Can someone recommend me a Router?

what's good in routers these days

idk but i'm shopping for a better one too since i'm on zoom literally all day. which is weird because i have this top of the line asus joint from several years ago with like four big antennas (RT-AC87) but it doesn't seem to be keeping up anymore

my spot is a long narrow rectangle as opposed to squarish (three big rooms all in a straight line) and so i'm looking at mesh routers and man they're fucking expensive. the ones i've been pricing out are like $599 and up

yeah my new place is a similar shape so I have....similar concerns

Eero 3 pack for 250

$679 in Canada :(

ah, sorry. Every eero has an ethernet port. You manage it all through a phone app. They have good customer service.

err wait, 349

139 for one though, maybe that'll suffice? it's just an apartment.

I think you can buy them one at a time. So 2 for 280 could be best. Maybe get one, see how it is, add as needed?

we have a relatively small apartment but needed more than 1 to get ethernet port to a room for an internet phone for wfh.

Meshforce M3, 3 pack for $179 ($159 w/coupon). We bought this system about a year ago and it is robust and flawless. I can see my home network from half a block away in every direction.

https://www.amazon.com/Meshforce-Whole-Home-System-Suite/dp/B07YXYV9MQ/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3I04D4YEVZM2G&dchild=1&keywords=meshforce+m3&qid=1598626748&sprefix=meshforce%2Caps%2C178&sr=8-3

thanks WmC, I'll look at the canadian options for that! I would prefer not to give Amazon my $$ if it can be helped.

Yeah, I'm sure there are alternatives to Bezos-prime for that. Can't recommend that system highly enough.

wow, why is that so cheap? the orbi 3 pack is like a thousand bucks! does it have a backhaul channel like the orbi? does it need it?

Eeros are supposed to be great; but I went with the Google WiFi router system, it was a little cheaper. It works way, way better than the series of netgear and Asus routers I had before, which were, frankly, garbage.

I replaced an Asus w/ ubiquiti a few months back. Now the whole family can zoom w/o complaining to me. Definitely on the prosumer end, but it does work well.

I got a synology router which has mesh capabilities and one expansion unit and that fills the whole house with a good strong signal.

It was only really necessary because there’s the metal kitchen counter that blocks signal from the router to E’s office. The 5G router has a really good signal all the way down the front of the house.

I chose that one partly because The range of mesh systems available in Australia is really poor and partly because it allows me to set up a VPN for the whole network and watch japanese and British tv on the Apple TV.