Asuswrt Merlin vs Netgear Nighthawk
Nov 09, 2021
4 minutes
–ZAK STOREY
ROUTERS HAVE COME a long way in the past 20 years, each year brings better features, new designs, and bigger wireless ranges. But for the enthusiast, a good router stretches beyond just “how quick is it?” And quickly moves on to “how easy is it to configure?” Today, we’re pitting two behemoths against each other. Netgear vs Asus, US vs Taiwan, in a battle of the networking giants. Which router’s onboard UI comes out on top? What features do you get? And which is easier to set up?
But there’s a twist. Instead of running on the stock Asus firmware, we’ll be comparing the third-party Asuswrt-Merlin variant instead. Identical in almost every way to
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