Requirement for wireless network and media center for streaming wirelessly

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utkarsh86

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I have a house which is about 1500 sq feet, 3 bed rooms, and a living room, basically i need a router which can give me a strong signal in all the rooms.

1.ISP :Local Cable Provider using the cable connection via a cable modem

2.Plan : 15 Mbps

3.Connection Type: Cable internet!

4. Budget is 8 - 10K


All the bedrooms are wired with Cat 5 ethernet, so my idea is to setup a media center using the router and stream media wirelessly/ wired to my smart television/ laptop/ gaming console. I am a little ignorant when it comes to this. I was looking at routers that allow you to plug in a USB drive to stream content.

If there are options like a media center also please let me know.

I was considering the following

Asus RT-AC66U / Asus RT-AC56U / RT 68U
Linksys E4200/ E3200
Netgear R6300 / Netgear’s R7000 / Netgear R6250.

All help is appreciated
 
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^ac66u or 68u if budget permits... Currently I use 56u and kept in one corner of the house, the signal doesn't reach well to the another corner of the house because of internal antenna
 
smnrock said:
^ac66u or 68u if budget permits... Currently I use 56u and kept in one corner of the house, the signal doesn't reach well to the another corner of the house because of internal antenna
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My budget is 10k at the most, i cant find 66 for cheaper than 12K. Is there any other you can suggest
 
^I've no idea on routers generally... I was like your situation and decided on 68u, but found out my budget can fetch only 56u :( . Except range issue, I don't have any other complaint against 56u.
 
I have the RT-N66U and it doesn't have enough range to reach the other end of my house (~1800 sqft). I'm currently using a mixture of a couple of powerline adapters, a DSL router and an Asus RT-N66u.

Router placement is very important. If you can place it in a central location then it should suffice.
 
Cheaper option would be to use homeplugs... Uses your house wiring for networking and quite stable connection. I have a AC68U and a gigabit connection but I prefer the simplicity of home plugs for maintaining a network connection.
 
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