SilverTelperion
New Around Here
I read up the FAQs and Router Ranking pages, and appreciate the divisions into classes to help potential buyers. However, I'm still considering the whole "you get what you pay for" thing; basically, do I really need to pay close to $100 or more for a router, if my connection is 15Mbps/1Mbps and unlikely to change significantly any time soon?
I'm coming from an eight month old TP-Link TL-WR841N. I know that's a very cheap router, but I figured I had pretty low requirements and went by its popularity and reviews on Amazon.
Fast forward to lately, where it drops all wireless connections literally everyday, and must be restarted daily. I reset it to factory settings many many times, played around with channels (although there aren't many interfering signals around) and 20/40MHz bandwidths, even flashed OpenWRT recently. Nothing worked. A wired PC to the same router never drops connection.
The only real use I will have for it is as a wireless access point, while connected to the ISP non-wireless modem.
Wireless connections in the house generally consist of 4 smartphones, two laptops, and a PS3.
I need coverage over approximately two stories of a 60x25 foot concrete house.
Basically I need solid reliability, not features or speed.
So my question is: should I simply go with the best rated N300 class router, or splurge more on a higher class one, knowing I will never make use of those connection speeds?
Thanks!
I'm coming from an eight month old TP-Link TL-WR841N. I know that's a very cheap router, but I figured I had pretty low requirements and went by its popularity and reviews on Amazon.
Fast forward to lately, where it drops all wireless connections literally everyday, and must be restarted daily. I reset it to factory settings many many times, played around with channels (although there aren't many interfering signals around) and 20/40MHz bandwidths, even flashed OpenWRT recently. Nothing worked. A wired PC to the same router never drops connection.
The only real use I will have for it is as a wireless access point, while connected to the ISP non-wireless modem.
Wireless connections in the house generally consist of 4 smartphones, two laptops, and a PS3.
I need coverage over approximately two stories of a 60x25 foot concrete house.
Basically I need solid reliability, not features or speed.
So my question is: should I simply go with the best rated N300 class router, or splurge more on a higher class one, knowing I will never make use of those connection speeds?
Thanks!