Hello newbie here.
I am trying to decide between the netgear r7000 or the asus rt68u or turning an old alienware laptop into a router.
here are my usage needs. I use the internet as my sole entertainment source.
I torrent heavily probably around 200gb/month dl/ul. I watch Netflix on two tvs. I fileshare and stream movies blu rays from one part of the house to the other using plex media server. And also play call of duty on ps4 from time to time. there are three people in my house but only two tvs so usually only one bandwidth intensive thing is going on, but there is often two or three, for example, downloading torrents while watching youtube, and wife in the other room is watching Netflix.
I have two iphones and an ipad on wireless along with the occasional laptop.
My current router (dlink dgl4500) is on its way out. Has lasted a good while though. Im having to reset it almost daily, when I never used to reset at all.
Most of my connections are wired except phones and laptop.
The TV's one via desktop computer, the other via roku3 are wired with cat5. The ps4 is wired also.
I just want the fastest I can get without being super expensive. I'd like to spend around $200 maybe a little more or less.
Im also interested in converting a still pretty powerful quadcore laptop into a router. or if theres not much to gain from a quad core , I also have a netbook I could use as a router as well.
I know im kinda all over the place but any insight is appreciated.
I am trying to decide between the netgear r7000 or the asus rt68u or turning an old alienware laptop into a router.
here are my usage needs. I use the internet as my sole entertainment source.
I torrent heavily probably around 200gb/month dl/ul. I watch Netflix on two tvs. I fileshare and stream movies blu rays from one part of the house to the other using plex media server. And also play call of duty on ps4 from time to time. there are three people in my house but only two tvs so usually only one bandwidth intensive thing is going on, but there is often two or three, for example, downloading torrents while watching youtube, and wife in the other room is watching Netflix.
I have two iphones and an ipad on wireless along with the occasional laptop.
My current router (dlink dgl4500) is on its way out. Has lasted a good while though. Im having to reset it almost daily, when I never used to reset at all.
Most of my connections are wired except phones and laptop.
The TV's one via desktop computer, the other via roku3 are wired with cat5. The ps4 is wired also.
I just want the fastest I can get without being super expensive. I'd like to spend around $200 maybe a little more or less.
Im also interested in converting a still pretty powerful quadcore laptop into a router. or if theres not much to gain from a quad core , I also have a netbook I could use as a router as well.
I know im kinda all over the place but any insight is appreciated.