New router/ Gaming router

I was previously on a 2mbps plan since the price of internet in PH is crazy expensive but since the rumors of australian service providers coming in to join the party spread like wild fire the local isp had to up their game. Prices dropped and we got better deals. I just had my new internet installed and it is a huge improvement as its a 50mbps plan. Now i need a router that can prioritize gaming(so that ping does not go up when someone elses uses my internet) because i usually have guests over or my family usually visits me on the weekend and they use youtube alot. Would love an easy to setup router and i am willing to spend around 200usd but the cheaper the better. I will be in the us nxt month so i will get it from amazon. Thanks guys!

- peter


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I'm considering switching to ac myself, and this is the router I like so far. You can prioritize QoS in settings - not sure if that is enough, though. You can also hook the old router to new one with lowest priority, for guest use.

 

Went through it and it looks like a normal router. Ive read about asus routers or linksys but dont know which one will fit my needs.


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@jpsm it is very compact and costs $30-something with shipping, being the cheapest 802.11ac router available, as far as I know. 100mbit Ethernet ports instead of 1Gbit is the only drawback I noticed.

 

Problem is its not something i am confident buying. I prefer a mainstream brand as i will be taking it back with me to philippines so if it gets busted, i will have support locally.


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Going with your requirements, the proper way of selecting a router would be the best of those with advanced QoS settings, not the other way around.
Most routers have rather basic settings - Netgear and Linksys included. TP-Links can easily have no QoS settings.
It seems you should start with Asus routers - these seem to have a proper QoSsettings and are good routers in general although tend to be too expensive.
If some $170 for an Asus RT-AC68U is manageable, you might want to look at it.

 

Looking at it now and it is what i am looking for. Any other alternatives that are lower or higher in price? Is there a router where in i see all the devices connected to my router and with a right click i could limit their speed? Or does this do the same? I want it to be hassle free

 

Limiting speeds for individual devices can be achieved with a cheaper router running Gargoyle firmware for example but this solution has drawbacks.
Once you limit the speeds of any device it stays limited until you reverse it - QoS does not limit speeds as such - just changes priority. Secondly - limiting someone's speed will not necessarily improve your situation as a gamer - this person might be looking at lower throughput but if your traffic is not prioritized over that person's traffic, you still and up in a traffic-jam.

So QoS is actually the most hassle free solution for you and anyone else at your household. No one is limited in his/her browsing speeds, yer you get priority over their traffic (and your own non-gaming traffic).

 

So ill just prioritize my connection over them and thats it? So if you were in my shoes this is the router you would pick up? No cheaper or more expensive alternatives?

 

If I were in your shoes I'd probably buy a TP-Link Archer C7 v2 and load it with Gargoyle firmware or if that was not enough with plain OpenWRT and set QoS there. It would be considerably cheaper - some $86 - but also considerably more complicated. Gargoyle is easy enough to work with but OpenWRT is not. Also Asus RT-AC68U is a better router than Archer C7 - I'm not sure that you will ever need this "better" part of it but it is, so it somewhat explains the price difference.

So if you're looking to save money at the expense of some wasted time and swearing - you can, but if you want to buy a good router that will allow you to achieve what you wanted, Asus is probably the way to go.

As for me - I like bang for the buck solutions and I don't mind using 3rd party firmwares and such to achieve the result for less money.

 

FWIW got myself a Xiaomi Mini Wifi router (802.11ac model, ofc) I mentioned in this thread, works perfectly fine so far.