I am about to move from a 2-story townhouse to a 3-story townhouse. My (soon to be former) roommate owns the router, so I need to purchase a wireless router.
Device list:
1. Desktop computer with USB wireless adapter
2. Playstation 3 (usually off)
3. Thinkpad T60 laptop (usually off)
4. Compaq laptop (also usually off)
5. Hp Touchpad (usually on)
6. Galaxy Tab (usually off)
7. Galaxy S and galaxy nexus smartphone (will be using wifi while in the house)
8. HDTV using DLNA (have not purchased yet, but will)
9. Printer (USB connection only)
Ideally I would like to run Cat 5/6 to the desktop, PS3 and HDTV for streaming 720p content, but i do not know whether I will be able/allowed to run it.
Issues I have noticed with the current router (linksys running hyper wrt) are:
-Latency issues after downloading lots of torrents, requiring a reboot (sometimes a hard boot)
-signal strength (though this seems to be more an issue of the devices than the router itself)
-Bandwidth/latency issues when trying to stream a 720p video from the desktop to PS3 (via wireless)
I was eyeing the Netgear WNDR3800, but do not know much about current modern routers.
USB for a printer or network storage is nice, but not necessary. Mostly I want to turn the router on, set the password and not have to worry about it breaking, slowing down, or needing a reboot.
What are your recommendations?
Device list:
1. Desktop computer with USB wireless adapter
2. Playstation 3 (usually off)
3. Thinkpad T60 laptop (usually off)
4. Compaq laptop (also usually off)
5. Hp Touchpad (usually on)
6. Galaxy Tab (usually off)
7. Galaxy S and galaxy nexus smartphone (will be using wifi while in the house)
8. HDTV using DLNA (have not purchased yet, but will)
9. Printer (USB connection only)
Ideally I would like to run Cat 5/6 to the desktop, PS3 and HDTV for streaming 720p content, but i do not know whether I will be able/allowed to run it.
Issues I have noticed with the current router (linksys running hyper wrt) are:
-Latency issues after downloading lots of torrents, requiring a reboot (sometimes a hard boot)
-signal strength (though this seems to be more an issue of the devices than the router itself)
-Bandwidth/latency issues when trying to stream a 720p video from the desktop to PS3 (via wireless)
I was eyeing the Netgear WNDR3800, but do not know much about current modern routers.
USB for a printer or network storage is nice, but not necessary. Mostly I want to turn the router on, set the password and not have to worry about it breaking, slowing down, or needing a reboot.
What are your recommendations?