Good routers

[anakin3232]

I'm looking into a new router for my new fiber optic 50mbps im getting. Any suggestions for a medium house with 2 xboxs and like 5 phones and 2 laptops, well a decently heavy load. We are going to get plug and play ethernet bridges also for the xboxs. Any suggestions for the router and ethernet bridges? Thanks!

[manikyath]

wait, you get fiber and only get 50Mbps?

those devices arent what i'd consider a heavy load for a router either.

 

by "ethernet bridges" do you mean powerline adapters? if so, i like tp-link's powerline adapters:

http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/cat-18_TL-PA4010KIT.html

should probably add you dont need "pairs" but rather one at the router, and one at each xbox, just press the pair button and they should all be happy together.

 

in terms of router, i had some good experiences with this one:

https://www.asus.com/Networking/RTAC68U/

 

unfortunately my retailer of choice had a bad batch, which all died due to rather specific issues with my local power grid, otherwise i'd still be using it

(something about the grid kills routers.. i currently have a buisiness grade linksys router, that's plugged into a netfiltering UPS, because otherwise it sometimes hangs as well)

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8 hours ago, manikyath said:

by "ethernet bridges" do you mean powerline adapters? if so, i like tp-link's powerline adapters:

http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/cat-18_TL-PA4010KIT.html

should probably add you dont need "pairs" but rather one at the router, and one at each xbox, just press the pair button and they should all be happy together.

It is always worth noting that the reliability of powerline adapters will vary greatly from house-to-house. All dependso n the wiring.

[zelix]

I can suggest the ac68u as previously mentioned, it's a beast best router I've ever owned 

[manikyath]

1 hour ago, JoeyDM said:

It is always worth noting that the reliability of powerline adapters will vary greatly from house-to-house. All dependso n the wiring.

offcourse, although with these things i'm pretty blown away by the performance they offer me.

[dalekphalm]

11 hours ago, manikyath said:

wait, you get fiber and only get 50Mbps?

those devices arent what i'd consider a heavy load for a router either.

 

by "ethernet bridges" do you mean powerline adapters? if so, i like tp-link's powerline adapters:

http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/cat-18_TL-PA4010KIT.html

should probably add you dont need "pairs" but rather one at the router, and one at each xbox, just press the pair button and they should all be happy together.

 

in terms of router, i had some good experiences with this one:

https://www.asus.com/Networking/RTAC68U/

 

unfortunately my retailer of choice had a bad batch, which all died due to rather specific issues with my local power grid, otherwise i'd still be using it

(something about the grid kills routers.. i currently have a buisiness grade linksys router, that's plugged into a netfiltering UPS, because otherwise it sometimes hangs as well)

@anakin3232 What's your budget? That, really, is going to determine what Router you get. The above mentioned ASUS RT-AC68U is a great choice, but it likely won't be cheap either. About ~$150 USD give or take a bit.

 

If you want something a little cheaper, I highly recommend the TP-Link Archer C7. They can be had for $100 USD or less sometimes. It's still a solid workhorse router, just not quite as beefy as the ASUS one. It's no slouch though, and should work well with your number of users.

 

11 hours ago, anakin3232 said:

I'm looking into a new router for my new fiber optic 50mbps im getting. Any suggestions for a medium house with 2 xboxs and like 5 phones and 2 laptops, well a decently heavy load. We are going to get plug and play ethernet bridges also for the xboxs. Any suggestions for the router and ethernet bridges? Thanks!