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I'm shopping for a new router and I would prefer something from a company that isn't stealing my data and spying on me at every opportunity.

I live in a small house, 1100ish square feet. I have 8 wifi cameras, 6 computers (two are for work), a handful of phones and tablets, nearly 50 lights and other smart devices, and lastly I have 10 Sonos wifi speakers. I would also strongly prefer something that is wall or ceiling mountable.

My current router is buckling and can't handle the load. I would very much appreciate any advice or recommendations you can offer me while I'm shopping!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

What’s your current router? What is the symptom you’re experiencing?

With that much stuff connected you absolutely have to be doing some kind of subnetting and traffic shaping.

If you’re pretty far out from your neighbors then you can use different wireless aps to make up the backbone of the subnets. If you’re close enough to the neighbors to see their networks in a site survey then there may not be enough spectrum to do that.