its better to buy cheaper apple router if you like apple ...
581214
When i purchased Apple Airport Base Station i had lot of expectations about coverage area and connection speed but its not meeting any of these expectation. I need to reboot this base station frequently , almost every week and speed of internet is also slow even after using Apple produce.
Due to all these issues 2-3 times i had to replace this base station with my old wireless router ( purchased in $30 only) .

I don't think its value for the money.its better to buy cheaper apple router if you like apple produce otherwise less than 50$ routers are fine for home use.
2221257
The main purpose for buying the router was for the parental controls and it has failed terribly. If the router isn't rebooted daily the parental controls stop working. The parental control options are also limited and the app consistently has issues. It is not worth the money and we didn't realize it until it was after the return period.
3548228
After a week of testing I returned this product. I'll wait for Version 2 of the hardware, which is supposed to come out soon.

I had problems in particular with a Core 2 Duo Mac Book Pro, which kept dropping the connection.

I went back to the faithful WRT-54GS V4, which is 100 times more reliable but limited to b/g.

After making a lot of online research, I believe it's better to wait for newer N models in general.

I plan to try the Apple one when it comes out or the WRT-350N V2.
4971724
So far router is working fine (after 3 weeks), I bought it to replace a 2 year old apple airport extreme that was having problems (dopping connection every few minutes). Easy setup but with lots of options for advance users. It is much smaller and lighter than apple's router and it does not need and extra base if you want to install in on a wall or roof. also, Cisco router runs much cooler that apple's, apple's generates a lot of heat.
3768200
Firstly, my complaint has nothing to do with performance.  I'm sure it would work great with internet if I could connect to it.  The music works, but if all I wanted was music I would have bought the nano.  Unfortunately I don't have a router at home.  My internet is wireless through wimax and I own a dell inspiron which is incompatible with clearwire's clear spot router (which only works for ipod).  Little advice, if you don't use a router like me, don't bother buying this product. Save a little money and buy a nano instead.  Apple, you need to improve your product.
2312295
You can buy a cheaper model but that is not how I work.  After spending what I did on a Macbook Pro I chose to buy the Apple version.
3625982
This was just going to be a repeater but it far out performed the more expensive and supposedly faster router of the same brand.  I wish I had just gotten two of these as that would have served my needs better.  I had felt like getting the supposedly faster and higher capacity router would make it a better base router and this could suffice as a bridge.  Nope this one covers more ground, penetrates walls better, and serves up higher speeds on my WiFi network.  If I were to do it over again I would have bought two of these when they were lightning deals and fill my house with signal.

The ac signal is available on the opposite side of the house outside through the garage.  The 2.4Ghz networks are a little less robust.  It is fine upstairs but the WiFi doorbell downstairs on the front door struggles to send a signal when connected to this one (It can only use the b/g bands so yeah that is most of the issue).  I have another router downstairs that is acting as a repeater and that solves that issue.
4680331
Amazingly easy setup. Absurdly fast speeds. Two months later, the setup was suspiciously fast (and limited access), and the speeds have dropped from 130mbps to 2mbps on a good day. Suggestions to repeatedly turn off and on again are insulting--I expect that kind of unreliability from a heavily used or cheap machine--not a $200 investment. Post-Jobs Apple is trash, which if I can't get a refund is where this brick is going.
1878660
I've had my router for a little over a year now and it's been a great router, however it really didn't meet up with my expectations when I bought this thing for $170. It runs quite hot all the time and the range isn't better than my ATT u-verse router. It's actual worth than the G router that came with my internet service for FREE. A few weeks ago I ended up putting DDWRT on my router and that has turned it into a MUCH better router meaning that CISCO really held the router back with the firmware. So if you do end up buying this router instead of one of the newer AC routers, put DD-WRT on it  and you'll have a decent router on your hands. Although I would recommend spending the money and getting an AC router to future proof your network.
731950
Oh mercy am I lovin this!  I was sent some piece of a..ion..c stuff that ain't worth the box its in. I cloned the mac address so I could use my netgear and oh so nice. Other thing wouldn't even accept three devices before it started with the IP address conflicts. With my netgear I have over ten of the family devices up and running with not a worry in the world. I have used all the name brands of routers over the last 15 years or so and the only ones to ever work for me are the Netgears.
3942160
I'm going to give ASUS the benefit of the doubt on this product, since it seems most of my problems were just poor luck. I purchased this router around the time OS X Yosemite and iOS 8 were released, both of which had pretty severe Wi-Fi issues. Combined with the fact that Google Fiber's network box is pretty spotty, I was less than thrilled with this purchase. However, after purchasing a new router that was capable of replacing Google's (they require all sorts of magic features), I gave this one to my uncle and he hasn't had any problems with it.

Aside from those issues, everything mostly worked. However, I can tell you with absolutely certainty that using third party firmwares with this router was an awful experience. Despite the fact that this router was marketed as working with third party firmware such as DD-WRT or Merlin, I had serious issues with practically every version I tried. Plugging USB devices in would often freeze the device. When USB devices weren't attached, it worked somewhat better, but still completely froze every once in a while. At times, I was manually power cycling the router multiple times a week. Going back to the stock firmware resolved these problems, but made it quite a bit less useful, since I originally bought this device for its flexibility.

After everything, I ended up replacing this device with an EdgeMax router (which I love) along with a dedicated Ubiquiti Wi-Fi AP (which is pretty decent).
2900283
I bought this router after doing a lot of research and seeing that it was one of the best routers in its price category. This router worked decently for web browsing  on laptops, or on android devices. For some reason iOS devices no longer stay connected to this router's service on either band for more than 5 minutes at a time. This may be an issue with Apple, but given the prevalence of iOS devices these days tp-link would do well to fix it. In addition, it struggled with streaming videos on almost any device.

I appreciated the networking configuration options.

Its possible that my device was a lemon, but in any case it was highly disappointing.
4300303
When it comes to working with other Apple products, user interface, setup and making changes (using a mac) this router is hassle free.  Unfortunately, Apple have programed this and ALL other airport products NOT to extend a network involving any other-brand router.  Based on that and the fact that there are much better range and power routers on the market (such as the  Asus AC5300), the price is still not fully justified.
1098531
I bought one of these which lasted about a year. I was told they normally last two to five. Stupidly i went and bought another. I tried to connect my iPad but it wouldn't read it. I called them. They told me they would love to help me for the low price of 69.99 for six months of technical support or an even better deal of 129.99 for a full year. I told them that was ludicrous. The router only cost 40!  I cannot and would not recommend this router or netgear to any of my friends.
75109
After buying this router, I am disgusted with D-Link.  I will update this link after seeing how well Apple devices stay connected... I purchased this router after trying the ASUS RT-AC68U and ASUS RT-AC87U.  I like the features of the ASUS routers, but my Apple devices (ipods, ipads, mac-mini) were constantly loosing their connections.  Wired connections worked fine, but wireless connections were nothing but trouble....
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so, I bought this D-Link.  I've only had it installed for about an hour, so it is too early to tell about Wi-Fi connection quality, but here are the downsides:

1) Not well featured.  Compared to the ASUS routers (especially with Merlin firmware) -- which is a well-featured browser.  The D-link router does not have virus scanning, malware scanning, web content filtering (they have the title.... but it does next to nothing), etc.  For the price of this router, it is really disappointing that it doesn't have more features.  Even the USB file sharing is a bit clunky in it's design.  The USB file sharing on the ASUS routers lets you share at the root level for both USB devices and works awesomely.  This D-Link router... does not.

2) Lousy user interface.  I write software for a living and this user interface is okay, but could be designed to provide more information at once.  As I consider the interface, I think a lot of the issue with it stems around the fact that the router just doesn't do a lot to start with, so there is not much to choose from, but the layout of menu, secondary options, etc... is just lousy.  Always have to click 'Advanced' to do anything worth while... only to click on it and say to yourself 'that was a waste of time... there is hardly anything in here to tweak anyway'.

3) This thing is ugly.  Sure, it is aerodynamic and shiny and red.  But on my shelf of square boxes (modem, OOMA, etc...), it is just out of place.  My wife says it looks like a hexcopter.

Overall Opinion... ugh... I will be content if it serves wireless devices well.  If it does, I will have to plug it into my ASUS router and disable WiFi on the ASUS router.  At least this way, I would still have content filtering, good USB sharing, access to a global HOSTS file, etc.  This router costs too much for what it is though.  Very disappointing.

Update...  The router seems to do fine without dropping Apple devices.  Unfortunately, with few features (no bridge capability, etc, one is forced to load DD-WRT to make this router useful.
2488887
It's a cheap, little router... for better or for worse.  The range and signal strength were surprisingly weak.  It's a Fiat, not a Ferrari.
4886337
This is an actual product from Apple, I tried to go the cheaper route and it failed me twice.