Please help me choose a 50$ wifi router ^^

[tungnq]

Hello,

Please help me choose a good, simple wifi router, around 50$, with good, strong signal, great coverage and durable is a must, no buggy, for my home (3 floors, and kinda big, with many rooms). I don't need other features like security or usb or whatever

I checked all the stores in my city, and these are some available options:

LINKSYS E1200: the storekeeper said the range and power is very weak, maybe the weakest

TP-LINK TL-WR941ND: he said this one is much better since it has 3 antennae

Router ASUS RTN12 C1 (Black Diamond) Wireless: with 2 antennae, this one is so so

and a bunch of buffalo products:

Router Wifi WZR-HP-AG300H
Router Wifi Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH
Router Wifi Buffalo WZR-AGL300NH
Router Wifi Buffalo WZR-600DHP
Router Wifi Buffalo WZR-300HP
Router Wifi Buffalo WHR-HP-G300N
Router Wifi Buffalo WHR-G300N V2

I'm not sure of their performance though

//my buffalo g125 just died after 1 year use, maybe it was too hot, because it was very noisy lately, I suppose it had a fan inside, but I don't know how to open to clean it . I'm not sure if other buffalo products are like it........

//and sorry for my bad english, thank you in advanced

 

[stevech]

what do you mean it "died"? LEDs don't light up? WiFi routers don't usually have fans.

Don't judge by number of antennas. many have 0 visible antennas and work well.

I've had Buffalo products run for years and still running when I replaced them. Same for Belkin. Me myself, I'd avoid D-Link, Netgear, Linksys (for a while, until they are stirred into Belkin's soup).

 

[tungnq]

what do you mean it "died"? LEDs don't light up? WiFi routers don't usually have fans.

Don't judge by number of antennas. many have 0 visible antennas and work well.

I've had Buffalo products run for years and still running when I replaced them. Same for Belkin. Me myself, I'd avoid D-Link, Netgear, Linksys (for a while, until they are stirred into Belkin's soup).

well, it just didn't work anymore, the leds still on but I cannot do anthing, no wifi, no LAN or whatever

well I don't judge by the antennas number but the shopkeepers told me that

My old buffalo g125 run very noisy, much louder than my pc, and even got louder and louder everyday, I never seen any modem or router like that before

so I suspect it had a fan inside to cool itself down??? I couldn't open it so I don't know

Well, so which one should I buy now? I just want a simple wifi router with strong signal wifi which can travel far and over walls and furniture

 

[stevech]

On the WiFi device that died. Did you try a reset to factory defaults, often by press/hold a reset button during power-up? Then reconfigure it per the instructions?

regarding range and "strong WiFi".... remember too that WiFi is bi-directional. A super strong signal FROM the WiFi router won't improve a weak signal TO the WiFi router from a puny client device.

 

[Mangix]

get the WZR-HP-G300NH

 

[stevech]

get the WZR-HP-G300NH

Amazon, Newegg ... discontinued product.

 

[madyG]

From those you mentioned my pick would be Wifi Buffalo WZR-AGL300NH

 

[tungnq]

On the WiFi device that died. Did you try a reset to factory defaults, often by press/hold a reset button during power-up? Then reconfigure it per the instructions?

regarding range and "strong WiFi".... remember too that WiFi is bi-directional. A super strong signal FROM the WiFi router won't improve a weak signal TO the WiFi router from a puny client device.

I tried everything, reset it, reconfig it, but it was no use, and the most issue is, it works very loud, I really mean it, I don't know what inside but maybe a dusty fan

well, I need something with good signal, great coverage, less dead spot in house with 100m2, 3 floors

get the WZR-HP-G300NH

damn, I recheck it again, out of stock, discontinued

but how about WHR-300HP? it's the newest product of buffalo right, along with WZR-300HP. But I read the WZR 300 HP review, it isn't very good T__T

 

[stevech]

Three floors... you'll most likely need 1 or 2 access points.

 

[Mangix]

damn, I recheck it again, out of stock, discontinued

but how about WHR-300HP? it's the newest product of buffalo right, along with WZR-300HP. But I read the WZR 300 HP review, it isn't very good T__T

The TP-LINK you listed is the next best thing. I've had great results with TP-LINK routers personally.