Question I would like to ask about router recommendations

[ka1sen]

Hi, i recently bought starlink mini and it works fine, but wifi kinda sucks cause it's being blocked by the roof, for that reason i have a direct ethernet to my pc but i would like to buy any router to solve this wifi problem, or directly connect devices via ethernet.

I would like to ask about a budget router, it if works it's fine, I would like to spend more money on one, but i don't have any for the moment, would be nice to get rid of bufferbloat but i also can't get the risk to flash the router with a third party firmware, even if i have confidence on it, cause if the router doesn't work i'm out of pocket, so, that's it.

 

[alceryes]

There’s some oldie but goodie routers that should work fine. One of my favorites is the Netgear R7900 or R8000. There are a couple different sub models so choose wisely if you do want to flash it with OpenWRT. I've used both models with and without OpenWRT and they are solid performers. You should be able to get one pretty cheap on the secondhand market.

When you set it up, make sure you're not working through a double NAT. It sounds like the Starlink has its own Wifi, which means there's probably a mini router on it. You'll want to put that router into passthrough mode so that your new/used router handles all the routing functions.