I’ve just had a lot of unexpected expenses lately, so looking to spend like $50 or less.
We have
- 200 mbps fiber internet (so it’s just straight ethernet feeding into the router)
- 2000 sq ft home with same size basement, (just wood in between, no concrete)
- very few wireless devices (like 2-3 most of the time)
- NOBODY GAMING ON WIFI, this is just for my dad to watch videos online with a laptop
- need to be able to limit bandwidth by device
- prefer to be able to flash custom firmware (ddwrt or openwrt or whatever) to make an older router more secure
- would like to block ads on router level (DNS blacklists and IP blacklists)
- need it to be stable and not frustrating and constantly dropping signal or something
Thank you!
So basically you want a top-end router but for $50.
No, I specifically said an older router. Used is fine. And only 200 mbps. Not asking for a lot here.
I think you can figure this out yourself.
You kind of are.