Hi guys,

Moving house so need a new router (current one isn't mine). Looking for the following in a router:
Range/signal str
Good Quility of Service settings/customizability.

Should be good for speeds of 100MB/s as optical fibre is being rolled out in my area in the next year or two

Will go over budget if it's going to be a large performance gain for the extra cost.

I don't really know what I should be looking for in a router other than the above, so if there's anything important I missed it's not becasue I don't need/want it, I just don't know about it.

From the research I've done, a lot of people seem to recomend 'Billion' routers - however most review sites gave little reason why they rated them highly

http://m0n0.ch/wall/
install that on any computer laying around & get a compatible wireless adapter.

would be better then most prebuilt routers.

/e that's what i would do personally , for fun.

This post was edited by dolarsignzeroxeighty on May 22 2013 09:07pm

Haha, I'd love to do that but I don't have a spare computer (nor do I want to pay the power bill for a 300 watt router, LOL) not sure how much luck I'd have getting something like that to work as intended anyway.

www.newegg.com ...or similar get ASUS Router...the more they cost the better they work

"you get what you pay for" hasn't been true for a very long time, especially when it comes to tech.

If it was then people wouldn't post here looking for the best PC builds under X budget, they'd walk into wal-mart and buy the most expensive (and by your logic, best) computer in their budget........

This post was edited by IIFOXII on May 22 2013 09:24pm

This is the router I have. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320115

And you do get what you pay for.

ASUS RT-N66U is an excellent router, i believe the AC is the newer model, haven't really looked too much into the changes.
I doubt i get the most out my router regardless.

Get an Asus router, but dont get an AC router. I own the AC version of the rt-n66u and its glitchy.

Firmware update?

Eh I just mean that spending a lot of money does not mean you will get a good product. For example my ISP offers a $350 router, which is utter trash - most reviews rate it about the same as a well picked $99 router.

I'm not opposed to paying for a good product (hence the $200 budget which can extend if needed) - but if you don't do the research you'll end up with a very expensive piece of rubbish.

I suppose I'm saying you have to spend the $ to get the quality, but spending more $ doesn't always mean you'll get a better product if you don't also do the research.

ANyway thanks all for the recommendations, will have a look through them all tonight

This post was edited by IIFOXII on May 23 2013 03:03am