What router do I need.

Silencedelta · May 11, 2014

I have a kind of weird setup in my house hold. There is one line that runs 30Mbps down 5Mbps up. Currently I have a linksys e1000 the problem i am running into is connection issue and semi slow wireless speeds. By connection issues sometimes the router drops a computer and will not reconnect or it just wont let it connect to begin with, resulting in me having to unplug the router and soft reset to get it to work. My main computer is on a hard line but it feels like all our mobile devices are slow. There are 8-12 devices connected to the WiFi on average not all going at once all the time. The main 2 things i want to know is 1 is there another router i can get that will better support the number of Phones Tablets and Laptops connected to WiFi. I looked around but there are so many different numbers and crap that i am just not sure(the sad part is this is performing better then the crappy one timer Warner gave us that split the connection every time a device connects ... and its 4 years older lol.) 2 I would like to put a second line with my main computer for my secondary computer but it requires running a 30meter cable is there any way to split the connection without losing ping or speed. I know about switches but i think that has a negative affect on ping if i am correct and the second pc is a streaming/media pc so i was wondering if there was a way to do it without a lot of degradation due to that.

... only thing please no netgear... I have had really bad experiences with net gear routers... I personally prefer linksys i only need basic port forwarding and stuff nothing to crazy. of course protection is a no brainier.

Edit i think the only thing in the house that is ac is my note 3 and maybe my note 10.1 2014 edition

AMICLG · May 11, 2014

ALL new Linksys routers are junk (I had 3 diff EA series ones), an Asus AC66U would be the best "future proof -ish" option for your busier network and new Netgear's are awesome long as you don't want support for 3rd party firmware.

frontliner · May 11, 2014

I don't know what the ASUS router firmware support is like, but if it is anything like their modem/router combo firmware (eg. DSL-N55U) I wouldn't go near it, super buggy and has a pretty poor implementation of features.Grab something from TP-Link or Netgear.