E8450

As of today: BananaPi BPI-R3 Mini - Amazon - currently $90 $110 GL.iNET Beryl AX - Amazon - currently $74 $87 (monthly sales below $75) Zyxel NWA50AX Pro - Amazon - currently $85 Cudy WR3000S - Amazon - currently $60 Cudy WR3000 - Amazon - $50 - beware - only 16MB flash Netgear WAX206 and Linksys E8

I had exactly the same issue. Fixed it by adding another router with SQM, which eats some speed to fix the spikes. I have had consistent ~65ms ping to CS2, stable ping in warframe, and others too. Previous score:https://www.waveform.com/tools/bufferbloat?test-id=8bac6e83-fa31-4d46-a0dd-925494682dc7

The hardware might be a tad underpowered (but also might not) however the available features are impressive for an amazing price point imo. Very happy with the “Linksys E8450 (UBI)” if you can still get them (my 2 cents)

Belkin rt3200 or Linksys e9.... Can't recall the number but they are identical and awesome. Pick them up for $30-70 depending on eBay and Walmart.

Luci attended sysupgrade is incredibly seamless and quick. I opened Luci, clicked upgrade, and it was complete before my youtube tab even paused to buffer. Linksys E8450 with no issues.

I have tried to find this in Indian market a lot. But it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find one. I don’t think its gonna be cheap. If thinking of most ideal way, then have separate router (nanoPi device or other similar device) + a WiFi AP. This will be atleast be 8-10k. Since you are looking

Cudy RE-3000 (officially a repeater; needs a transitionary firmware flashed first) GL.iNET GL-MT3000 Netgear WAX202 Linksys E8450 (needs flashing a special installer first; note: can't go back to stock, the documented procedure fails and bricks the router, making it unrecoverable without a serial ca

You can use both wired and wireless backhaul with Batman-adv, and one of the wired routers on your switch should handle DHCP and act as the WiFi mesh server. That way, if your switch fails, the mesh can still function as a large "WiFi switch," ensuring connectivity. Batman-adv dynamically manages ba

Linksys E8450 (just barely good enough, I would certify it only up to 450 Mbps for PPPoE + SQM) Cudy TR-3000 (compact but powerful) GL.iNET GL-MT6000 (overkill)

I’ve built out 6 of these, they’re easy AF to get going and solid: https://www.ebay.com/itm/176768865408?_skw=rt+3200&epid=27043038203&itmmeta=01K0KZS7307P97SRYZAD2WFJWZ&hash=item29283ed480:g:W80AAOSwrAxnccRe&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA4FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1fLqzFWHHXqI4JWk7TV0PgYqIKaYBnMJz4z9nDIVZRH535PXk