Cuda
New Around Here
Been lurking the forums for some time and reading over the reviews and such and man my head is in a spin.
Here is what i'm working with and hopefully someone can help point me in a direction.
Cable 50 down 5 up
3 Wired pc's
1 media pc
1 homebuilt nas
1 DVR (cctv pushing 8 cams for remote viewing)
1 gigabit switch 8 port
1 micro cell
2 i phones
(when family shows up)
2 older ipads
and 2 lap tops
Don't laugh to hard but my old wrt54g with dd-wrt is ruining it abit slooooo and no wireless range issues. Ethernet ports are slowly deteriorating so its time to update.
I understand ac routers are the way to go and ac-1900 is the current sweet spot but since I do not have anything using ac is it really worth it or would a good 900n be plenty. The house is in the middle of a 1acre lot so no interfering wireless from neighbors. One of the neighbors suggested I find a used tm-1900 on bay for probably 90.00 and re flash it with the factory asus firmware or use dd-wrt since I am familiar with it. I'm just leery on spending over 40 bucks on a router that is used and comes with no warranty.
My brother in law has gone through 3 tp-links and had issues with them 2 were c7's and one was a c5 he went with netgear and has had no issues so i've pretty much ruled out the c7 which was my original first choice.
My want list is kinda basic usb 2.0 is fine prefer 3.0 to have either a usb hdd for system backups or printer. 4 Gigabit lan and most of all be able to set it and forget it for a few years. Hoping I can stay below the 125.00 mark actually less is better but I also know when you pay cheapo you usually get junk.
Here is what i'm working with and hopefully someone can help point me in a direction.
Cable 50 down 5 up
3 Wired pc's
1 media pc
1 homebuilt nas
1 DVR (cctv pushing 8 cams for remote viewing)
1 gigabit switch 8 port
1 micro cell
2 i phones
(when family shows up)
2 older ipads
and 2 lap tops
Don't laugh to hard but my old wrt54g with dd-wrt is ruining it abit slooooo and no wireless range issues. Ethernet ports are slowly deteriorating so its time to update.
I understand ac routers are the way to go and ac-1900 is the current sweet spot but since I do not have anything using ac is it really worth it or would a good 900n be plenty. The house is in the middle of a 1acre lot so no interfering wireless from neighbors. One of the neighbors suggested I find a used tm-1900 on bay for probably 90.00 and re flash it with the factory asus firmware or use dd-wrt since I am familiar with it. I'm just leery on spending over 40 bucks on a router that is used and comes with no warranty.
My brother in law has gone through 3 tp-links and had issues with them 2 were c7's and one was a c5 he went with netgear and has had no issues so i've pretty much ruled out the c7 which was my original first choice.
My want list is kinda basic usb 2.0 is fine prefer 3.0 to have either a usb hdd for system backups or printer. 4 Gigabit lan and most of all be able to set it and forget it for a few years. Hoping I can stay below the 125.00 mark actually less is better but I also know when you pay cheapo you usually get junk.