Best mid range router
Hi all,
After now getting really fed up of the crappy wireless on the SH3, I think I am going to have to use it in modem mode and get a dedicated router. For a mid range router - £50-80 (?), what are the best ones? Thanks, Nirav |
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Whatever you do KEEP with the Hub3, it supports 24 downstreams and just get a proper router if you need one, the wireless was no different on a SH2ac in my experience.
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Thanks guys. I asked about the SH2AC yesterday and as expected you can only have the SH3.
On another forum people have suggested using a mesh router (?) - which ones are good? They mentioned it was around the £200 mark. I have about 3-4 things connected by ethernet which will continue to need ethernet connections and the rest on a good WiFi. Thanks! |
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Give General Maximus a shout on these forums he seems to know good routers.
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Getting the twin pack is the way to go full stop because in terms of price they work out at £90 each which is a bargain. Mesh wifi isn't a necessity at the moment but it is definitely the way forward and if you can get such a great router now with mesh wifi as well you are laughing. I bought my routers separately so I have the ac68u serving as my main proper router and then I have an ac53u downstairs which is in access point mode (yup, a great feature from Asus) purely for wifi. There are lots of cables running around the house to each room so the router downstairs has a gigabit link to the ac68u and even though I am not using mesh wifi (the ac53u doesn't support it), every single one of my devices can get full speed over wifi anywhere in the house or outside in the garden. Normally this might be a cheaper option, especially if you were looking at multiple routers and wifi coverage, but even if you looked at two average non-mesh wifi routers like I suggested first you are still looking at £140 and depending on how big your house is I would rather just have one ac68u. The way I see it is that you have got 3 options: 1) Buy an entry level ac57u for £55 2) Buy a very very good ac68u for £140 which is excellent and will last yonks 3) Do a perfect job from the outset and what is also more cost effective and buy an ac68u twin pack and get mesh wifi up and running. I'll warn you now, whatever you do don't go into a shop like Currys or Asda and buy whatever cheap ass crap they buy in bulk and say it is on offer. Routers are deceiving, you don't think you use them because you don't play with them like your pc or tv but they are in constant use 24/7 and arguably one of the most important items in your house. I know if my router died I would be lost until Amazon delivered the new one. My pearl of wisdom for the day is that a good router is worth its weight in gold and you pay for what you get. |
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_f...ion=3000&rt=nc So the twin pack is great value. |
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P.S. thank you very much for such a detailed response! |
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Not in this case. For any other routers you would, like i have had to with mine, but with ai mesh they connect to each other via wifi and they have their own dedicated link so as to not affect the throughout of other connected devices.
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The similar prices BT ones have a 1733mb transmission speed on the tech spec sheets |
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Hi guys,
After doing some reading and speaking to others, it seems the mesh system may be the way to go indeed. Reading about the throughput etc, I guess real world it would be good to have at least 300mb+ actual throughput. Also, I think I might need 3 nodes. (is it possible to buy 2 and then add a third one if needed?) Based on this, what is the best mesh system to get which is around £200 (or less of course) - for all 3 nodes that is. Thanks! |
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