# Reccomend me a wireless router. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 15, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccomend-me-a-wireless-router/686184 "2014-04-15T15:43:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccomend-me-a-wireless-router/686184/1 "2014-04-15T15:43:31Z")
Our old wireless router is quickly going kaput and I need to get a new one. Basic setup – want a few ethernet ports and wireless. In my experience, the features on consumer-level versions of these things are pretty uniform, but the build quality/lifespan is quite variable. Does anyone have any recommendations/discommendations on brands to get? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccomend-me-a-wireless-router/686184/2 "2014-04-15T17:25:08Z")
There are some questions to think about. How big is your home? Do you need to reach multiple floors, or outside to a patio? How many devices might need wireless at the some time – like, several kids in the house doing homework or surfing porn. You know, the usual. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccomend-me-a-wireless-router/686184/3 "2014-04-15T17:57:01Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > There are some questions to think about. > How big is your home? Do you need to reach multiple floors, or outside to a patio? How many devices might need wireless at the some time – like, several kids in the house doing homework or surfing porn. You know, the usual. 🙂 I don’t have any concerns about coverage or features. My entire apartment is well within the coverage range of all but the crappiest routers, and I don’t have enough devices going at the same time to suck up all the bandwidth. I’m just worried about buying a piece of crap that only lasts a couple of months and then fails, since I’ve been burned by that a couple of times before on routers. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccomend-me-a-wireless-router/686184/4 "2014-04-15T20:07:01Z")
I’ve used a Billion 7800N for the past two years, although I prefer a wired connection. Quality is excellent — it’s been knocked to the floor several times and didn’t miss a beat. Very popular in Australia; not that I’ve ever been to Australia. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccomend-me-a-wireless-router/686184/5 "2014-04-15T20:33:42Z")
I just bought the cheapest one WalMart had. Plugged and played and ignored it. Reaches a room 20 paces away. Ethernet and wireless, both at the same time. Belkin N150 ---
**Author:** ![dataguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@dataguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dataguy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccomend-me-a-wireless-router/686184/6 "2014-04-15T20:38:14Z")
The ASUS brand router has been getting lots of positive reviews for their wireless performance. The RT-N66U and RT-AC66U are the current models getting the good press. I have an earlier model of this router and am very pleased. I also have a Netgear WNR3500U router that I’m going to replace with one of these. The wireless signal on the Netgear is very unstable. When I look at the signal on my ASUS router using a program the graphs the output, the signal is smooth and steady. The output from my Netgear router looks like the Rocky Mountains.