'll actually replace it. Having a wireless backup is handy, but unfortunately my Airport Extreme isn't new enough to support this functionality (only the 2013 model does). For now, I'll put up with moderately frequent rebootings to make sure that my machine is always backed up.

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