best reliable - big range - router

[superHARD]

Good morning,
I have a router that kinda covers my house, and when I host lan parties, it over heats.

So is there a router that will cover my 2 story house, and one that won't have issues with loads, or needing to be rebooted often?

I like the night hawk, but it is 'so so' on reviews...thoughts?

 

[JackMDS]

So is there a router that will cover my 2 story house

It hard to know, solid service probably None.

The strategy is to buy one good Wireless Router and continue from there by adding few cable and additional APS.

What to start with? http://www.amazon.com/RT-N66U-Dual-B.../dp/B006QB1RPY

What to add? Other the same (configured as AP) or this if you do not care about dual band.

http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Netwo...ds=ubiquiti+ap

 

[smitbret]

It hard to know, solid service probably None.

The strategy is to buy one good Wireless Router and continue from there by adding few cable and additional APS.

What to start with? http://www.amazon.com/RT-N66U-Dual-B.../dp/B006QB1RPY

What to add? Other the same (configured as AP) or this if you do not care about dual band.

http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Netwo...ds=ubiquiti+ap

This

I've found that networking gear as a whole gets a bad rap and I tend to give everything a 1 star benefit of the doubt from whatever the customer average is. Networking isn't easy and the vast majority of the time, the problem isn't the hardware, it's the setup or the person setting it up.

The Nighthawk would be the router I would invest in if I needed 802.11ac wireless right now, but you won't get enough range with 802.11ac to cover the house because it is on the 5GHz band that doesn't penetrate obstructions nearly as well as 2.4GHz.

The Asus that JackMDS linked has a proven track record and as good a range as you will find. It just doesn't do 802.11ac. So unless you need it....

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I'm a fan of the Asus AC68U and it completely covers my house and my patio whereas my previous router did not. YMMV.

I agree with Jack that you should deploy a router and then add additional infrastructure as needed. Depending on your actual environment, it may not even be possible for one router to cover everything and you may have to add additional APs.

 

[superHARD]

Awesome, so the ASUS RT-N66U looks to be the one then. How often do you guys have to reboot it?

 

[smitbret]

In all honesty, a good router won't need to be booted more than annually if at all.

At least that's my experience. When they start needing it more often and nothing else has changed on the network, that's when I know it's time to get a new router.

 

[s44]

Awesome, so the ASUS RT-N66U looks to be the one then. How often do you guys have to reboot it?

When you upgrade firmware, or there's a power outage. If you have to reset it to restore stability, the firmware sucks.