Current router taking a shit (like 3 years old, seen heavy use). Looking for something to handle a house of 5 college students (gaming/netflix). The catch is plaster walls. Don't need crazy speed (our net is only ~100 mb/s), but enough signal strength to cut through the solid ass walls.
Budget around $200 USD

100/5
yikes
literally
any a/c 1750 router

I got recomended mesh network and I also bought that for my parents. It just is amazing in all ways. Im sure you can get one for your budget. Maybe look at Asus aimesh.

I've heard great things about Google WiFi (it's a mesh). You can get a 3 pack for about $280.

He has returned. DOVAHKIIN.

I would recommend Tp-Link Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router even though I own the TP-Link TL-WDR3600 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router but I am happy with my 3600, both support 2.4 and 5Ghz.

This post was edited by haanuman on Jul 13 2018 01:24am

Plaster walls eat wireless signal (it's not the plaster material, but the metal mesh the plaster adheres to that does it). It basically creates a Faraday cage in every room that has them. Mesh might work, but mesh still relies on solid wireless signal between the mesh nodes. Your best solution would be wired access points around the house, but that ain't gonna come cheap.

Rental college house, can't start drilling holes in walls and stuff. Plus a lot of effort for somewhere I'm probably only living for a year. I have a nice pcie wireless card in my desktop, and even on 1 bar of signal, I still get fine ping. Just not sure what to look for that will determine signal strength since all that's really advertised is speed capabilities.