Router

[Zerosane]

I just got 75mbps internet and i need a router. Which one should i get that's good but is not expensive 

[sazrocks]

Budget?

[Levisallanon]

6 hours ago, Zerosane said:

I just got 75mbps internet and i need a router. Which one should i get that's good but is not expensive 

many people use the term router for different things so could you please say what you want to use it for?

[Zerosane]

For connecting with my modem to provide internet, gaming, and dowloading to me and my wife as well as friends when they are over. Basically as little latency and lag i can get. And yes on a budget.

[Levisallanon]

1 hour ago, Zerosane said:

For connecting with my modem to provide internet, gaming, and dowloading to me and my wife as well as friends when they are over. Basically as little latency and lag i can get. And yes on a budget.

everything will be wired? In that case you not just take a switch they are way more cheaper, and in your home network you probably don't need different vlans so you could even take an unmanaged switch. You don't work with different subnets etc so I asume you don't need routing. The only reason I see you would need a router is if your modem doesn't support NAT and/or dhcp and therefore you want a router to take these functions. But most modems provided by ISP's are also routers and support all these functions.

Do you know what you have now (the type of device and or serial nummer or something like that)?

Also are there any more requirements? Would you for example need wireless access as well? Or are you planning on having certain devices in your network you want to virtually/physicly seperate from each other so they can't communicate in the network?

[System Error Message]

for low latency i suggest getting a mikrotik routerboard with CPU connected ports, those really do offer lower latency. They've also talked about moving their entire OS onto the CPU cache on x86 for CPUs with big enough cache (it can run on 16MB of ram on mips as a bridge/AP). They also have very good configurability and price but you might lack the knowledge and skills needed to configure one.

 

In your case i suggest sticking with a router that is as minimalistic as possible when it comes to hardware features. start by picking a router with a good SoC combined with wifi chips, then pick the brand that has such a model with the firmware features + firmware compatibility you like.

[TheRealOranges]

get a Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU N3150 mini PC with 2 LAN ports, and buy a network switch, install pfsense, and use your own WiFi AP

[Zerosane]

Thanks for the help guys.

[Donut417]

Do you have equipment provided by your ISP? Does it provide WiFi? If so you got a modem/router combo. Connecting a router to that can cause issues. If you just have a standard modem then any router should work. When I think budget, I think TP Link. Though you never said how much. Your looking at at least $80 or over for a decent router.