Good routers?

[AJFILMS]

I was wondering because I keep having to upgrade our Internet we have like 8 computer in our house but only like 2 actively being used at a time, but all the other ones are still on.  So our Internet feels slow all the time. I was wondering if anyone knows of any good routers that optimize bandwidth for gaming video streaming (Netflix,  youtube)  ect? Or a router that allows you to set up priorities for different things

[ultimatemythbuster]

I personally use an Asus RT-AC66U flashed with DDWRT.  It works great for me.  Although my connection is only 60/5.

[AJFILMS]

14 hours ago, ultimatemythbuster said:

I personally use an Asus RT-AC66U flashed with DDWRT.  It works great for me.  Although my connection is only 60/5.

that sounds good thanks. But do you know if companies make routers that allow you to set priorities to specific things?

[gamerking]

26 minutes ago, AJFILMS said:

that sounds good thanks. But do you know if companies make routers that allow you to set priorities to specific things?

you mean like one pc gets priority then a another useing the internet ? i have a  netgear nighthawk r7000 which has it more usefull feature is putting gaming traffic/streaming stuff ahead of the rest of the traffic

[AJFILMS]

4 minutes ago, gamerking said:

you mean like one pc gets priority then a another useing the internet ? i have a  netgear nighthawk r7000 which has it more usefull feature is putting gaming traffic/streaming stuff ahead of the rest of the traffic

thankyou that router looks good. now also just wondering could it allow you to set priority to computers to, that wasnt what i was originally planning on doing but im just wondering?

[ultimatemythbuster]

9 hours ago, AJFILMS said:

that sounds good thanks. But do you know if companies make routers that allow you to set priorities to specific things?

DDWRT among other firmware does allow for Quality of Service to be set up.  This allows you to prioritize certain types of traffic.  That being said, I haven't set up QOS on DDWRT yet.

[gamerking]

15 hours ago, AJFILMS said:

thankyou that router looks good. now also just wondering could it allow you to set priority to computers to, that wasnt what i was originally planning on doing but im just wondering?

you can set by ip or computer name or MAC address

[AJFILMS]

On 11/3/2016 at 3:39 PM, gamerking said:

you can set by ip or computer name or MAC address

could you make it so like one computer can only use 5mbps up and 5mbps down

[gamerking]

12 minutes ago, AJFILMS said:

could you make it so like one computer can only use 5mbps up and 5mbps down

it has traffic control but i only see after blank (turn off the internet) or put a flashing light on the router . im running a very old firmware on it . so it could of been improved later on .