I currently own and have been using an ASUS DSL-AC68U for many years now with TalkTalk Fibre Optic 64mb line.
Most of the time this has worked fine for us, however we have a large house with 3 floors, mostly only require internet on the first 2 floors though and a bit in the back garden for Ring Floodlight Cam and also some signal in the front garden area as that is where the Ring pro is and also my Tesla Model 3 is parked, and i usually need a wifi signal to get a software update at times.
Anyhow most of the time all this works fine, apart from some times the internet browsing just really slows down especially for mobile phones, and also Ring Pro is constantly having issues and always very flaky which is quite weird as the Router is currently sitting in the passage which is like 10 feet from the front door of where the Ring is.
I have viewed devices etc on the router, and we have about 35-40 devices connected at any one time running, sometimes more. I think these are only the wireless ones, there is probably also at least another 10-12 wired ones.
I have quite a few things connected via LAN including a big NAS server with 20TB. Although i don't think that is the cause of any slow down. Apart from this we generally stream 4k content and play online games etc.. Just standard stuff and no im not using any VPN even though i do have a NordVPN account, the NAS would also sometimes torrent some stuff too.
Im thinking that this router device we have is not meant to be run with so many devices, maybe 30 max, but we are going over this limit, maybe thats why sometimes its having issues?
Right now black friday sale is on and im looking for an alternative router, some are crazy expensive have wifi 6 but cost like £300+ and im not sure if they are worth it.
I found this device NETGEAR Nighthawk X6S Smart Wi-Fi Router (R8000P) - AC4000 which is about £150 currently on sale, and can support up to 55 devices it says, it also says that it can run 2 x 5ghz and 1 x 2.4ghz channels, currently on my ASUS im running 1 of each.
So my question is what do you guys recommend? If i buy the above netgear, do you think that would handle the number of devices better in my house? I don't seem to have many signal problems in my house even with the current router, but i think the Netgear will probably even improve that with its 6 antennas.
Or would you suggest that i buy something else completely rather then this Netgear?
UPDATE: So ive just come across Mesh Networks which i had no idea about, ive seen and liked the look of Google Nest Wifi, Eero, Ubliqiti Amplify plus a few others such as TP-Link Deco M9, Orbi etc...
Im really shifting towards just buying the Nest Wifi, because it just looks so nice and easy to use and getting 3 of these units around the house. It looks simple and something that i won't have to waste my time on, i can just set it up and forget about it. Which is what i would really like as i don't have a lot of spare time.
However, i have a few questions, because im using Synology NAS, this requires port forwarding etc,, can i set this up on the nest wifi? Also How about VPN? If for example suddenly my ISP blocks any torrents or anything else for that matter(or i switch to another ISP that has strict rules), and my NAS can not download anymore, can i setup a VPN on the Google Nest to use that to continue downloading?
Please tell me what you would recommend to me? I like the simple setup for the mesh networks which is why my focus has almost shifted to them.
Most of the time this has worked fine for us, however we have a large house with 3 floors, mostly only require internet on the first 2 floors though and a bit in the back garden for Ring Floodlight Cam and also some signal in the front garden area as that is where the Ring pro is and also my Tesla Model 3 is parked, and i usually need a wifi signal to get a software update at times.
Anyhow most of the time all this works fine, apart from some times the internet browsing just really slows down especially for mobile phones, and also Ring Pro is constantly having issues and always very flaky which is quite weird as the Router is currently sitting in the passage which is like 10 feet from the front door of where the Ring is.
I have viewed devices etc on the router, and we have about 35-40 devices connected at any one time running, sometimes more. I think these are only the wireless ones, there is probably also at least another 10-12 wired ones.
I have quite a few things connected via LAN including a big NAS server with 20TB. Although i don't think that is the cause of any slow down. Apart from this we generally stream 4k content and play online games etc.. Just standard stuff and no im not using any VPN even though i do have a NordVPN account, the NAS would also sometimes torrent some stuff too.
Im thinking that this router device we have is not meant to be run with so many devices, maybe 30 max, but we are going over this limit, maybe thats why sometimes its having issues?
Right now black friday sale is on and im looking for an alternative router, some are crazy expensive have wifi 6 but cost like £300+ and im not sure if they are worth it.
I found this device NETGEAR Nighthawk X6S Smart Wi-Fi Router (R8000P) - AC4000 which is about £150 currently on sale, and can support up to 55 devices it says, it also says that it can run 2 x 5ghz and 1 x 2.4ghz channels, currently on my ASUS im running 1 of each.
So my question is what do you guys recommend? If i buy the above netgear, do you think that would handle the number of devices better in my house? I don't seem to have many signal problems in my house even with the current router, but i think the Netgear will probably even improve that with its 6 antennas.
Or would you suggest that i buy something else completely rather then this Netgear?
UPDATE: So ive just come across Mesh Networks which i had no idea about, ive seen and liked the look of Google Nest Wifi, Eero, Ubliqiti Amplify plus a few others such as TP-Link Deco M9, Orbi etc...
Im really shifting towards just buying the Nest Wifi, because it just looks so nice and easy to use and getting 3 of these units around the house. It looks simple and something that i won't have to waste my time on, i can just set it up and forget about it. Which is what i would really like as i don't have a lot of spare time.
However, i have a few questions, because im using Synology NAS, this requires port forwarding etc,, can i set this up on the nest wifi? Also How about VPN? If for example suddenly my ISP blocks any torrents or anything else for that matter(or i switch to another ISP that has strict rules), and my NAS can not download anymore, can i setup a VPN on the Google Nest to use that to continue downloading?
Please tell me what you would recommend to me? I like the simple setup for the mesh networks which is why my focus has almost shifted to them.