On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 16:48:51 -0700, Dave Taht said:

> Can't recommend anything at $100 at the moment. The linksys 1200ac
> comes closest. I have one running on a 125/25 connection using cake
> just fine - but I can still pretty easily crash it on the wifi as of
> openwrt trunk from a month back. The wifi is great while it lasts
> tho....

Thanks for the pointer, poked around on Amazon and the OpenWRT site, the 1200AC
looks like a workable choice feature-wise and for my bank account.  Will
probably go with that.

Will probably flash the 3800 with openwrt 15.05 and benchmark it a bit before
I replace it...