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Best router for 1800 sqft home
What’s the best router for 1800 sqft house?
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NETGEAR Nighthawk Smart WiFi Router is best router for 1800 sq ft. If you have good budget then you can go for others also.
Many things impact "the best" and not just home size.
1. what does the interior of the home consist of? certain materials block wifi better than others.
2. What is it being used for? Gaming, streaming, zoom, etc
3. how many devices do you want to support?
4. how many levels is it? 1800ft all on one level is more difficult to cover than 900sqft per a 2 level home.
5. sadly budget comes into it too. I can recommend "the best" and it be a $600 router but its pointless to recommend the best if your budget isn't there for it.
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2 - Streaming - Netflix, Zoom etc.
3 Up to 6
4 One level
5 100-150$
1800 sqft all on one level is a challenge.
you can probably get 1 router to cover it but you'll probably have dead spots or slow spots on the peripheral.
And the 100-150 is a bit of a challenge because router prices have increased lately. for instance, the R7800 would usually sit around $170 over the last year but has been pretty high lately.
In terms of 1 router solutions, I'd probably recommend the R7800 if it drops in price.
If it was me, I'd be watching for a triband mesh system so you can have better coverage. Again,1800sqft is a large area to cover
