Please help

[Colin Donoghue]

So I am looking for a wireless router and I come across this one for cheap and it looks like it has all the right feature but I don't know much about networking

https://m.newegg.com/products/33-555-073

I am going to be using this to mostly connect using a phone or a laptop and will not be doing massive file transfers over a home network so I don't need stuff like gigabit networking or a us b port for a hard drive 

 

 

Is this router fine or do you recomend a different router. trying to keep price under 50 bucks

 

Thanks in advance

[Colin Donoghue]

Needs to have 150+mbps speeds at least 

[Bransonb3]

I can't recommend a product I have never tried but there are 359 reviews giving am average of 4.3 on amazon.

 

If I was in your shoes I would get http://a.co/1dMO0sr just because it is from a well known brand.

 

Just listen to Metal_Kitty that looks like a good product.

[Metal_Kitty]

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704038

Just a clouple of bucks more has good wireless speeds, reliable connection - I use them for my WDS network - plus 4 gigabit Ethernet ports. Their blurb below 

 

• Reliable 450 Mbps Wi-Fi for streaming and internet connectivity anywhere
• Three external 5dBi antennas for greater coverage
• Gigabit wired connections using four Ethernet Ports
• Quick, one-touch WPS button setup lets you easily connect devices to Wi-Fi

In my experience - Very simple to set up and use too if your a novice at these things. - and if your not a novice then great features are available through DD-WRT if you search for TL-WR1043ND in their database here at this link should you want custom firmware. http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database 

 

[Metal_Kitty]

just to explain my WDS network at home is to an elderly Lady across the street who I have been teaching to use the Internet and other basic tasks for her to publish books with... 
So bearing in mind that the coverage is from my house to a house over the other side of the road through 2 brick walls... I can safely say it's pretty good coverage... though the speeds do tend to drop a little in bad weather... (but then that is only across the road and I am yet to have the signal cut out entirely... 

Now there is an idea for an informative video - either @ Tech Quickie - What is a WDS Network (wireless distribution service)  or for the main channel - what's the best router to use for a home WDS Network!

and I have forgotten their Usernames to tag them in posts
 

[Metal_Kitty]

13 minutes ago, Bransonb3 said:

I can't recommend a product I have never tried but there are 359 reviews giving am average of 4.3 on amazon.

 

If I was in your shoes I would get http://a.co/1dMO0sr just because it is from a well known brand.

 

Just listen to Metal_Kitty that looks like a good product.

Thanks...