Best sub $40 wireless router?

[Mr.Meerkat]

Basically I need to replace a really cheap and terrible 802.11g  (yep, doesn't even support n...) router. 

 

Requirements:

- Preferably has ac but isn't that important? (when literally the only hardware that will utilise it is my laptop only -out of 5 other computers- and a couple of phones, or a single phone when I'm not on holiday here).

- Is able to punch through 4 brick walls and 15m (ish) however if unable, will go back onto my original plan of a new router and powerline with wifi in my room (yep, this is quite a large apartment )

 

Actually that's it, in a nutshell, best range possible at that price and preferable to have ac however if it means worse 2.4GHz range then no ac is fine. 

 

Thanks guys

 

On a side note, if there is something that's much much better at something like sub $100 then feel free to recommend as I'm sure that I can persuade my mother. 

 

 

[VVoltor]

Whatever you can get for that kind of money isn't much better than the router you get from your ISP, so not worth spending the money on in my opinion.

 

Sounds like you have a rather old one. I would contact your ISP's customer support and claim you're not getting a usable signal or the speed you're paying for, or something like that. Just spin it so that they'll replace your old router with their latest model, just make it seem like the router is at fault and usually that's their solution anyways.#

At least that should give you 802.11n, maybe even 802.11ac depending on your provider.

[Sir Asvald]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-RT-AC51U-Dual-Band-Wireless-Multifunctional/dp/B00XUDWDZE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499600835&sr=8-1&keywords=wireless+ac+router

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/NETGEAR-R6220-100UKS-802-11ac-Broadband-Connections/dp/B01GHPJ7SW/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1499600835&sr=8-5&keywords=wireless+ac+router

 

 

[Mr.Meerkat]

Just now, VVoltor said:

Whatever you can get for that kind of money isn't much better than the router you get from your ISP, so not worth spending the money on in my opinion.

 

Sounds like you have a rather old one. I would contact your ISP's customer support and claim you're not getting a usable signal or the speed you're paying for, or something like that. Just spin it so that they'll replace your old router with their latest model, just make it seem like the router is at fault and usually that's their solution anyways.#

At least that should give you 802.11n, maybe even 802.11ac depending on your provider.

Ermmm...thing is, I'm not in Scotland right now...more like somewhere 6000 miles away  (so its not gonna work).

 

Frankly probably even a generic ac router would have better range (on the 5GHz network) than the piece of shite we have  

 

8 minutes ago, Abdul201588 said:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-RT-AC51U-Dual-Band-Wireless-Multifunctional/dp/B00XUDWDZE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499600835&sr=8-1&keywords=wireless+ac+router

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/NETGEAR-R6220-100UKS-802-11ac-Broadband-Connections/dp/B01GHPJ7SW/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1499600835&sr=8-5&keywords=wireless+ac+router

 

 

Thanks, probably a tad overbudget but hey ho, if the reviews look good, I'll try to convice me mother  

[Sir Asvald]

6 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Thanks, probably a tad overbudget but hey ho, if the reviews look good, I'll try to convice me mother  

Fail, I saw your location, Assumed you're in Scotland.

 

 

[Mr.Meerkat]

2 minutes ago, Abdul201588 said:

Fail, I saw your location, Assumed you're in Scotland.

Ye ye, I'm on "holiday"  

[Sir Asvald]

7 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Ye ye, I'm on "holiday"  

Nice. enjoy your holiday.