Good/best $50 wireless router with Gigabit lanports?
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Normally my response would be that all routers put out about the amount of signal so you would not see much difference.
In this case since I didn't even know that western digital made routers I went and looked the device up in the FCC database. It uses wireless chips from alpha network which I have never seen before.
From what I can tell this device is running at about 3/4 the maximum allowed power, the reports are fairly hard to read.
You should be able to get a router with similar specs from tplink or asus for $50. Those brands tend to transmit very close to the maximum legal power. If you end device do not need 802.11ac I would look at router that say they run at 600m. The 900m speed do not help if you end device do not have 3 antenna on them which is rare. If you can use 802.11ac I would look at the ones that say 1200m for the same reason about the number of antenna.
There are so many models in that price range from just these 2 vendors I will have to leave it to you to select. Most difference are in the software features, some have vpn and nas functionality.
Unfortunately there really is no way to know if this will solve your problem. It could be your end device does not have enough power to transmit though the brick wall so the router is not the problem. You want to try 2.4g first when you are trying to get though walls, it tends to penetrate better. Unfortunately 2.4g also has lot of interference from neighbors so there really is no best answer you need to try multiple channels and bands and find what works best for you.
In this case since I didn't even know that western digital made routers I went and looked the device up in the FCC database. It uses wireless chips from alpha network which I have never seen before.
From what I can tell this device is running at about 3/4 the maximum allowed power, the reports are fairly hard to read.
You should be able to get a router with similar specs from tplink or asus for $50. Those brands tend to transmit very close to the maximum legal power. If you end device do not need 802.11ac I would look at router that say they run at 600m. The 900m speed do not help if you end device do not have 3 antenna on them which is rare. If you can use 802.11ac I would look at the ones that say 1200m for the same reason about the number of antenna.
There are so many models in that price range from just these 2 vendors I will have to leave it to you to select. Most difference are in the software features, some have vpn and nas functionality.
Unfortunately there really is no way to know if this will solve your problem. It could be your end device does not have enough power to transmit though the brick wall so the router is not the problem. You want to try 2.4g first when you are trying to get though walls, it tends to penetrate better. Unfortunately 2.4g also has lot of interference from neighbors so there really is no best answer you need to try multiple channels and bands and find what works best for you.
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I was surprised too that WD makes a wireless router, thanks for the info Bill.
I would add a TP-Link or ASUS router configured as an access point close to the porch that you want to cover, depending on how well covered from weather and private the area is I might even place it outside (although an outdoor AP would be better but out of your budget range).
I would add a TP-Link or ASUS router configured as an access point close to the porch that you want to cover, depending on how well covered from weather and private the area is I might even place it outside (although an outdoor AP would be better but out of your budget range).
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