Wife wants to know what I would like for Christmas, thinking about a new router for our new house. I currently have a dlink 655, which I've had since they first came out. It was fine for our previous place, but it doesn't quite cut it at our new ~3,500 sq. ft. home (3 floors). Biggest issue is that our office is on the 3rd floor on one side of house while my "mancave" (HTPC, PS3, and XBOX) is on 1st floor on total other side. I don't think I can get any CAT wire between two locations, so we may have to go wireless to get one to talk to the other.
Would getting a new higher powered router in the office, and then a new "bridge" be a good idea?
As for router alone, I'm leaning toward an ASUS model as I already have many of their other products and have been very happy. I'm not sure an "AC" router is needed, but would it make sense if I'm also going to get a "bridge" for the far side of house? We don't have any AC clients, only 2-3 year old laptops, newer iPhones, blackberry tablet, and hopefully soon some rokus or apple TVs. Would the N66u suffice, or should I spend a bit more to go with a AC66 or the new AC68 model?
Thanks for any suggestions you could offer!
Would getting a new higher powered router in the office, and then a new "bridge" be a good idea?
As for router alone, I'm leaning toward an ASUS model as I already have many of their other products and have been very happy. I'm not sure an "AC" router is needed, but would it make sense if I'm also going to get a "bridge" for the far side of house? We don't have any AC clients, only 2-3 year old laptops, newer iPhones, blackberry tablet, and hopefully soon some rokus or apple TVs. Would the N66u suffice, or should I spend a bit more to go with a AC66 or the new AC68 model?
Thanks for any suggestions you could offer!