Need help choosing a router.

[Waldo226]

My mom and her boyfriend are about to move in together (and all of us kids are too), effectively doubling the people that will be using the wifi. 

 

I'm looking for a router that's not too cheap, but not too expensive (let's go around $200), one that can give good strength wifi to a three story small-ish house, including the cement walled basement.

 

Any suggestions?

[KezzaMcFezza]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-DSL-N55U-Wireless-Streaming-Warranty/dp/B007QTMCHC/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1460552967&sr=1-1&keywords=ASUS+DSL-N55U+Wireless+router

 

Hope this helps

[KuJoe]

Get wireless APs like the Ubiquiti UniFi APs and place them around the house. You will not find a wireless router that will be effective in a 3 story house (with a basement) without adding additional hardware (repeaters/APs). At least I've never seen it done and I've seen network technicians spend a lot more money trying to make it work than the cost of 3 UniFi APs.

[FunkyFeatures]

2 minutes ago, KuJoe said:

Get wireless APs like the Ubiquiti UniFi APs and place them around the house. You will not find a wireless router that will be effective in a 3 story house without adding additional hardware (repeaters/APs).

Pretty much

 

What I think (for accessability) a layout should be

 

Accesspoint on 2nd floor

Router on ground floor

Another accesspoint but in the basement

[Dabombinable]

3 minutes ago, ProKeero said:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-DSL-N55U-Wireless-Streaming-Warranty/dp/B007QTMCHC/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1460552967&sr=1-1&keywords=ASUS+DSL-N55U+Wireless+router

 

Hope this helps

If the Asus RT-N56U router that I set up today (2010 vintage) is anything to go by, that should have excellent range.

[KezzaMcFezza]

1 minute ago, Dabombinable said:

If the Asus RT-N56U router that I set up today (2010 vintage) is anything to go by, that should have excellent range.

Yea, look at those badass antennas

[KuJoe]

Unless something changed in recent 802.11 revisions, WiFi still can't penetrate cement.

[Jak1098]

10 minutes ago, ProKeero said:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-DSL-N55U-Wireless-Streaming-Warranty/dp/B007QTMCHC/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1460552967&sr=1-1&keywords=ASUS+DSL-N55U+Wireless+router

 

Hope this helps

Not wireless AC and doesn't support 5ghz, (just to make sure you buy a semi-decent router), and it seems it might not have enough throughput for the amount of people going to use the network.

 

AP's are really the only solution here, as stated by KuJoe.

[KezzaMcFezza]

Just now, Jak1098 said:

Not wireless AC, and it seems it might not have enough throughput for the amount of people going to use the network.

 

AP's are really the only solution here, as stated by KuJoe.

Yea but its a modem/router that works for me and i have a family of 3 that use the internet all the time.

[Jak1098]

2 minutes ago, ProKeero said:

Yea but its a modem/router that works for me and i have a family of 3 that use the internet all the time.

Yeah, 3 people. This won't support much more than that.

 

The correct term is router, not modem/router .

[KezzaMcFezza]

Just now, Jak1098 said:

Yeah, 3 people. This won't support much more than that.

 

The correct term is router, not modem/router ;).

Well i was just making sure lol cus people tend to yell at me when i get the terminology wrong xD.

[Luc401]

Im still running a WRT610N gigabit router  that is probably like 8-10 years old now. I run a server off of it and probably pushing tetrabytes of data through it daily, you dont need something beefy.. The wireless range has been able to cover a 3 story house 80'by 120'  perfectly fine. The only problem is that the 5GHz band doesn't reach the opposite side of the house.