Hello All,
Just upgraded my NBN Plan to 100Mbps, but I still cant realise a good speed due to my WiFi. Apparently I don't have a good router. My connection is FTTP. What router does this community recommend. I want to spend as little as I can versus reasonable quailty, but Im happy to go up to $300.
10Q all…
Brant
Note: Just adding to this, I am in a 2-storey townhouse. Router is downstairs (due to NBN setup)…system is upstairs.
No, powerline is about as good as wifi, so a $300 router with good signal will likely beat powerline.
powerline is as good as cat5 LAN cable
powerline is not wifi extender
It's really not at all, considering powerlines adaptors start at 100Mbps (theoretical). Real-world usage, unless you have gigabit+ powerlines and fresh cabling, you're not gonna witness cabled speeds.
@StickMan: I'm in a 100 year old house. I get close to 100/40 with my power line adapters. The difference I put down to Telstra and peak times etc.
use powerline to extend a network into the living room, when it worked, it was great, but was a PIA everytime the power went down at either end, or both in a blackout as it would take a few attempts to reconnect.
eventually replaced it with a run of cat 5 under the house
How big is your house? What is it made out of? Where does the fiber terminate? I'm partial to the Asus AC68u, which you can get for around 200 AUD usually. My fiber terminated in the garage, and I was getting poor speeds with my older router so I got the AC68u, then I was getting 90+ most places in a small 2 story townhouse. However if your house is oddly shaped, or has concrete walls, you might need to consider powerline (ethernet over power) or better yet running some cable.
I also think the Asus AC68U is a good choice:
$189 here: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Asus-RT-AC68U-Dual-Band-AC1900-Wi…
Or the AC88U for $343: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Asus-RT-AC88U-AC3100-3100Mbps-Du…
House is a 2-storey townhouse. The router is located directly below the main server.
+1 for the AC68U, I live in a two storey townhouse with the router in the garage, every device is connected via Wi-Fi with no issues.
+1 for the RT AC68U. Mums house is quite large and I barely got any signal upstairs with previous router. After the Asus, I got full signal in my room. Very stable connection as well.
I have the AC88U which is the same radios as 68U. 2-story townhouse. Excellent performance.
connect via ethernet, you should see the speeds.
Also it might be your client device that is the issue, not the router.
I have FTTP 100/40 and using the tp-link D2 archer, and I get about ~6 Megabytes/s out in my garage which is about 20M away using a tp-link TL-WN722N wireless adapter.
The signal goes through the brick wall of my house and the bricks of the garage out the back.
Using the 2.4Ghz band not the 5Ghz of course.
I was surprised actually, as before I had a belong router and a Netgear wireless dongle and only got about 300KB/s max with that setup.
Mesh router perhaps? Linksys Velop or Google Wi-Fi
I'm currently using a ASUS RT-AC68U with Merlin firmware, which is updated regularly. However regardless of how good or expensive your router is, wifi signals still weaken over range and are blocked by obstacles. So my setup still also consists of 1 Xiaomi Repeater and a 1200AV TP-link powerline adapter.
What's your current router? I use Ubiquiti APs personally. AP AC Lite is $150ish.
current router is a NetComm NF7. Came with the previous NBN package
You could have the router down stairs and use powerline to an access point upstairs.
I did consider this as an option, but it wouldn't enable multiple device accesses such as the TV or the Wifes laptop. I'm really trying to get to the best bang for buck.
Why not? The only issue would seemless transitions of wifi if both were wifi enabled.
Not sure I understand the point you are making?
@BrantRaven: If you have a wireless enabled router in your garage which then is also connected to a powerline to get the data upstairs to an additional access point on the second floor, you would have two seperate wireless networks and if you have devices that move around eg a laptop, it will stay connected to the most recently used wireless network even though the other network may have a better signal strength. More expensive products allow seamless transition between wifi networks.
Powerline is around mediocre wifi speeds. It's not a cable replacement.
Powerline to access points is magnitudes better than using repeaters for coverage though.
We use Netgear the R8000 with 100/400 NBN FTTP with Aussie Broadband. Speeds and WiFi coverage are excellent.
I am using R7000 and have FTTP. Made a huge difference. I think whatever router you buy, make sure it uses Broadcom chip.
I’m with ABB and using R7000 with about 20 devices connected (mainly xiaomi stuff) but I got disconnected every 5 hours or so. It becomes pretty bad at night as well. Not sure if I upgrade to the R8000 or gooogle wifi it would help :(
Another vote for the Asus router, covers my 3 story townhouse - can get 95MB speeds anywhere in the house and never need to reboot it.
Ubiquiti Amplifi HD Router WiFi Mesh System
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/37431/ubiquiti-amplifi-h…
Sorry to put up another question in the thread
I have just received the refund for Archer D7 today.
Any good replacement for that router?
Connection: FTTP
Thanks guys.
Plenty of good affordable routers out there.
Thank you All for the comments. You have sold me on the ASUS router.
Brant
The ASUS routers are good. Ensure the firmware is up to date.
Better to supplement with an EOP device and either an AP re-purposed router, or switch.
5Ghz (higher speed, less interference) does not penetrate walls well. If you can put the router on a higher shelf, there will be less interference.
As far as throughput, LAN cable, EoP, Wifi, unless both ends of the wifi have 3x3 antenna and are close, in which case WiFi moves up 1.
I went with powerline adaptors and get pretty much all my connection. 100/40 or what used to be called that. For a dedicated set up, not a laptop didn't see the point in fussing with wifi.
Hope the router works, I will probably break an get one, one day.
Should I replace the main router as well as the secondary router?
Was given by Optus default I think it's the fast 3864 sagem.
Using a cheap tp link one now for upstairs.
About to bridge the two with a 25m cable soon.
I'm on FTTP I believe 50/20 or 25/10 but above 12/1.
Need ideas on best way to move forward.
I am thinking for now of just replacing the secondary router which will connect to the main router via Ethernet with something from this thread as downstairs is fine.
But if you guys think I should replace the main Optus default router also I can make arrangements ans budget for that also.
Will probably go with Netgear, Asus or TP-Link just wondering if people reckon replacing the main router (which doesn't reach upstairs) will affect secondary router speeds (weakest link in the chain and all etc).
Doesn't help that the microwave and cordless phone is right next to it also but it can't be avoided working with small confined space and permission on areas to work with already as it is.
So to recap:
Please advise.
Consider mesh - I use TP Link Deco M5. Does wonders.
This was more than two years and a half years ago…
if big house with many walls
get powerline