New router

[7h3r3i5n0c4k3Linu5]

We have a 300 dollar budget. We have 4300 square feet with 3 gaming pcs and at least 15+ extra devices. We have a 250 megabit connection. Suggestions?

 

Thanks jon

[Rodniz]

 

 

[7h3r3i5n0c4k3Linu5]

2 minutes ago, Rodniz said:

Hahaha yes please

 

 

[Razor512]

If you can run Ethernet to each gaming PC, then just go with a single high end router.

 

If you need fast WiFi access throughput the house, then 1 router simply will not provide good enough performance. After around 20 feet or so, the super expensive and the cheap routers tend to not perform much different. The FCC restrictions are pretty draconian, and have effectively put a damper on WiFi performance.

 

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/tools/charts/router/bar/119-5-ghz-profile-dn

With the profile tests (averaging of the throughput across the attenuation, you begin to see that there is very little correlation of price  to WiFi performance within a class (with the exception of some truly bad units).

 

If you look at benchmarks for some of the highest end consumer routers, you would see that most (if not all) of their throughput benefits show up at very close range, and disappear at medium to long range.

 

The restrictions ensure that you pretty much have to set up multiple access points so that you are never too far from an access point.

If you can run Ethernet, and need WiFi, I recommend that you go for 2 decently performing WiFi routers, and set one up as an access point.