do i need an upgrade?

[Lilninjsways]

I'm not a pro at picking routers tips for my own looking plus suggestions would be great! I have this router ASUS Rt-n66r Dual-Band Wireless-n900 Gigabit Router

 

its pretty old and also I have me and my brother playing computer games a lot on weekends and sometimes weekdays and my lil brother (6 years) always streaming YouTube kids which doesn't have settings to lower the quality so it's always what it was uploaded at and then Netflix being played all the time when my mother and brothers get home (i usually stay home alone after school till about 7 pm and weekends it's always 3-4 things streaming) we don't have a lot of money but am willing to buy one under $200 (usd)

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

do a wifi analyze first using a mobile phone, download a wifi analyzer and check signal strength,

 

also what is ur bandwidth speed?

 

download / upload

 

pst. that router is quite decent already

 

also if u want a router upgrade

 

sitecom wlr-9000 is rly good in range/performance ( recently installed it to neighbours 3houses away ) , i receive hes wifi signal even at my house at -80db lol

[Donny_Chen]

For under 200 bucks you can get a danm good router lol  

 

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=AC3+Netgear

 

but you cant go wrong with a nighthawk.   Check their comparison for better.  Depends on you really.  Check the speed of your wifi router.  N isnt the best at the moment,  but if you want faster,  you need to upgrade to AC.  Both with your router and cards.  If your wireless signal plain sucks, consider getting a power line adapter.  They work wonders

[Gikero]

I have that router installed at a family member's home. Multiple devices streaming and gaming. Check for wireless interference. Also, what is your rated up/down speed? Here we have 50Mb down and 8 up with not issues while multi-PC gaming and streaming.

[LienusLateTips]

What's your up/down

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

4 minutes ago, Gikero said:

I have that router installed at a family member's home. Multiple devices streaming and gaming. Check for wireless interference. Also, what is your rated up/down speed? Here we have 50Mb down and 8 up with not issues while multi-PC gaming and streaming.

yeah the router is quite decent

[Lilninjsways]

1 minute ago, JDE said:

What's your up/down

 

2 minutes ago, Gikero said:

I have that router installed at a family member's home. Multiple devices streaming and gaming. Check for wireless interference. Also, what is your rated up/down speed? Here we have 50Mb down and 8 up with not issues while multi-PC gaming and streaming.

 

4 minutes ago, Donny_Chen said:

For under 200 bucks you can get a danm good router lol  

 

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=AC3+Netgear

 

but you cant go wrong with a nighthawk.   Check their comparison for better.  Depends on you really.  Check the speed of your wifi router.  N isnt the best at the moment,  but if you want faster,  you need to upgrade to AC.  Both with your router and cards.  If your wireless signal plain sucks, consider getting a power line adapter.  They work wonders

 

5 minutes ago, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

do a wifi analyze first using a mobile phone, download a wifi analyzer and check signal strength,

 

also what is ur bandwidth speed?

 

download / upload

 

pst. that router is quite decent already

 

also if u want a router upgrade

 

sitecom wlr-9000 is rly good in range/performance ( recently installed it to neighbours 3houses away ) , i receive hes wifi signal even at my house at -80db lol

suprisingly it looks really good on my phone but when everyone's streaming its complete hell

[Donny_Chen]

whats your up down that your paying for though?

 because if its 20 megs down,  and your splitting it with 3 heavy users... thats gonna suck lol

[LienusLateTips]

1 minute ago, Lilninjsways said:

 

 

 

suprisingly it looks really good on my phone but when everyone's streaming its complete hell

Yeah I think that's the problem

 

I have 150/15

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

3 minutes ago, Lilninjsways said:

 

 

 

suprisingly it looks really good on my phone but when everyone's streaming its complete hell

to be honest 20mb is really low for multiple users, if they stream ur net is eaten ( however u tested on a phone those are easily limited )

 

check through a pc that is wired and do a speedtest :v

[Lilninjsways]

Just now, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

to be honest 20mb is really low for multiple users, if they stream ur net is eaten ( however u tested on a phone those are easily limited )

 

check through a pc that is wired and do a speedtest :v

that's tbh the best I've seen ? (i live in the country so)

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

4 minutes ago, JDE said:

Yeah I think that's the problem

 

I have 150/15

if u have that problem with that high bandwidth u should use bandwidth limitations in ur router per ip ( so one user cant draw the whole 150mb, split it up ... example 2users = set 75 or 70mb down for each user and 7 upload )

 

using the bandwidth limitation per ip eliminates all the lag caused by users pulling the whole net out, it will reduce their speeds but it will give  a fair share of the net around the whole network.... and not lag if one user or 2 decide to stream

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

2 minutes ago, Lilninjsways said:

that's tbh the best I've seen ? (i live in the country so)

then it is ur net, u need to get higher bandwidth sadly ( better subscription )

[Lilninjsways]

1 minute ago, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

then it is ur net, u need to get higher bandwidth sadly ( better subscription )

so it says I should be getting (from the website) up to about 60 mbps

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

2 minutes ago, Lilninjsways said:

so it says I should be getting (from the website) up to about 60 mbps

60mb should be fine and quick enough... id like to refer u to the same as i told JDE Then

 

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if u have that problem with that high bandwidth u should use bandwidth limitations in ur router per ip ( so one user cant draw the whole 150mb, split it up ... example 2users = set 75 or 70mb down for each user and 7 upload )

 

using the bandwidth limitation per ip eliminates all the lag caused by users pulling the whole net out, it will reduce their speeds but it will give  a fair share of the net around the whole network.... and not lag if one user or 2 decide to stream

 

[Donny_Chen]

Can you do a speed test with a computer that is connected via wire?

 

[Lilninjsways]

Just now, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

60mb should be fine and quick enough... id like to refer u to the same as i told JDE Then

 

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if u have that problem with that high bandwidth u should use bandwidth limitations in ur router per ip ( so one user cant draw the whole 150mb, split it up ... example 2users = set 75 or 70mb down for each user and 7 upload )

 

using the bandwidth limitation per ip eliminates all the lag caused by users pulling the whole net out, it will reduce their speeds but it will give  a fair share of the net around the whole network.... and not lag if one user or 2 decide to stream

 

I'm not sure how to do that

[Lilninjsways]

Just now, Donny_Chen said:

Can you do a speed test with a computer that is connected via wire?

 

my router is all the way on the other side of the house I don't have a wire that long and have no where to put it if I do move my pc

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

1 minute ago, Lilninjsways said:

I'm not sure how to do that

there is a setting in each router ( many routers have different names for it )

 

somthing such as bandwidth quota < bandwidth limitation < quality of service ( and way more names for it )

 

browse around, there is a place to set bandwidth limitations

[Donny_Chen]

Do you have a strong wifi signal from where you're at?

 

[Lilninjsways]

Just now, Donny_Chen said:

Do you have a strong wifi signal from where you're at?

 

one where I can download on steam with no one here just my pc on at 40 mbps

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

2 minutes ago, Donny_Chen said:

Do you have a strong wifi signal from where you're at?

 

21mb down 5mb up is quite good for wifi tbh

 

its just because users are drawing away all of hes bandwidth he just has to set a limitation per user

[Lilninjsways]

1 minute ago, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

there is a setting in each router ( many routers have different names for it )

 

somthing such as bandwidth quota < bandwidth limitation < quality of service ( and way more names for it )

 

browse around, there is a place to set bandwidth limitations

ok and what should I do with limitations

[Donny_Chen]

Basically he's saying if you have 3 people in the house,  limit the bandwith per user.  soo you get 20 megs,  billy joe gets 20 megs, and meg gets 20 megs,  if someone is doing 4k streaming,  it stops them from doing that while torrenting.

 

It different for every router, youd have to look into your router settings.

 

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

5 minutes ago, Lilninjsways said:

ok and what should I do with limitations

split them over the amoutn of users, u gotta find out their LOCAL ip,s by going on the pc

 

check their network adapter local ip,s and insert those then set their bandwidth limit

 

example if u have 60mb download 30mb upload and u have 3 users

 

u could use 20mb download per user and 10mb upload per user < HOWEVER, if u use all of the bandwidth and everyone would be using all of their bandiwdth at the same time u would run into the same issue

 

, so instead make it 17-18mb download per user and 7-8mb upload per user to eliminate any issues caused by bandwidth

 

this goes to u aswell @JDE