Need Router Info for home getting 2Gbs fiber

[Vander]

Hello,

I am looking for a Router that can handle at least 2gbps and wont break my bank.
I have been looking but so many have so many bad reviews I worry.
I have to keep my ISP Router but they said I can put it in Bridge Mode so any router I buy will work the way I need.

Would prefer to stay with well known Brands TP-Link, Dlink, ASUS, Ubiq ect.
I can spend a max of about $250.00 cad for router.

Thanks
Van

 

[Tech9]

Nothing from Ubiquiti fits the budget. The new UDR7 All-In-One device is CAD395. You missed recent Asus RT-AX88U Pro for CAD230 on sale. In theory still going, but all units at Canada Computers, Staples, BestBuy... sold out. D-Link - I would skip this brand. TP-Link - all models with at least 2x 2.5GbE ports are BE-class and start above your budget at CAD300 on sale (Archer BE550).

 

[Vander]

Nothing from Ubiquiti fits the budget. The new UDR7 All-In-One device is CAD395. You missed recent Asus RT-AX88U Pro for CAD230 on sale. In theory still going, but all units at Canada Computers, Staples, BestBuy... sold out. D-Link - I would skip this brand. TP-Link - all models with at least 2x 2.5GbE ports are BE-class and start above your budget at CAD300 on sale (Archer BE550).

Hello,

Thanks for fast reply to my questions.

Would this one be good

TP-Link AX7800 Tri-Band WiFi 6 Router (Archer AX95) - 8-Stream 2.5G Multi-Gigabit Router, Dual WAN Ports (2.5G+1G), 1.7GHz Quad-Core CPU, Smart VPN Router​

I see it is on sale in several stores..

Thanks
Van

 

[Tech9]

This router has single 2.5GbE WAN port. With AX-class router you are not getting 2Gbps to any wireless client, but you can get 2Gbps to wired clients. For this to happen you need a router with at least 2x 2.5GbE ports. You also need client(s) with 2.5GbE network interfaces and if more than one - additional 2.5GbE switch. Chasing the speed on this perhaps cheap ISP upgrade will cost you money and the user experience won't increase much. Make sure you know what are you doing.

 

[Vander]

This router has single 2.5GbE WAN port. With AX-class router you are not getting 2Gbps to any wireless client, but you can get 2Gbps to wired clients. For this to happen you need a router with at least 2x 2.5GbE ports. You also need client(s) with 2.5GbE network interfaces and if more than one - additional 2.5GbE switch. Chasing the speed on this perhaps cheap ISP upgrade will cost you money and the user experience won't increase much. Make sure you know what are you doing.

Hey,

Ok Thanks for the info and help, I really appreciate it.
Fiber not going to be installed for another 3 weeks so I will take look at ones you suggested.

Thanks
Van

 

[degrub]

Remember that most websites, streaming, and gaming servers on the internet limit any connection to around 100 Mbit/s. So changing your equipment and ISP service won't make a nat's worth of difference to your internet experience. Local LAN ( PC to local server, etc) could be snappier, but other than that it is just G.A.S. at work.

 

[tgl]

To expand on what @degrub said: it's really rare/infrequent for a single client machine to use up 1Gbps of internet connection, let alone more than that. The argument for having an ISP connection that can do more than that is to serve multiple clients concurrently. Now you might well have that scenario in your home, say from multiple kids gaming or streaming videos at the same time. But when you think in those terms, your idea of what your LAN design should look like changes completely. Spending money on switches with lots of 2.5G ports, or 2.5G NICs for clients, goes out the window. (Maybe you have a NAS that still needs that, but not run-of-the-mill machines.) What you are trying to provide is a bunch of not-so-fat pipes leading to the 2G-capable router.