Gigabit router for large home

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alex591

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Hi Community,

I am looking for a wireless gigabit router for a large,160 m²(it has only got a ground story) home.it's a Black Friday is coming up and I want to snag one.The budget...I don't know,as cheap as possible.
It has to:
-offer good speeds in the entire house.
-Be able to handle gigabit connection
-I will connect one computer through cable,so it has to have ports to do so
-offer wireless ac
-USB ports ,packet prioritization,and other extra features are not that important
 
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Unfortunately the wifi coverage is not really possible to predict. How your house is constructed and what for example the walls are made of make far more difference than difference between routers. Most the better name brand router will give you about the same performance. If you do not get good enough coverage you can use a second device as AP. Most coverage issues people have now days is not so much signal their router puts out it is all the signals coming in from the neighbors interfering.

Since you are looking for a deal on black friday you are going to pretty much have to find it yourself since some of these deals last only hours.

In general you want to avoid the bigger number is better trap. Just because a router can...
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bill001g

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Unfortunately the wifi coverage is not really possible to predict. How your house is constructed and what for example the walls are made of make far more difference than difference between routers. Most the better name brand router will give you about the same performance. If you do not get good enough coverage you can use a second device as AP. Most coverage issues people have now days is not so much signal their router puts out it is all the signals coming in from the neighbors interfering.

Since you are looking for a deal on black friday you are going to pretty much have to find it yourself since some of these deals last only hours.

In general you want to avoid the bigger number is better trap. Just because a router can run 4 antenna feeds and things like mu-mino does not mean your end devices can. Buying something your end devices can not use will just cause that expensive router to run like a lower priced device.

In general most end device have 2 antenna this means 802.11ac router that claim 1200 speed match those devices best. 1450 routers many times are about the same price and use 3 antenna feeds. There are other speeds in between but many times these are using a non standard extension to the 802.11n that many end device do not support, again having no value unless your end device can use it.

I would stay with the large name brands. I like asus and tplink but netgear, dlink and a few other are also good. Avoid things like belkin, buffalo and other brands that are not as well known. Those routers will likely work ok, it is more of a how good the long term software support is.
 
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boosted1g

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If you have drywall on studs kind of walls then any medium end ac model (ac1200-ac1900) should be good for your.
If you have brick interior walls, or all walls are insulated then you will likely need a router and access point (or router configured as access point) to get whole-home wifi.

I use an ASUS AC68U in a simlar sized home and it provides great coverage. Now my interior walls are just drywall on wood studs.

If you live in the USA then I recommend getting a TM-AC1900 from amazon (https://www.amazon.com/T-Mobile-Wireless-AC1900-Dual-Band-AiProtection-Complete/dp/B01MYTAURW). Internally it is the same parts as the AC68U just with some tmobile branding and slower firmware updates, but for almost half the price.
 
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