Top Routers 2023

Looking for the best of everything in a router? Netgear's Nighthawk X6S delivers tri-band technology, speed and a slew of features.

The Netgear Nighthawk X6S R8000P is a multi-band router that offers a wealth of management settings and solid throughput, but its file-transfer performance could be better—especially for the price.

The Linksys EA8300 Max-Stream AC2200 uses three radio bands, making it ideal for homes stressed by multiple Wi-Fi devices, but this router's performance falls behind competing models.

A versatile tri-band design, easy setup and long range make Netgear's R8000 a strong router for a house filled with data hogs.

The Linksys LRT214 Business Gigabit VPN Router offers many properties of more expensive routers at a significantly lower price. While it falls short in a few minor areas, it more than makes up for this in functionality and supported standards.

The Linksys LRT224 Dual WAN Business Gigabit VPN Router is the big brother to the LRT214 with the the same features and the added bonus of load balancing. The DMZ port had to be sacrificed to allow for a second WAN port, but otherwise, everything necessary for a basic load balanced setup is available.

The D-Link AC1900 EXO Wi-Fi Router (DIR-879) is a neat-looking dual-band 802.11ac router that delivered solid throughput scores in our tests. It is equipped with four LAN ports and offers plenty of settings, but lacks USB connectivity.

The TP-Link AC3150 Wireless MU-MIMO Gigabit Router Archer C3150 is a well-equipped dual-band router that delivers speedy file transfers and gives you a wide assortment of management settings.

The Asus Google OnHub SRT-AC1900 is a dual-band 802.11ac router that is easy to set up and control with your smartphone. Although it looks slick and delivers good close-range throughput, it lacks many of the management features we expect at this price.

TP-Link's Archer C7 delivers a lot of router for the money, with reasonable performance and the ability to connect peripherals.