The router I have is extremely jumpy and unreliable. I have this one currently: (https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Wireless-Router-N300-WNR2000/dp/B001AZP8EW)
I (think) I'm paying for 100mbps down and 100mbps up, and due to my situation, I can't give ethernet to my PC, so I use a TP-Link Power-over-Ethernet adapter which gives me a connection slightly better than WiFi, around 35down and 35 up, with about 7ms of ping. When I break out my laptop and connect it to the router I get around 93mbps down and 55 mbps up, but as I said, ethernet is next to impossible where my PC is located. Lately, however, that connection has varied.
Yesterday, I tried watching a twitch stream, and it simply would not load. Normally, it would always play on source with no issues, but this time it wouldn't load a single second. I did a speedtest and found my down to be 1.5mbps with my upload at around 15mbps, and near 60ms ping. I did a speedtest on my phone with the app, and it came up with the same numbers. I even took out my laptop, walked to the router, hooked it up to ethernet, made sure it was connected to ethernet, and got nearly the exact same numbers. I asked my friend who is on the same ISP and internet plan if he was having problems. He checked his speeds and said no, and also said to just hard-reset the router, that it works for him when his router is acting weird. So I did it, and it fixed the issue. Back to 35down and 35up with 7ms of ping. Twitch streams loaded fine. But the next night (the night I'm typing this), twitch streams wouldn't load again. I did a speed test and got around 15down and ~20up, with about 30ms of ping. I tested it again as I'm typing this and get this: (http://www.speedtest.net/result/5506610523.png), and Twitch streams loaded fine. I tested ethernet and got this (http://puu.sh/qfQOg/133b6822ff.jpg).
This has lead me to believe that my router is complete trash, and I think I need a new one.
So which one should I look into? I don't feel like I need to spend much money on it, just as long as it's reliable, dual-band, the range doesn't really matter. The router shown above always showed 5 bars no matter where in the house, so I can't imagine I need a beefy one. I've looked at lists online, but I figured asking here would be more reliable and to-date. I would prefer under $70, but I could potentially spend in the $80 range, but probably nothing over that.
Let me know what you think! Thanks!
I (think) I'm paying for 100mbps down and 100mbps up, and due to my situation, I can't give ethernet to my PC, so I use a TP-Link Power-over-Ethernet adapter which gives me a connection slightly better than WiFi, around 35down and 35 up, with about 7ms of ping. When I break out my laptop and connect it to the router I get around 93mbps down and 55 mbps up, but as I said, ethernet is next to impossible where my PC is located. Lately, however, that connection has varied.
Yesterday, I tried watching a twitch stream, and it simply would not load. Normally, it would always play on source with no issues, but this time it wouldn't load a single second. I did a speedtest and found my down to be 1.5mbps with my upload at around 15mbps, and near 60ms ping. I did a speedtest on my phone with the app, and it came up with the same numbers. I even took out my laptop, walked to the router, hooked it up to ethernet, made sure it was connected to ethernet, and got nearly the exact same numbers. I asked my friend who is on the same ISP and internet plan if he was having problems. He checked his speeds and said no, and also said to just hard-reset the router, that it works for him when his router is acting weird. So I did it, and it fixed the issue. Back to 35down and 35up with 7ms of ping. Twitch streams loaded fine. But the next night (the night I'm typing this), twitch streams wouldn't load again. I did a speed test and got around 15down and ~20up, with about 30ms of ping. I tested it again as I'm typing this and get this: (http://www.speedtest.net/result/5506610523.png), and Twitch streams loaded fine. I tested ethernet and got this (http://puu.sh/qfQOg/133b6822ff.jpg).
This has lead me to believe that my router is complete trash, and I think I need a new one.
So which one should I look into? I don't feel like I need to spend much money on it, just as long as it's reliable, dual-band, the range doesn't really matter. The router shown above always showed 5 bars no matter where in the house, so I can't imagine I need a beefy one. I've looked at lists online, but I figured asking here would be more reliable and to-date. I would prefer under $70, but I could potentially spend in the $80 range, but probably nothing over that.
Let me know what you think! Thanks!