Currently we have 2 routers - one in the front middle of the house (office), and another in the back corner (garage, both on ground floor) because the main router in the office can't reach to the back 1/3 of the house. It's an old DLink router from out apartment-living days. It works fine, just doesn't have the power we need.
So I'm looking for a router with real-world range that would cover 2 levels of about 2,000 square feet each from either of those locations (office or garage) and be ok with about 12 devices connected.
Other features that would be nice include a guest network, and USB connection so that I can wireless backup my MacBook Pro to the attached Time Machine hard drive. I'm tech-savvy enough to flash Tomato or dd-wrt if needed, too - I just don't understand a lot of the hardware specs I've been reading about.
here are the routers I've looked through so far:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004K1EZDS/?tag=snbforums-20
Netgear WNDR3800 N600
BUFFALO AirStation HighPower N600
Asus N16
Asus N56U
any recommendations?
So I'm looking for a router with real-world range that would cover 2 levels of about 2,000 square feet each from either of those locations (office or garage) and be ok with about 12 devices connected.
Other features that would be nice include a guest network, and USB connection so that I can wireless backup my MacBook Pro to the attached Time Machine hard drive. I'm tech-savvy enough to flash Tomato or dd-wrt if needed, too - I just don't understand a lot of the hardware specs I've been reading about.
here are the routers I've looked through so far:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004K1EZDS/?tag=snbforums-20
Netgear WNDR3800 N600
BUFFALO AirStation HighPower N600
Asus N16
Asus N56U
any recommendations?