Wireless Router for Multiple Devices - Recommendations?

[haza12d]

I currently have a TP Link AC1200 as my wireless router but I think it can't handle the number of devices that are connected to it.

Sometimes when I'm playing an online game, my wife can't watch Netflix/Hulu. And there are times when she's watching a video, my online games lag so bad.

Here's a list of all the devices that are connected to it wirelessly:

1 iMac, 1 MacBook Pro, 3 iPads, 3 Phones, 2 Wireless Printers, 1 PC Desktop, 1 PC Laptop, 1 Roku Player

What router would ya'll recommend to handle all these devices?

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Changing to a different WiFi router isn't going to help with your problem, you've just got too many devices competing for WiFi.

I think you'd do better trying to get as many of your static devices off WiFi and on to wired connections, especially the desktop PC & the iMac.

 

[bill001g]

Are you sure it is a wireless problem and not that you have overloaded your internet connection. In general Wifi has more bandwidth than most internet connections. Now if you have 50mbps or faster internet then the wifi can indeed be a bottle neck. Still you should be able to easily run multiple video feeds without issues. A game uses tiny amounts of bandwidth and should not block other traffic.

The problem with games and wifi is games are the worst possible case to use on wifi. They use the delays between packets to do timing in the game. Wifi because of its error prevention mechanism causes random packet delays. It is extremely susceptible to interference both from devices inside as well as outside your house. This is why the recommendation is to never play online games on wifi if you have any other option.

So as suggested above cable your game pc, if that is not possible try to move all the other devices to the same radio band. You have 2 radios in the device a 2.4g and 5g radio. You want to leave 1 just for your gaming pc. This will solve the interference issue from your other device but does not solve the problem if the interference is coming from outside your house.