New router

[JelleWho]

So we need a new router at home since we moved our router/modem combo into the fuse box room (to cut down the 20M 0.25mm cable) which was a horrible bottleneck.

 

But now I wired a LAN cable below the floor to the living room and we need a WIFI and LAN access point there.

We have a 45mb down and 10mb up connection to our home, and we want to be able to use the full potential of that all the time.

We also regularly use a steam link to stream games through a LAN line and thus need at least 3 LAN jacks on the device with good enough speed.

We have a budget of around €100,- and we live in The Netherlands.

Also, we do have devices capable of 5Ghz, but most of them are on 2.4Ghz

 

So I was looking for some good routers but I can't seem to find the difference between €70 and €130 like the Netgear Nighthawk R7000 and the TP-Link Archer D7.

Are there some hidden features/specs I'm missing? and which one would you suggest, and what are your experiences?

 

Here is a list of what I was looking at:

Netgear Nighthawk R7000

TP-Link Archer D7

TP-Link Archer C8

D-Link WiFiDIR-859

D-Link DIR-868L

TP-Link Archer C7

DIR-869 EXO AC1750

Netgear R6400

Sitecom WLR-8200 X8

[Just.Oblivious]

Since you've already got a modem-router in place you've got to make sure that you configure your new router to act as a wireless access point.

 

If you use it the way it comes configured out of the box you're going to run into problems with double NAT.

 

With that aside: the Netgear R7000 is a fine choice. Personally I would stay away from the selected D-Link units as they don't have support for DFS.

 

DFS allows you to use a certain set of reserved frequencies in the 5 GHz band, this could make a difference if you live in an area with lots of 5 GHz networks (like an apartment building).

[bcguru9384]

37 minutes ago, JelleWho said:

So we need a new router at home since we moved our router/modem combo into the fuse box room (to cut down the 20M 0.25mm cable) which was a horrible bottleneck.

 

But now I wired a LAN cable below the floor to the living room and we need a WIFI and LAN access point there.

We have a 45mb down and 10mb up connection to our home, and we want to be able to use the full potential of that all the time.

We also regularly use a steam link to stream games through a LAN line and thus need at least 3 LAN jacks on the device with good enough speed.

We have a budget of around €100,- and we live in The Netherlands.

Also, we do have devices capable of 5Ghz, but most of them are on 2.4Ghz

 

So I was looking for some good routers but I can't seem to find the difference between €70 and €130 like the Netgear Nighthawk R7000 and the TP-Link Archer D7.

Are there some hidden features/specs I'm missing? and which one would you suggest, and what are your experiences?

 

Here is a list of what I was looking at:

Netgear Nighthawk R7000

TP-Link Archer D7

TP-Link Archer C8

D-Link WiFiDIR-859

D-Link DIR-868L

TP-Link Archer C7

DIR-869 EXO AC1750

Netgear R6400

Sitecom WLR-8200 X8

are you cable or dsl?

[JelleWho]

33 minutes ago, bcguru9384 said:

are you cable or dsl?

I believe we have DSL, its a 2 wire connection. and a connector that looks like the LAN RJ45 jack but smaller

[Just.Oblivious]

9 minutes ago, JelleWho said:

I believe we have DSL, its a 2 wire connection. and a connector that looks like the LAN RJ45 jack but smaller

Yeah that's DSL.

 

Not that is matters though, as you've already got a modem-router in place.

[bcguru9384]

2 hours ago, JelleWho said:

I believe we have DSL, its a 2 wire connection. and a connector that looks like the LAN RJ45 jack but smaller

i would get a phone line booster to put at your basement point then run a phone line up to living room then continue using your home unit

[Just.Oblivious]

9 minutes ago, bcguru9384 said:

i would get a phone line booster to put at your basement point then run a phone line up to living room then continue using your home unit

What? Why? Phone line boosters don't work for VDSL, putting one in will completely mess up the signal.

[bcguru9384]

35 minutes ago, Just.Oblivious said:

What? Why? Phone line boosters don't work for VDSL, putting one in will completely mess up the signal.

the old original 1970's ess or electronic switching system made many telephone calls for 1 person to another(see youtube with electronic switching system) 

[Just.Oblivious]

Just now, bcguru9384 said:

the old original 1970's ess or electronic switching system made many telephone calls for 1 person to another(see youtube with electronic switching system) 

How is this random snippet of information going to help OP, or anyone else for that matter?

[paddy-stone]

Better off with a switch and an access point or 2 for the config you're suggesting OP. Switch for around 20 euros for 8 port, and an access point from about 25 euros or so for a cheap-ish one, or around 50-80 for a ubiquiti.

[Donut417]

14 hours ago, JelleWho said:

So we need a new router at home since we moved our router/modem combo into the fuse box room (to cut down the 20M 0.25mm cable) which was a horrible bottleneck.

 

But now I wired a LAN cable below the floor to the living room and we need a WIFI and LAN access point there.

We have a 45mb down and 10mb up connection to our home, and we want to be able to use the full potential of that all the time.

We also regularly use a steam link to stream games through a LAN line and thus need at least 3 LAN jacks on the device with good enough speed.

We have a budget of around €100,- and we live in The Netherlands.

Also, we do have devices capable of 5Ghz, but most of them are on 2.4Ghz

 

So I was looking for some good routers but I can't seem to find the difference between €70 and €130 like the Netgear Nighthawk R7000 and the TP-Link Archer D7.

Are there some hidden features/specs I'm missing? and which one would you suggest, and what are your experiences?

 

Here is a list of what I was looking at:

Netgear Nighthawk R7000

TP-Link Archer D7

TP-Link Archer C8

D-Link WiFiDIR-859

D-Link DIR-868L

TP-Link Archer C7

DIR-869 EXO AC1750

Netgear R6400

Sitecom WLR-8200 X8

I setup an Archer C7 once upon a time. My sister at the time lived in maybe a 1500 sq foot house. It covered the entire house pretty well. Even though the router was in the one corner. The firmware was lacking when it came to features and you can tell it was designed by someone that English was not their first language. But, it had good range and speeds for a decent price. 

 

I have a DLink router currently. Its running DDWRT. But from what I remember, the stock firmware was kinda shit. The interface was confusing and it required to be rebooted after any setting was changed. The only thing I can say about Netgear is they had the major security problem a while back with their firmware. Personally if it were me, Id choose based on if the router supported third party firmware like DDWRT. As DDWRT seems to be very solid.