I am looking for one that is 200 and under. Our wifi router died today and we are using a older wifi router one that is a few years old. Looking for one with longevity and durability. Whats your recommendations for me?
Since WiFi 7 is coming, you aren’t going to find longevity. The best thing you could do for yourself is to separate the WiFi function from the router by using AP’s.
You didn’t specify what country you’re buying from, what $200 in your local currency is, whether or not you need Wi-Fi6, how much space you’re trying to cover with the router/AP, etc., and it’s not 100% clear from your Reddit profile/posts either (probably a good thing though). Thus, I can’t make any country-specific recommendations, because not everything is available globally - however, look for something that can run OpenWRT reliably (because it probably already is running some fork of DD-WRT already if it comes from some companies):
eero Pro 6
Great router as long as your ok with Amazon having limitless access to everything
Tplink er605 V2 small business router. 5yr warranty and they are packed with features for $60. Honestly they could sell it for 200 for the amount you get. I paired it with a ax3000 tplink access point for wifi. Rock solid speeds. My latency dropped by half just by upgrading to this router. Was getting 20 25ms on my old Linksys. Get 10 to 15ms with this on copper
