Then at 7m and down a floor it hit 16MB/s. That’s some way behind the 80MB/s the fastest routers have achieved but is competitive with plenty of lesser AC1900 models.Īt a range of 5m and through two brick walls it dropped to just 40MB/s, which, again, is more than some AC1900 models could manage. Using the 5GHz band, it hit an average of 60.1MB/s at a range of 1m. The Linksys WRT1200AC may not be all that fast on paper but in my real-world tests it proved pretty impressive. If you fancy something a bit more customisable, Linksys has left the router open to the open-source OpenWRT and DD-WRT operating systems, which is a great addition for tinkerers. It’s not the fastest UI to move around but it certainly gets the job done. You even get a built-in speed test utility that connects to the service (useful for double-checking the problem if your internet connection and not your Wi-Fi or device). Most options are clearly laid out and there are plenty of them. Once into the main UI, it’s mostly good news. It is possible to set up the router without using this service if you’re as adverse to it as I am, although it’s not the most obvious option. It’s a useful service that allows you to use a mobile app to monitor your router as well as access it anywhere in the world, but I’m never a fan of these things being forced on you. It’s here where my consistent bugbear with Linksys arises: Linksys really pushes you towards signing up to its SmartWi-Fi service. Once powered on you can just type in either 192.168.1.1 or and the router’s setup interface will appear. Like with all of Linksys’ current high-end routers, the setup process for the WRT1200AC is simple but not without at least one frustration.
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