Best Value for Money Gaming Wi-Fi Router

Danta on 18/02/2019 - 13:04
Last edited 18/02/2019 - 13:04

Hi,

I’m a competitive gamer on Overwatch. Currently just using the router that came with my MrRepublic service.

I’m getting intermittent lag spikes and also having difficulties with the range on the router.

Was looking at upgrading to a better one with longer range and possibly one for gaming in particular.

I don’t have much experience with routers and was wondering if anyone has any recommendations.

Budget can change based on what features are offered and what benefits will be available.

Unfortunately can’t have a weird connection as the phone line is at the front of the house whilst the study is towards the back.

Cheers

Dan

Computing Modem Router

Comments

  • wellglued14 on 18/02/2019 - 13:13
    +1

    Ethernet over power? I can't recommend any specific brands but heard it's the next best thing to wired LAN connection

    • scrimshaw on 18/02/2019 - 13:26

      EOP is the way to go.

  • brokenglish on 18/02/2019 - 13:14
    +6

    competitive gamer

    You gotta use cable, no wireless for competitive gaming

    getting intermittent lag spikes and also having difficulties with the range on the router.

    If you use wireless, you will never know if the lag spikes are caused by your router, your ISP, or your microwave.
    How many people are using internet while you game? What's your speed test and ping while you game?

    If you cant erect a cable, use Ethernet over Power - much better than wireless.
    Hope your house isn't an old house, old electrical wiring will slow down the speed. Maybe buy from Officeworks, keep all the items and packaging nice when you open so you can return when it doesn't work.

    • Danta on 18/02/2019 - 13:30

      I understand wireless isn't ideal. As I stated the phone line is at the front of the house.

      What is this "ethernet over power" and how does it work? Does it pick up the wireless connection and then focus it in a wired manner?

      In the evening when no-one else is using the internet it still has problems from time to time. I agree it could be ISP related. But the wireless connection only just reaches the spot where the computer is so i was thinking of at least eliminated that as a problem.

      Cheers

  • bohn on 18/02/2019 - 13:15
    -1

    pfsense.

  • petry on 18/02/2019 - 13:28

    Ethernet over power can get you 80-100mbs even with Australian ips

    • Presence on 18/02/2019 - 15:19
      +2

      Local network speed and internet speed are two entirely different things.

      • petry on 18/02/2019 - 17:14

        yep and you ain't gonna get 80-100mbs download over powerline from an Australian isp if its max speed is 20mb download.

  • npc on 18/02/2019 - 13:41

    Ethernet over power can be very unstable from my experience. Very sensitive to interference. What is stopping you from having a proper ethernet cabel routed to the room? That's a way to go.

    No offence but Gaming+Router=lol. Router is router, it is routing packets of data, it doesn't care if you are gaming or watching pornYouTube. Good router will route packets fast and reliably, bad one - not so fast and reliable.

    • Danta on 18/02/2019 - 13:47

      Its literally 4 doors, 4 rooms and over 20M from where the router is. Not possible to run an ethernet cable that distance through the house.

      As I am renting I can't change the placement of the router either.

  • Cheaplikethebird on 18/02/2019 - 14:41
    +2

    Its literally 4 doors, 4 rooms and over 20M from where the router is. Not possible to run an ethernet cable that >distance through the house.

    As I am renting I can't change the placement of the router either.

    Nothing except for an ethernet connection is going to give you a level of stability that you, as a gamer, will be satisfied with.

    "Its literally 4 doors, 4 rooms and over 20M from where the router is." - I think you're exaggerating unless your house is a column of 4 rooms and you have to walk through each to get to the next. 20m is not a long distance when you can have 100m in a single run of ethernet cable and you can extend that by another 100m by adding a switch. I'm sure there's a way to get you wired up - remember flat lay ethernet cables and network switches are your friend.

    I just recently moved into a place and went through this process myself. My router is at the very far corner of my house, I then have 30m (completely extended) of ethernet running around the wall to my media centre, in my cable tidy box in my media centre I have a switch, from the switch I then have a flat lay cable that runs around walls and under doors for 5 metres until it gets to my room. By purchasing white cable, using adhesive cable clips, and by pushing the cable into the wall where the skirting board and floor meets where possible, my cables are almost completely unnoticeable.

    • Danta on 18/02/2019 - 15:45
      +1

      Yeah that’s essentially how my house is designed! Haha

      https://imgur.com/a/QMXuk2w

      Thanks for the suggestion about the cabling. I might try this powerline idea. Get it from office works as advised. If that fails then I’ll try the cabling.

      Thanks all!

      • Cheaplikethebird on 18/02/2019 - 16:13

        True. I take it that it's a house and not a unit then from that floor plan? Can you run out the window and into another, is there ducting in the house you could run cable in, can you run it through the roof? Lots of ways to get from A to B if you're imaginative.

        You can always lay ethernet, it's just a matter of how clean you can get it looking. Flat lay cable is great because it will go under doors easily and lays flat against the wall with the nice little clips (nail in or adhesive - I actually think nail in leaves less damage).

        Good luck with powerline. Remember to plug it directly into the wall - not through a powerboard and that other devices that are running on the same circuit can also cause interference (apparently things with motors like fans are the worst), you can combat this by plugging the problem device into an extension cord and then the cord into the wall socket. Take this all with a huge grain of salt though as I'm not electrical engineer.

        • Danta on 18/02/2019 - 16:36

          Yeah its a massive house. If it was my own place I'd just get some ethernet ports installed in the required rooms haha.

          https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/tp-link-po…

          I'm thinking of getting this one. As not only should it improve the connection to my main PC. But it will allow adequate Wifi to the back of the house which is currently struggling for signal :)

          Will keep the cable in mind.

          Cheers

  • Topdog on 18/02/2019 - 16:06
    -1

    Check this one out, you will never look back : https://netduma.com/

    • Cheaplikethebird on 18/02/2019 - 16:24
      +1

      The features of this router are not it's wifi strength (it doesnt even have 5Ghz), it's its ability to give priority to your gaming traffic over everything else. All it does is make things a little bit better when your housemate is hogging the bandwidth on your router while streaming Netflix.

      "Given that this router is not capable of 5 GHz Wi-Fi, and the 2.4 GHz is N300 speed, it is encouraging that there are five Ethernet ports (1- WAN, 4- LAN), which are all Gigabit speed, which should push users towards a wired connection."

    • npc on 18/02/2019 - 16:33
      +1

      Wow, crappy router hardware with no 5Ghz and N300, combined with custom-modified-red coloured Open-Wrt software claming to reduce your pings and displaying a screenshot with bar charts that do no add up on their main page. What can do wrong here:))

      P.S. I'm totally aware of how they are "reducing ping" by blocking some IPs.. which is meh

  • Diji1 on 18/02/2019 - 16:58
    +3

    You gotta use cable, no wireless for competitive gaming

    The moronic corporate tool who heads the ACCC, Professor Rodney Sims, thinks that wireless 5G internet will remove the need for fibre.

    There are actually fools around here who act as though Rodney Sims is getting them a better deal on everything.

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