We have an issue in our house that there are too many people trying to
access one router (7 or 8) and Time Warner charges you extra to hook up
a second router. The time Warner Connection can take it but the router
becomes a bottle neck. Breaks of only a second or two become big
problems if you are using Skype or making phone calls through it,
because those programs don't buffer, they assume that the other party
has hung up and disconnect.
I don't know if more expensive routers inherantly have more capacity,
Sean might. It seems like half of the time more expensive items have
mostly more sales commissions to the guy who is selling it to you.
Mark
On 04/28/2013 08:05 AM, Sean Dague wrote:
I got one of the Asus N66u routers last year which I've been super
happy with - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006QB1RPY?tag=seasmenwal-20.
Honestly I got it for having n and a bigger wifi footprint, but it's
been rock solid regardless. It's also pretty open, basically just has
a slightly customized dd-wrt (with Asus's own web UI), which means
you've got a lot of control over the thing if you want it. This is the
router I now recommend to everyone as long as they can get past the
idea that a home router should cost $50.
On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Alan Snyder <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi - I'd like to upgrade my wireless router in the house to
something more reliable than what i have now, which is a netgear
n300. The devices using the router will be my macbook air laptop,
an hp laptop, 2 android phone, 2 android tables, and a wireless
printer. Obviously not all will be on at the same time, but
primarily the mac laptop and the hp laptop would be the devices
using the network mostly.
So what i'm trying to get around is the fact that every home
wireless router i've had needs to be reset every month or so. This
router is particularly annoying since I need to reset it every few
weeks. Instead of buying a new low-grade router i'm looking to buy
something more beefy.
So i'm looking for something that i can use that's reliable and
doesn't need to be kicked every 30 days. I'd be looking for
something that can sit on a shelf in the basement and that doesn't
take up too much room. I don't need many ethernet ports. The only
critical requirement is that the wireless is solid and stable.
802.11n would be nice, but i'll take g if it's more stable.
Recommendations...?
Thanks!
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