Synology RT1900AC Dual-Band Review

The RT1900AC is Synology’s first stab at entering the wireless router marketplace. And they did well. It was introduced at Computex in 2015 and has been available ever since. In testing, it performed great as a Wi-Fi router and NAS server. It’s been reviewed as one of the best storage servers on the market. But what really makes this router stand out is its software.

The RT1900AC features SRM (Synology Router Management). It has five packages and installable apps and extended features. The SRM is also incredibly user friendly. It’s essentially the DSM NAS OS ported to a SoC platform with wireless.

All of the latest routers are pretty easy to install and set up. This router matches that trend. From start to finish, the configuration of the RT1900AC took us only five minutes.

Synology’s RT1900AC also performs incredibly well. It has a top speed of 1,300 Mbps at 5 GHz and up to 600 Mbps on its 2.4 GHz band. It’s powered by a dual-core 1 GHz processor with 256MB of DDR3 memory. And with respect to connectivity, it features one 3.0 USB port and one SD car slots. Both on its left side. Use these ports for storage and external hard drives, or even to install add-on features to the router. You can even use the router as a host for Mac’s Time Machine backup, file sharing, media streaming and more.

For excellent home router options, check out Household Audio’s list of Best Routers.

Kameron Scott

In 2012, Kameron founded HouseholdAudio as an outlet to write about his opinions and experiences with home audio and video products. Leveraging his first hand experience in the field while working for a general contractor, he began assembling lists of products, how to's and more. He tested products in his garage and reviewed them them as he installed them in custom homes. The goal was to give people easy access to quality information about car audio and electronics and tech so that you don't have to spend hours researching something like a home theater projector. Between 2015 and 2018 he worked as a Digital Product Manger at Motor Trend, working directly with the key editorial members like Mike Floyd and Ed Loh to build meaningful web experiences tailored to the automotive enthusiast. Today he's still assembling lists, testing products and writes articles along with the few members of HouseholdAudio's experts that he trusts. Apart from being the founder of HouseholdAudio, he's the primary editor and contributor of CarAudioNow.com as well.