fancy router worth it?

pingu666 · 28 Nov 2015 at 03:50

So given all the black fridayness about, Have seen a bunch of ac routers, is it worth upgrading to ac for general web browsing? currently the file transfer speed i get over wifi is around what i get download speed on a wired pc, so guessing there would be a so of a gain there

setup wise theres a modem > techincolour plusnet router > switches > old router to use as range extender, as house has thick walls.

guess other area that could be improved would be gaming?, doubt id be using the nas like features and other things they can do

adamau5 · 28 Nov 2015 at 07:37

it sounds from a speed perspective maybe not for you.

However, i love all the features a good router can provide (guest wifi, ddns support, openvpn, print server, personal cloud).

SupermotoMX · 28 Nov 2015 at 12:04

a more modern router would more likely have better QOS than the plusnet router, if that even has QOS, which would help in a gaming environment if there are other net applications going on about the network

r7slayer · 28 Nov 2015 at 15:08

Netduma R1 Router

This router is great for gaming. However you need this connected to the modem and all traffic routing through this router to take advantage of it. That would improve gaming aspects! But upgrading for general webbrowsing i wouldn't say so!

Rozzy85 · 28 Nov 2015 at 17:20

If the extra features are useful to you or you have a lot of users where something like QoS features would be a benefit, then yes. AC is only worth bothering if the AP is near by and you want to transfer a lot of data fast. G/N is better for general browsing if that's all it's going to be used for and has better signal penetration.

pingu666 · 28 Nov 2015 at 19:27

looking at 3 users and then a unlikely peak wifi load of 5-6 devices

moogle · 28 Nov 2015 at 19:32

Wireless signal should be a bit better. I just upgraded mine from a HH5 and I'm getting better signal in far reaching areas of the house (the loo, most important place for internet IMO

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But seeing as you don't have many clients, if you're not experiencing any issues I wouldn't upgrade.

cjenks22 · 15 Dec 2015 at 23:43

Netduma is worth the cash, playing b03 with pings to the host at 14ms

Twirlywoos · 16 Dec 2015 at 01:13

What's with all these sponsored by Netduma posts, it's worse than their twitter spam where people post their scoreboards where they are on top and say "DOMINATE LAG, THANKS NETDUMA"

bledd · 16 Dec 2015 at 15:29

It's just a rebadged Mikrotik isn't it? With normal features, just tarted up a bit?