r/Network • u/Detsulas • 17d ago

Text Looking for a new router

My wife and I game fairly regularly and I've recently noticed that my router from 2018 is bottlenecking us and showing its age at this point.

We live in an apartment that's about 1300 sq feet and we keep the router in the living room while our desks are in the spare room which is separated by a thick wall.

Currently our 5ghz band makes it through the wall just fine. That being said wired is not an option. There are no ethernet jacks in the walls of the spare room and we can't get the only place we can have the router setup is the living room.

As previously mentioned we need a new router, something future proof, budget wise we'd like to stay under $500.

Appreciate any recs!

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u/jacle2210 Enthusiast 17d ago

What is the exact brand name and exact model number of your current Wifi Router?

And sorry to say this, but Ethernet wired is always an option; you would just have to be creative in how you run it between the two area's.

To start an Ethernet cable can be upto 100Meters/328ft in length, which should be plenty of length to allow you to run a cable in a way so that it's not out in the middle of floor.

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u/Detsulas 16d ago

Does the signal start to diminish after 230ft? I just did cable runs at work and I was informed this was a barrier for the cables we could get. Granted this was POE equipment so for sure a different story, but just curious about this I guess.

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u/jacle2210 Enthusiast 16d ago

Sorry, I don't know about your work requirements, I'm simply reciting the Ethernet standard for Cat5e & Cat6 cables (being 100Meters/328ft).

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u/Detsulas 15d ago

No worries the 2 situations were unrelated, except for me assuming signal loss starts at 230~

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u/Wiley_Coyote_2024 16d ago

To go further, you just need another device (bridge or router) that will repeat the signal to go further down the next cable run.

Btw- I believe the limit is 300 meters on CAT 6a. So if you need longer runs, just go to CAT6a instead of your CAT5e, if that is what you are using.