Hello, I would appreciate some router buying advice for my situation... I have an oddly-shaped two story house, approx. 3,300 sq. ft. total, somewhat long and wide, where the cable modem comes in on one end of the lower story. I can't really move the location of the modem. So I need to have a router that can cover all the way to the upstairs of the house on the other end.
Right now I am using a Netgear WNDR3700 (v1, I believe), and the coverage has been very spotty. I can barely get 5Ghz signals in a room directly upstairs above the router -- but a few feet out of the room, the signals are lost. On the same downstairs level, I can't get reliable wifi on either band when trying to stream videos to my phone.
I don't have too many people living in the house at the moment, and no AC devices either (yet); but we do a fair amount of downloading and streaming, plus Ooma, so some type of QoS or bandwidth prioritizing is important as well. On top of all this, I am trying to stay within a budget, with AC1900 prices to be the ceiling.
I am looking at the RT-AC68U, as I never seem to have much luck with Netgear so I am a bit leery of trying a different model. But I am open to any suggestions and directions that can fit my needs. All advice are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Right now I am using a Netgear WNDR3700 (v1, I believe), and the coverage has been very spotty. I can barely get 5Ghz signals in a room directly upstairs above the router -- but a few feet out of the room, the signals are lost. On the same downstairs level, I can't get reliable wifi on either band when trying to stream videos to my phone.
I don't have too many people living in the house at the moment, and no AC devices either (yet); but we do a fair amount of downloading and streaming, plus Ooma, so some type of QoS or bandwidth prioritizing is important as well. On top of all this, I am trying to stay within a budget, with AC1900 prices to be the ceiling.
I am looking at the RT-AC68U, as I never seem to have much luck with Netgear so I am a bit leery of trying a different model. But I am open to any suggestions and directions that can fit my needs. All advice are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!