New virgin router needed-decent MAC Filtering

[chimponarope]

Hi all

I could do with some advice if you would be so kind.

We've been using our SH2 for a few years now but now our eldest is becoming a touch problematic regarding accessing the web when he should really be asleep with exams etc just round the corner. He gets all his TV content through a Now TV box so the SH2 Mac filtering isn't going to help with that if he's already got a connection going when I want to turn off his access.

Something with better wifi range wouldn't hurt (the signal often drops out in our bedroom and the conservatory is a dead spot unless the door is open).

Been years since I looked into after market routers, the ASUS were popular at one point but no idea if they're still the best option?

So the good people of OCUK, please spec me a cable router to:
Allow me to block his access (can't see him figuring out MAC spoofing, too lazy!) at silly times.
Easy to use is good (got 3 kids don't have too much time to play with gear anymore).
Good wifi range.
QoS would be a bonus for when he's stealing all the connection.

Any help appreciated!

 

[chimponarope]

Thanks for the replies, worth spending the extra bit for the AC87u?

Had a play with the Asus software on their site and seems simple enough to use.

 

[chimponarope]

MAC filtering is so easy to defeat, making it largely pointless.

Like I mentioned in the original post though, it's only to defeat a stroppy teenager and he's so incredibly lazy and lacking any form of interest in tech that I think it will have him completely flummoxed.

 

[chimponarope]

Does he have a smart phone?

He does its some low end htc.

 

[chimponarope]

Thanks guys, he's got very limited data (his choice so he could get a new phone) so that will rapidly run out if he does anything taxing.

OspreyO- It's a nightmare isn't it. In some ways his utter cluelessness with tech plays into my hands.