I need a router for a 2,000 sqft. office

[josephfinnegan]

I need a router for a 2,000 sqft. office with 8 PCs and 8 cell phones connected to it. I am looking at this one http://www.bestbuy.com/site/netgear-nighthawk-ac1900-wi-fi-router-with-vdsl-adsl-modem-black/4370900.p?id=1219755197315&skuId=4370900

Any suggestions?

PS: our work involves alot of cloud based docs and big file transfers if that helps

 

[Pooneil]

It's a great but very expensive router. But for what you're doing, consider the cost of the time spent waiting on file transfers over a the crowded wifi. Also, walls will kill those high 5 GHz AC speeds adding to the bottlenecks on the 2.4 Ghz wifi. So you'll need more than a single wifi access point to reliability get the work done if this is not a fully open floor plan. Consider the economics of wiring up the PC's with gigabit ethernet and putting a few access points in the ceiling for mobile devices. Office networks need to be a solid working systems.

 

[g90814]

It depends on walls and other obstructions.

You might consider looking into Ubiquiti access points, they are more robust than consumer level routers. If you already have a router for your network, they are pretty easy to set up and manage with the software (free).

https://www.ubnt.com/products/#all/wireless under Enterprise WIFI