Hello all,
I have always relied on Toms hardware forums to answer questions i had, but in this case i think i need a little specific information for my situation.
I need some advice and have some questions, some general, some pertaining to my set up. I'm fed up with the ISPs (FIOS stock quantum gateway router) crappy slow router. I'm looking to spend up to $200 on the best router for Blu-ray quality digital media in home network HD streaming (PLEX original media quality streaming).I was going to wait until cybermonday but im kinda forced to go ahead and provide a router now. Some of the following things are what i want and intend on using it for:
Light to moderate gaming, Utorrent,**PLEX Home media server** also possibly some remote PLEX streaming, file transfers,security and privacy, compatible with my VPN (PIA), no lag all around or ones that go to sleep and then start crawling once you need it.
I have FIOS internet, they are coming to upgrade my FIOS box ONT next week to switch it to Ethernet and NOT coaxial, for 150 MB down and 150 MB up connection, so i need to utilize every bit of my connection.
My top requests is good price and performance, however there are some cool looking ones with some nice features so something cool would be nice, but not a must. There are so many, im overwhelmed and im not sure where to narrow my search to. I'm not an advanced network user (i want to learn more soon) so something also user friendly would be a plus. I have never purchased a high performance router before I hope it will make everything run smooth.
Any information or questions are welcome.
Thank you
I have always relied on Toms hardware forums to answer questions i had, but in this case i think i need a little specific information for my situation.
I need some advice and have some questions, some general, some pertaining to my set up. I'm fed up with the ISPs (FIOS stock quantum gateway router) crappy slow router. I'm looking to spend up to $200 on the best router for Blu-ray quality digital media in home network HD streaming (PLEX original media quality streaming).I was going to wait until cybermonday but im kinda forced to go ahead and provide a router now. Some of the following things are what i want and intend on using it for:
Light to moderate gaming, Utorrent,**PLEX Home media server** also possibly some remote PLEX streaming, file transfers,security and privacy, compatible with my VPN (PIA), no lag all around or ones that go to sleep and then start crawling once you need it.
I have FIOS internet, they are coming to upgrade my FIOS box ONT next week to switch it to Ethernet and NOT coaxial, for 150 MB down and 150 MB up connection, so i need to utilize every bit of my connection.
My top requests is good price and performance, however there are some cool looking ones with some nice features so something cool would be nice, but not a must. There are so many, im overwhelmed and im not sure where to narrow my search to. I'm not an advanced network user (i want to learn more soon) so something also user friendly would be a plus. I have never purchased a high performance router before I hope it will make everything run smooth.
Any information or questions are welcome.
Thank you