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/nlflint 15d ago

Wired could still be an option. This invisible fiber kit is built for running it under floor/door trim so it's hidden. It's uses a single, very thing, but still strong, bi-directional fiber: https://a.co/d/02AohMc4

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u/Detsulas 15d ago

And this is why I post to reddit! Didn't even realize such a thing existed. I didn't want to run obvious ethernet cable throughout our apartment, plus something this low profile will likely make the wife happy as well.

Love this suggestion!