G+_Dooby Kalisheeno Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 whats a good wifi router for about 20 chromebooks with 802.11AC, up to 5 of them streaming video at 480p, while the others are doing online math. I need good response time. on a budget, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jonathan Bennett Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 I'd look first at the TP-Link Archer C7 running openwrt/lede. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Perry Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 That doesn't sound too demanding. My vote is the Tp-link archer c7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Dooby Kalisheeno Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 what advantage is there to run openwrt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Perry Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Rule of thumb, If your router receives regular updates and it has the features you are looking for, don't bother. If either of those are not true start looking at dd WRT or OpenWRT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Perry Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Also look at D-Link’s DIR-880L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jonathan Bennett Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Dooby Kalisheeno I have seen routers with odd behavior, like admin interfaces exposed to the internet that can't be closed. I've just made a habit of running an open firmware to avoid possible problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Dooby Kalisheeno Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 got it thanks alot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Travis Hershberger Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 So long as only 7 are being used at the same time you should be ok. All 20 will be an issue with 1ap. Ubiquity is working on a beta feature that will actually show details on channel usage, which will show you what's going on https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/115011813968-UniFi-AirTime-What-s-Eating-your-Wi-Fi-Performance- As always, I'm a fan of Ubiquity access points, can't beat the value for your dollar, and no worrying about horrible software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Perry Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Ubiquity APs are great. That is what I am currently using. My suggestion were for the value portion of the post. I would side on the use of a ubiquity ap if budget allows. The UI for the admin is also nice. I don't have much to compare it to but it is very clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jared Twomey Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Get a Ubiquiti HD (high density) AP. They will easily handle the load you are predicting. We use them for free public Wi-Fi at events and often have 60-100 devices on one AP and still have adequate bandwidth to stream live video [because that's what everyone does at events nowadays :) ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Perry Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Personally I run a Pro and have another site running two lite's. Though I would love to run HDs for bragging rights, they are too expensive. I would only concierge them if someone has a lot of users needing wireless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Perry Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Just looked at numbers a 480p stream takes about 1.3M double that for safety and round to 2.5M for the convenience of using a nice number to use as a reference to see what kind of requirements times 2.5M by 20 and you need 50M, you could use a UAP lite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts