Home Networking help & Which router should I buy?

[Birk]

I'm moving into a new house at the beginning of March and I've got quite a bit of tech in our home spread out on opposite ends of the house.


Office downstairs:

Wired:
2 PC
2 Printers
Wireless
2 Phones
2 Tablets

Family Room Downstairs:

Wired
Television (Telus Box)
Blue Ray Player
Xbox 360

Living Room Upstairs

Wired
Television (Telus Box)
Blue Ray Player
Wireless
PC

So the Telus Modem thingy is also a 4 port router that I figure I'll put into the family room downstairs that will take up 3 ports and I can use the 4th to run a line directly above to the living room to power a router.

I Still need to get another router to handle all of the wired connections in my office and all of the wireless for the house. Which router should I buy with a $150 budget?

Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. if you've got any other ideas on how to run the wiring for everything that would be great

[Keywork]

The Linksys E4200 (V1) is a great router and you should be able to find it for a price that fits your budget! I also highly recommend hitting up smallnetbuilder.com !

[KaptCrunch]

using cable or DSL ? for internet?

[Birk]

Originally Posted by KaptCrunch

using cable or DSL ? for internet?

Telus Optic so DSL i do believe.

[The Quicken]

These are always useful--

Trendnet TPL-401E2K 500MBS Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter Kit - TRENDnet - TPL-401E2K

See existing thread for more info-

About Powerline

[Birk]

Bought this :)

Buy Cisco Linksys E4200 Wireless Router - Specials Free Shipping

[NyteOwl]

Not being fond of Linksys I'd have gone with this:

Netgear WNDR3800 N600 80211.NWIRELESS Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition - Netgear - WNDR3800-100NAS

[Lpfan4ever]

Slapped DD-WRT on my RT-N16, been working great. Haven't had much experience with the wireless side of things, but it seems to work quite well for wired transfers within the network.

ASUSTeK Computer Inc. - Networking- ASUS RT-N16

[lcdguy]

I recently upgraded (and i use the term loosely) to a Linksys e-2500. I get great reception with wireless and haven't had any issues with throughput. I just wish i could load an aftermarket firmware on it so i can track my cable internet usage.

[Keywork]

Did you get a V1 or a V2? Great purchase regardless! Also, a lot of people are skeptical and aren't a fan of Linksys products, but they have picked up the slack in the consumer space to an extent. If you actually ready any reviews, the E3200 and E4200 are VERY, VERY well reviewed.