D-Link DIR-879 AC1900 EXO Gaming Router Review

The D-Link AC1900 EXO switch is a modest, brisk systems administration answer for gamers who require a considerable measure of influence, however don't have a huge amount of cash to toss around. Things being what they are, will its peculiar shading plan or range unwavering quality be sufficient to keep the multiplayer experts under control?


Continue perusing my D-Link AC1900 EXO switch survey to discover!

Outline

Outline: The D-Link is a quick, modest switch that is ideal for gamers or simply the normal web client, which regularly beats its opposition double the cost. In case you're searching for a best gaming remote switch for next to nothing that has a solid flag over long separation and won't drop your flag regardless of where you are in the house, this is the one for you.

Cost: $139.00 on Amazon

Accessible: Jan 2016

Demonstrate: DIR-879 AC1900 EXO

What We Liked

Fun, smooth plan

Strong execution at all reaches

Incredible cost for this level of switch

What We Didn't

One of a kind shading plan may not be for everybody

Rates dropped somewhat at 30ft

D-Link AC1900 EXO Router Specs

WiFi Type 802.11ac

Processor 1.0GHz double center processor

Transmission Rating AC1900

Task Modes Wireless Router, Wired Networking, Access Point, Bridge

128-piece Wireless Encryption green-registration

2.4Ghz green-registration

5Ghz green-registration

Ports 4 10/100/1000Mbps LAN Ports,

1 10/100/1000Mbps WAN Port

MU-MIMO red-x-symbol

QoS green-registration

USB Inputs red-x-symbol

Price $139.99

Outline

D-Link AC1900 EXO Gaming Router

The outline of the D-Link AC1900 EXO may not be for everybody, but rather it's as yet an ideal fit for the gamer set

Regardless of what you may think after looking at the D-Link EXO out of the blue, there's no denying that it's entirely one of a kind. We haven't seen some other switch very like this previously, with a double shading shell and overwhelming dependence on triangle-loaded grinding.

Read More: Linksys WRT1900ACS Review

Its more extensive, fatter radio wires are similarly imaginative in the space, giving the switch a kind of low to the ground, relatively moderate profile. The orange and dark shading plan is a takeoff from D-Link's AC3200 line, which itself was splendid ruby red front to back.

In general, the bet pays off, substantiating itself as a friendly exchange with any visitors who come over pondering what that new gadget in your parlor is made for. It may not be for everybody, but rather by and by I think it makes precisely the sort of picture that D-Link was seeking after when they let their architects go for broke as they did on the D-Link DIR-890L/R AC3200 and other comparative switches in its class.

Equipment

The D-Link switch is made for remote systems administration most importantly, yet additionally has four ethernet ports on the back alongside one WAN port, on the off chance that you favor a wired association.

The D-Link has four 1000mW recieving wires with intensifiers introduced, which guarantees that you'll get a solid, dependable flag whether you're perched on the sofa alongside it or gushing a 4K Netflix appear from the following house over.

We would have gotten a kick out of the chance to see the alternative for no less than one USB port, yet in this value level it's kind of difficult to gripe about the lacking availability choices. This likewise expels the likelihood for a media server connection, anyway you can in any case forward one in on a PC that is snared over the wired or remote association.

Programming

D-Link AC1900 EXO Router

Not as highlight rich as Linksys' Smart WiFi, but rather not as old as Netgear's Genie, D-Link's interface strikes a fine harmony between the two.

The D-Link's product interface is lean, mean, and immensely useful for pretty much any assignment you'd have to deal with on the web or off.

Outside of the standard appearances of the highlights you'd anticipate from any old switch (QoS, Media Prioritization, Parental Controls, and so forth), maybe our most loved expansion is D-Link's SmartConnect include. As we said before in our survey of D-Link's AC3200, SmartConnect is a setting which consequently figures out which recurrence of the system your gadgets should live on (2.4GHz or 5GHz), contingent upon the applications or projects you're utilizing at any given time.

This guarantees the recurrence doesn't become excessively busy amid crest use hours, and that each individual from the house has the most perfectly awesome use encounter regardless of how quick (or moderate) the association from your ISP might be.

Speed and Distance Tests

All number in Mbps 2.4GHz (5ft) 2.4GHz(30ft) 5GHz (5ft) 5GHz (30ft)

Linksys EA8300 Up: 31.75

Down: 150.97 Up: 76.39

Down: 163.82 Up: 281.26

Down: 502.53 Up: 118.50

Down: 261.30

Up: 99.46

Down: 69.68 Up: 5.45

Down: 9.96 Up: 149.83

Down: 199.93 Up: 9.07

Down: 12.95

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Netgear Nighthawk X10 Up: 109.24

Down: 77.45 Up: 69.30 Down: 69.67 Up: 388.04

Down: 513.45 Up: 351.29

Down: 354.44

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Linksys WRT3200ACM Up: 102.65

Down: 73.26 Up: 48.68

Down: 43.52 Up: 475.24

Down: 449.84 Up: 311.96

Down: 276.98

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AmpliFI HD Mesh Router Up: 177.99

Down: 196.22 Up: 197.23

Down: 146.29 Up: 368.04

Down: 534.86 Up: 161.06

Down: 372.34

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TP-LINK Archer C5400 Up: 103.86

Down: 108.11 Up: 61.92

Down: 84.31 Up: 369.84

Down: 459.58 Up: 231.07

Down: 269.54

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Linksys EA9500 AC5400 Up: 106.49

Down: 94.73 Up: 69.86

Down: 70.84 Up: 295.30

Down: 302.3 Up: 204.35

Down: 214.64

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D-Link DIR-879 AC1900 EXO Up: 102.05

Down: 81.34 Up: 65.28

Down: 64.75 Up: 241.46

Down: 338.53 Up: 209.32

Down: 177.06

Netgear Nighthawk X4S

Netgear Nighthawk X4S Up: 77.45

Down: 109.24 Up: 59.33

Down: 78.36 Up: 241.70

Down: 348.86 Up: 223.42

Down: 169.15

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Netgear Nighthawk X8 AC5300 Up: 91.32

Down: 104.97 Up: 71.61

Down: 82.20 Up: 288.97

Down: 348.33 Up: 216.49

Down: 200.58

Tp Link 9

TP-Link Archer C9 AC1900 Up: 64.94

Down: 96.35 Up: 67.18

Down: 34.26 Up: 289.97

Down: 483.37 Up: 181.40

Down: 132.40

Netgear NightHawk X6 AC3200

Netgear NightHawk X6 AC3200 Up: 59.19

Down: 84.98 N/A Up: 209.80

Down: 280.61 Up: 170.98

Down: 169.84

Linksys EA7500

Linksys EA7500 AC1900 N/A Up: 44.27

Down: 141.55 N/A Up: 78.72

Down: 209.31

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TP-Link P5 AC1900 Up: 90.89

Down: 99.21 Up: 40.77

Down: 82.267 Up: 354.28

Down: 524.54 Up: 247.32

Down: 269.95

Linksys WRT1900ACS

Linksys WRT1900ACS Up: 63.38

Down: 70.02 Up: 59.37

Down: 56.66 Up: 299.83

Down: 412.59 Up: 242.43

Down: 216.16

D-Link DIR890L:R AC3200

D-Link DIR890L/R AC3200 Up: 49.25

Down: 66.30 Up: 33.89

Down: 36.03 Up: 285.83

Down: 470.85 Up: 200.06

Down: 325.12

D-Link EXO 2.4GHz 5ft

2.4GHz at 5ft

On account of SmartConnect and a bit of building wizadry from D-Link, the EXO is one of the speediest and most predictable switches we've tried to date.

Fabricated in view of gamers, the DIR-879EXO is made for crude execution for online multiplayer gaming, yet in addition works similarly too with regards to every day perusing errands, spilling, or downloads.

D-Link EXO 2.4GHz 30ft

2.4GHz at 30ft

On the 2.4GHz system at a separation of 5ft, we accomplished outcomes that once more, are well in the scope of rivalry with switches that overwhelm the EXO in cost and impression with 81.34Mbps down, and 102.05Mbps up. This execution dipped around 25% once 30ft of separation was set amongst us and the recipient, with a drop to 65.28Mbps down to only 64.75Mbps up.

D-Link EXO 5Ghz 5ft

5Ghz at 5ft

5GHz weren't as searingly brisk as different switches like the Netgear Nighthawk X8, yet were still bounty quick for any amusements you'd need to play without agonizing over regardless of whether you will get dropped amidst a series of Overwatch.

At a separation of 5ft, the D-Link DIR-879 AC1900 EXO could top out at 241.46 Mbps download, 338.53Mbps transfer, and we saw a comparative dropoff rate in the 30ft test as we did on 2.4GHz, with a score of 209.32Mbps down, and 177.06Mbps up.

D-Link EXO 5Ghz 30ft

5GHz at 30ft

Wrap Up

The D-Link AC1900 EXO gaming switch always kept pace with switches two, even three times its cost, all with flag quality and unwavering quality that far exceeded its retail cost of just $139. Regardless of whether we were gaming, gushing, or downloading from five feet away or the cutoff points of our fence in the lawn, the switch had no issue directing out execution like no other switch at this cost has up until this point.

Its plan might be a bit offputting to a few (by and by I cherish it), yet other than this is about as near switch flawlessness as you can get, "gaming-prepared" or something else.

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