As it says in the subject line, I would like to know which wireless router the community feels is best as of 2013 for purchase for general home use.
It doesn't necessarily have to do any "extreme lifting" as I will only have my Cisco SG200-26 24 port switch connected to it physically, and a modest number of common consumer pc's / mobile devices connected to it wirelessly.
I would like it to be able to restrict bandwidth usage, upstream and downstream on a QoS basis, be stable enough that I don't have to reset it more than once a month.. and preferably even longer, and have at least 3 physical Ethernet LAN ports available.
I'd prefer the price on this to be modest, as I don't need anything mindblowing... the switch covers most of that.. it really only needs to be able to assign IP addresses statically/dynamically, act as a gateway to the broadband internet connection for all devices, have enough power on the radio / enough signal strength to be able to pass through many rooms of the house (some with a little bit of metal in them) and generally just sit there and do it's work without being a pain in the ass.... as in: needing a reset every day/week.
I know I could probably just get nearly any consumer grade router, and it would "probably" do the trick, but I wanted to see what you guys thought, and also determine if going for a more "professional" grade is even necessary.
Thanks!
It doesn't necessarily have to do any "extreme lifting" as I will only have my Cisco SG200-26 24 port switch connected to it physically, and a modest number of common consumer pc's / mobile devices connected to it wirelessly.
I would like it to be able to restrict bandwidth usage, upstream and downstream on a QoS basis, be stable enough that I don't have to reset it more than once a month.. and preferably even longer, and have at least 3 physical Ethernet LAN ports available.
I'd prefer the price on this to be modest, as I don't need anything mindblowing... the switch covers most of that.. it really only needs to be able to assign IP addresses statically/dynamically, act as a gateway to the broadband internet connection for all devices, have enough power on the radio / enough signal strength to be able to pass through many rooms of the house (some with a little bit of metal in them) and generally just sit there and do it's work without being a pain in the ass.... as in: needing a reset every day/week.
I know I could probably just get nearly any consumer grade router, and it would "probably" do the trick, but I wanted to see what you guys thought, and also determine if going for a more "professional" grade is even necessary.
Thanks!
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