The best "wifi" is ethernet cable. I've had good recent experience with the Linksys E8450. It's a dual band 802.11ax (i.e. wifi 6) router for about $100. No 5GHz penetrates walls very well. No coverage guarantees. I installed OpenWrt on mine, so I can't speak to the vendor firmware.
-- Russell Senior [email protected] On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 5:08 PM mo <[email protected]> wrote: > > hi, pls recommend the best quality, least cost wifi router to meet my needs > below: > > 1. max wifi range in a 2 story (each floor is 1600 sq ft) building w/ > 1-2 drywalls separating the rooms & concrete flooring between the floors. > even better if it can reach out into the backyard. > 2. 2.4 & 5 Ghz frequencies. > 3. all the A,B,N,AC,X, whatever modern wifi versions. > 4. no mesh, just 1 router. > 5. will plug it into the ISP (TMO home internet) provided modem/router. > 6. need 8 SSIDs & even more is appealing. > 7. WPA3 but can switch to WPA2 per SSID if need be. > 8. AES. > > share one or as many as you can; i'll check prices/specs etc. > > thanks!
