Best wifi router for 3000 sq.feet

IPrimoI · Aug 22, 2016

Hello,
Please help me choose a good router for my place.
Thank you.

This are the routers that i have selected so far.

Asus RT-AC88U:
https://www.asus.com/in/Networking/RT-AC88U/specifications/

Asus RTAC68U:
https://www.asus.com/in/Networking/RTAC68U/specifications/

Netgear AC1900 Nighthawk :
https://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/R7000.aspx?cid=wmt_netgear_organic

Netgear AC2600 Nighthawk X4S :
https://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/R7800.aspx?cid=wmt_netgear_organic

Do you think that it will work?
Please help.

bill001g · Aug 22, 2016

Coverage is going to be mostly based on how your house is laid out and how much interference you are getting from neighbors. The number of mimo streams...ie antenna does not change the coverage. It might change the speed a bit at certain range but when the radio signals get weaker it get much harder to run multiple overlapping signals.

The largest part of your problem is the router is only 1/2 the equation your end device are just important. The signal must be able to get back to the router. In addition most end device have 2 antenna at most so any additional ones are unused. In general 4x4 mimo devices do not add much value unless you happen to have a very special end device.

When you look at the 2 routers that run 3x3 mimo you have on your list the radio chips are exactly the same in both brands. This means they will have very similar performance. They may be tiny differences but difference in your house will have far more impact.

It will come down to which you like better, both are very good routers.

....many times to get optimum coverage in a large house especially if it is multiple floors you install additional routers running as AP. Still start with 1 and see how your coverage looks and go from there, you can not predict coverage you can only measure it.

IPrimoI · Aug 22, 2016

bill001g :

Coverage is going to be mostly based on how your house is laid out and how much interference you are getting from neighbors. The number of mimo streams...ie antenna does not change the coverage. It might change the speed a bit at certain range but when the radio signals get weaker it get much harder to run multiple overlapping signals.

The largest part of your problem is the router is only 1/2 the equation your end device are just important. The signal must be able to get back to the router. In addition most end device have 2 antenna at most so any additional ones are unused. In general 4x4 mimo devices do not add much value unless you happen to have a very special end device.

When you look at the 2 routers that run 3x3 mimo you have on your list the radio chips are exactly the same in both brands. This means they will have very similar performance. They may be tiny differences but difference in your house will have far more impact.

It will come down to which you like better, both are very good routers.

....many times to get optimum coverage in a large house especially if it is multiple floors you install additional routers running as AP. Still start with 1 and see how your coverage looks and go from there, you can not predict coverage you can only measure it.

Thank you,bill001g.
This clears my confusion related to antennas,i thought that multiple antennas means better coverage.

Can this models signal atleast get through 4 concrete walls within a distance of approximately 70-80 feet from the router?

bill001g · Aug 22, 2016

Concrete is one of the worst walls for wireless. A older single band router running on 2.4g may do just as good since 2.4g penetrates better than 5g and all the fancy 802.11ac features only run on 5g.

No way to even guess. The ability to penetrate walls is mostly dependent on transmit power. Almost every router you will find is very close to the maximum legal power allowed. Why some routers work better is some houses is a mystery, it could be some tiny difference in the spacing of antenna or how the enclose is built.

The other more important problem with concrete walls is that things like cellphones have tiny antenna and low power radios to conserve battery. So they may be able to hear the router but the router can not hear the cell phone.

The problem with any type of wireless testing or recommendations is everyone house is different. This is why you see every router have people complaining they have problems and other saying it is the best thing ever.

In general I suspect you are going to have trouble with any device being able to get though 4 concrete walls.

IPrimoI · Aug 23, 2016

Thank you,bill001g.
I guess,i have to buy one of this router and test it in my house then.

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