Synology RT1900ac high-speed wireless router for for homes and offices, AC1900 3x3 MIMO

An excellent router, supremely easy to set up and administer via the browser interface or iOS app. The wireless side is fast and rock solid with no deadspots and excellent range. If you have a VM Superhub 3 and your VPN, VoIP, wireless printer etc etc won’t work, put it into modem mode, hook up a RT1900ac and do all the things the Superhub 3 won’t let you do, and much, much more. The little things also count, like being able to turn off the blinking front panel LEDS. It looks good too! Highly recommended.

I bought this router because I'm a huge fan of Synology's NAS products, and the high level of customisation on the router appealed. I also wanted to be able to activate a VPN on the router (the drop in speed, however, from 100gbps on Virgin Broadband, to 10gbps, makes this less attractive than I imagined). I had been using two Airport Extremes, one a generation older than the other, with the older router extending the network. I had hoped to use the AEs to extend the rt1900ac network if necessary. While wifi speeds on 5Ghz a/c are considerably higher than the n-networks broadcast by the AEs, the rt1900ac's range is no better than a six year old AE, which is a disappointment. In turn, the router takes forever (around 5 mins) to boot and where my devices joined the network instantly on the AEs, there's an annoying lag with the Synology. I decided to extend its network using the AEs, but to no avail. The AEs detect the network broadcast by the Synology and successfully connect to it, but the Synology appears to be preventing them from connecting to the internet. This killed the Sonos bridge I had added to the older AE and hence killed the Sonos network. I'm mystified why this should be the case, but the Synology forums report the same issue. Finally, I would have expected some synergy between the router's OS and Synology's DSM but there doesn't appear to be anything in this product to enhance a Synology NAS owner's setup, which is a pity. Synology has released three firmware updates since release so hopefully features will continue to be added. To conclude, if you already own a Synology NAS and have a stable wifi network, there is little to attract you to this router. If you want to dip your toe in a very straightforward network-attached storage setup by adding an external drive to the router, then this is a good option. But for current Synology users, the packages on the rt1900ac are of little use.

This router is awesome! Very good security options and allows bandwidth and parental control. Works perfectly with my wired home network. It did take some time to set up via my Sky router but managed eventually. Seeing the options and control on this router just shows the lack of options with standard broadband routers supplied by the ISP's. I have this router connected to a 16 port switch supplying 16 devices around the house including a Synology NAS, CCTV system, multiple media centres and Raspberry Pi setups. Highly recommended. Highly recommended.

The setup was easy and the functionality you get out of it is fantastic. There were a couple issues with some of the features such as setting up a VPN and some issues with connection speeds at first. I am a little disappointed that some of the services such DS Audio and DS Video are not available with the router with an external hard drive attached, but have still found it quite good to store files and access them remotely. Good router to get started in NAS technologies.

I really wanted to like this device, as I've had a Synology NAS box for years and it's been very reliable, with regular DSM updates along the way. However, despite being an experienced user, I found it quite flaky to set up. It has some really good features but some of them seem to be still in the beta test stage. It takes absolutely ages to boot up, and after the initial setup via wireless and its reboot, the wireless lights were on but it didn't appear to be transmitting its SSID (I left as much on default as possible to start wtih). A quick 'turn it off and on again' fixed that. Well, not quick, as I said it takes ages to reboot... The main reason for returning it to Amazon was the web filtering. The interface is OK, quite coarse in that it only does categories but you can add specific websites if you want. However, it does not filter! I went round and round in circles on an iPad and Macbook (as wireless clients) and even with the severest filtering in place, everything was getting through. However, on rebooting the router the filtering started to work, although it does depend on whether you've visited the site before and it might be in your cache in which case you get a message about 'not secure connection' but if you click 'Ignore' you can still see the supposedly blocked site! I tried the iOS app and it seemed quite good. Tried to visit a blocked website and got the Synology message it was blocked, with opportunity to override with username and password. This should be optional depending on the end-user - you don't want a teenager trying to guess usernames and passwords so they should not get the option to do so, but your own machine it's useful for overriding sites blocked unintentionally. Entered credentials and it seemed to do something after 'OK' but then got stuck on a popup box which did nothing when 'OK' clicked on. So I went to the router setup page via desktop computer and indeed it had added the previously blocked site to the 'allowed' list. BUT it still didn't allow me to see it on the iPad! Cleared the cache on Safari. Rebooted iPad. Still got 'blocked' page (clearly coming from the router) and option to override box. Even selecting 'No protection' didn't help. Rebooted router and finally had full access again. Looking at the Amazon.com reviews this is mentioned there too, ie web filtering not working as one would expect. It does seem that the hardware (which is good spec) has been put out to market long before the firmware has matured. Knowing Synology this has the potential to eventually be a good product, but it shouldn't be left to the end user to have to put up with half-baked firmware. A further frustration was the reporting. Quite impressive reporting page, but I couldn't see how to see which sites an individual has visited, only the whole house. I had enabled 'log all websites' when I eventually found the option, but no better. The scheduling is pretty coarse as well (although it does work); only one hour blocks can be permitted or denied (but on a user basis, which is good). I've had other 'free' routers that do it to the minute. However that could be improved in a firmware update I guess. There's no way of doing what most parents want to do, ie offer secure full access wifi to their children (filtering out the bad sites) but have a further limit during 'homework time' where it's full secure internet access for homework research but chat, social network, shopping etc sites are blocked. Again this could easily be achieved in an update. So, all in all a very disappointing experience for me. I really wanted to own this router, as a Synology fan, but it has just too many shortcomings for a product from a prestige manufacturer such as Synology.

Acheté en remplacement d'une Livebox v4, qui se déconnectait en permanence et était truffé de bugs en tout genre. Après une mise à jour de l'OS du routeur, aucun problème pour se connecter derrière l'ONT Huawei d'Orange, il suffit de rentrer ses identifiants (fti/ et mot de passe) et le bon VLAN (835) et c'est parti. Gérer son réseau filaire et WIFI est un jeu d'enfant, il permet de nombreuse possibilité que je n'ai pas encore eu le temps d'essayer, et certaines dont je n'aurais pas l'usage, mais rien n'est impossible avec ce routeur. La couverture WIFI est suffisante pour un logement de 45m² et les débit en ac @ 5Ghz sont vraiment impressionnants environ 300Mb/s sur un équipement correct, à l'autre bout du logement. Comme j'ai domotisé mon logement, j'ai une dizaine d'équipement qui s'occupent de çà, que se soit en RJ45 ou Wifi, et plus aucune problème de déconnexion depuis le passage à ce routeur. Un excellent rapport qualité/prix qui vous fera gagner en confort d'utilisation et d'administration, et 3€/mois pour les abonnés Orange.

Avevo colpevolmente sottovalutato l'importanza di avere un buon router a casa. Con il router che avevo in precedenza, un Belkin Surf 300, nel tempo ho sperimentato alcuni problemi di connessione a Internet, per i quali davo la colpa alla linea, o al modem Fastweb: capitava ogni tanto che, nonostante il PC fosse collegato alla rete Wi-Fi di casa, per alcuni minuti non ci fosse più connessione a Internet. Solo più tardi mi sono reso conto che riavviando il router la connessione si ristabiliva: purtroppo non c'erano aggiornamenti firmware per correggere il mio problema. Alla fine, preso dalla disperazione, ho deciso di cambiare router e passare a uno di buona qualità (seppur di una fascia di prezzo superiore). Tra le tante ottime aziende del settore, la mia preferenza è andata verso Synology: una scelta forse un po' fuori dagli schemi, perché Synology non è specializzata nella produzione di router e modem (diversamente da altri), infatti oggi a catalogo ha solo un paio di prodotti di questo tipo. Tuttavia, forte delle buone recensioni e soprattutto dell'ottima esperienza che ho avuto con il NAS Synology in uso da anni,ho optato per il router RT1900AC. Dopo un mese di utilizzo mi sento di dire che è stata un'ottima scelta. Il router è facile da installare e configurare, la connessione a Internet dei diversi dispositivi di casa è stabile e posso testimoniare che anche la velocità di caricamento della pagine web e dello streaming dal NAS è migliorata notevolmente, anche mentre sto contemporaneamente scaricando da Torrent (prima non era così). Ovviamente non è che il router abbia aumentato la velocità della mia connessione, evidentemente gestisce meglio l'attività di rete dei vari dispositivi collegati in LAN e Wi-Fi di quanto non facesse il vecchio router. CONSIGLIO: un consiglio molto importante che mi sento di dare a tutti; appena installato, aggiornate subito il sistema operativo del router tramite l'interfaccia web (si chiama SRM = Synology Router Management). A me il router è arrivato con una delle prime versioni del sistema operativo e aveva, a livello di software, qualche problema di gioventù, per esempio nella password del Wi-Fi non accettava "le virgolette". Ho installato gli aggiornamenti disponibili e hanno risolto immediatamente tutto quanto. L'aggiornamento è facilissimo e si gestisce, come tutto il resto, dall'ottima interfaccia web del router. Il router ha una buona configurabilità. In più, uno dei più grandi meriti di Synology verso tutti i suoi prodotti, è il supporto costante nel tempo, con aggiornamenti e miglioramenti rilasciati periodicamente. Sono entusiasta del Synology RT1900AC e lo consiglio a tutti come ottimo router casalingo.

Bekannt durch die Netzwerkspeicher im SOHO-Umfeld, bringt Synology ihren ersten und bisher einzigen Router auf den Markt. Da ich ein Fan von AiO-Geräten bin, und der RT1900ac perfekt in meine Infrastruktur passt (wenn man das so bezeichnen kann), habe ich mir den Router bei Amazon bestellt. Die Ersteinrichtung war extrem einfach und schnell erledigt. Die wichtigsten Einstellungen werden vom Assistenten abgefragt, sodass die Sicherheit gleich gewährleistet ist. Dazu nutze ich auch die Router-App. Mit ihr lassen sich z.B. die Clientliste anzeigen, oder das Gast-WLAN steuern. Klasse Lösung - einfach und schnell. Genauso ist die SRM-Oberfläche intuitiv zu bedienen. Alle für mich relevanten Einstellungen sind leicht auffindbar. Über das Paket-Zentrum lassen sich Server-Funktionen nachrüsten. Von Synology werden zügig Updates verteilt. Wenn man das DSM kennt sieht man, dass Synology fleißig weiterentwickelt - auch für mehrere Jahre alte Geräte. Da ich auch die NAS-Funktion des Routers nutze, ist die Übertragungsgeschwindigkeit von großer Bedeutung. Mit einer USB 3.0 - HDD erreicht der RT1900ac über LAN 70 MB/s lesend und 40 MB/s schreibend. Mit einer SD-Karte erreiche ich deutlich weniger - was vermutlich an der Karte liegt. Wenn ich eine schnellere Karte habe, werde ich nochmals messen und berichten. Die WiFi-Performance geht in Ordnung. Die Übertragungsraten sind gut, die Reichweite könnte noch etwas besser sein - besonders im 5GHz-Netz: durch 2 Wände und etwa 7 Meter bricht die Verbindung bereits ab. Wechseln auf 2.4GHz schafft Abhilfe. Mein T400s mit drei Antennen bei etwa 4m Abstand und einer dünnen Wand dazwischen meldet im 5GHz-Netz: 360MBit/s. Der Strombedarf liegt bei allen aktivierten Funkverbindungen und ohne USB-Speicher bei 10,5 Watt. Bei abgeschaltetem 5 GHz-Netz kann man den Verbrauch auf 8,5 W reduzieren. Von Abstürzen oder Reboots kann ich nicht berichten - der Router läuft bis jetzt völlig stabil. Was MIR noch fehlt: Das Paket-Zentrum beinhaltet bisher nur 5 Erweiterungen. Mir fehlen noch DS-Cloud, Webserver und DS-Backup. Was hat der Router auch nicht: DSL-Modem, DECT, VoIP. Stört mich selbst nicht, wäre aber interessant - vor allem im Hinblick auf die Mitbewerber. Fazit: Der Router verdient in der Bedienbarkeit eine 1+ und in der Performance eine 2+. Wenn das Paket-Zentrum noch etwas anwächst bin ich rundum zufrieden. Update per 28.07.2016: Seit ein paar Tagen gibt es die Cloud Station auch für das SRM. Damit hat sich einer meiner Wünsche schon erfüllt. Bin weiterhin sehr mit der RT1900ac von Synology zufrieden. Auch der Kontakt zum Support ist viel besser, als was ich sonst so kenne.

Awesome. It gives me speeds rated higher than what Comcast tells me I'm allowed on my plan.

Gran cobertura y funcionalidad, asi como facilidad de uso. Para un usuario domestico que busque calidad y velocidad sin grandes complicaciones y unos menus fáciles de usar. En la linea de los NAS Synology.