I’ve just had a lot of unexpected expenses lately, so looking to spend like $50 or less.
We have
- 200 mbps fiber internet (so it’s just straight ethernet feeding into the router)
- 2000 sq ft home with same size basement, (just wood in between, no concrete)
- very few wireless devices (like 2-3 most of the time)
- NOBODY GAMING ON WIFI, this is just for my dad to watch videos online with a laptop
- need to be able to limit bandwidth by device
- prefer to be able to flash custom firmware (ddwrt or openwrt or whatever) to make an older router more secure
- would like to block ads on router level (DNS blacklists and IP blacklists)
- need it to be stable and not frustrating and constantly dropping signal or something
Thank you!
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Xiaomi 4A Gigabit. It’s so cheap that $50 might buys you two so that you can cover your entire house. Can be flashed with OpenWRT so the fact it’s a Xiaomi is no longer a concern either.
Netgear WAX206? It was marketed as small business AP so the range is quite good.
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