Need wifi router to support 20 people (openwrt preferred)

[silverbyte]

hi guys,
I'm looking for a wifi router to be able to support 20 people connecting to it. I dont need a lot of other features - at the max, I can do with getting openwrt on it. It will run 24/7 so please take that into account.
Ideally I want to keep it under 3k.
Any help ?

 

[bobbyprajan]

TP-Link WDR-3600 will be enough for your purpose and it can be flashed to openwrt (AA) but it is slightly above your budget, around 4.6K

 

[nitant]

I just got the Asus N-12-C1, and it is epic.

http://www.flipkart.com/asus-rt-n12-c1/p/itmdrmgyhdgqgfce?pid=RTRDRMGYGV73A3XJ

Runnig DD-WRT and it works in my office with 35+ devices connected to it.

 

[vivek.krishnan]

If you are looking for office use, plus do not have a firewall, would suggest to get a pfsense box with a N300 WiFi card with detachable antennas + extenders. It wont fit in your budget though unless you have a spare PC.

Else, any router flashable with DD WRT and having ideally 32+ MB of RAM should be more than enough. N150/300 - that's entirely your choice. If you want to transfer big files over WiFi - then N300 is better than N150. Put the router in AP mode, and put it in DHCP forwarder mode.