Router for a large family?

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kn1feparty2016-12-19 01:40:49

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kn1feparty, 2016-12-19 01:40:49

Hello! Briefly about the situation: a house is being built on its own, it will definitely take a couple of years. We have to live with a large family in an apartment, each with a bunch of devices. Essence: an apartment of 50 sq.m., 12 people, 20 devices (I would throw out half, but the women turn on the siren), an Internet channel of 70 Mbps. We need a router that can adequately or close to this, distribute the whole thing over Wi-Fi. The budget is about 10 k. (As far as possible) At the moment, Asus rt-n56u is used, but in the evening, when everyone comes from work / school, the router gets tired, often freezes, and the signal is not very good, even in the adjacent room. I don't know much about iron. I'm looking at the Asus rt-n66u myself. Thank you in advance.

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CityCat4, 2016-12-19
@CityCat4

The maximum number of devices is 20. This is no longer a home piece of hardware, but soho. I would consider Mikrotik as an option, but not the most Dishman one, but something like Mikrotik 2011 with WiFi

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Oleg Kalensky, 2016-12-19
@snnrman

I would recommend Airport Extreme. Despite the manufacturer, IMHO one of the best home routers in terms of work and channel stability. One BUT - you need an iOS or macOS device to manage it, but in 99% you need to go to the admin panel once for the entire time you use the provider.
Regarding Ubiquiti, these are corporate points without a router. Their home series (AmliFi) is good, but far beyond the adequate price range and is intended more for private homes.

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Alexander Alexander, 2016-12-19
@VinnyPuhRUS

the computer is self-assembled from old hardware, and pfsense does not want to consider it as an option

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Olga Moskvitina, 2016-12-20
@loly_girl

Take a second 5 GHz router (AC is better) and hang on it all the devices that support this range. Connect a more productive router to the provider, and a less productive one with a cable to the first one in access point mode, preferably at the other end of the apartment. And it is advisable to place routers, especially 2.4 GHz, in the back of the apartment away from the window, so neighboring networks will have less influence.