• Need recommendation for new router
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Today I got a new internet plan with 200mbit and I could not get max speed what so ever out of it. So, I literally crawled around the house and looked at each cable to see if there is either a faulty one or a too slow one. After I also looked at each switch as well and found everything in order I plugged in one PC directly to the modem and got full speed immediately. After scratching my head and looking everything over I found out why. My current router has 1 gigabit connection on each port, except the WAN port. That one is limited to ~110 mbit. Turns out I need a new router for this. Tho, now I have theproblem since I am running my own network with fixed IPs for my WIFI access points, subnet masks and all that. I am using the current router as DHCP device instead of the ISP provided shitbox and my whole network goes through there. For a new router I need: WAN port having at least 250mbit speed Port forwarding Fix MAC address to specific internal network IP Each lan port is at least one gigabit fast It’s been a while since I last looked for a router which can do this and is not as restricted as the ISPs box so I have no idea where to even begin looking (well except amazon, duh). Do you guys have some recommendation?  
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RT-N66U is decent bang for your buck, it's a generally good line of routers that you can also install custom firmware on. I don't know if it's an overkill for your requirements.
EdgeRouter-X? The interface is a little complicated but it's pretty god for a home network.
Ah damn I forgot to add that it also should have wifi of at lest 300 mbit, sorry about that.
An Edgerouter X and a Unifi AC LR is about the most potent combo for the money.
don't get whatever router my ISP requires for their fiber setup caaaaause there's a big ole support backdoor on it that can't be removed and also my ISP doesnt even care about it please help me too
Had something similar; my ISP solved it by just blocking the admin interface. Need a port forwarded? Call the helpdesk That's why I got the RT-N66U. It has both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz (dual band) wifi, which is about as fast as it gets. As with all Wifi however, throughput does hugely depend on the signal conditions in your home.
Yeah i also would prefer a router with everything in one. @ImCrimson since you have one of these, can you see if you can bind mac addresses to ips?
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Honestly, you're going to be far better served by a seperate router and access point. Also, your OP says you already have access points setup...why does the router need wireless?
The house I live in has copper in the walls and ceiling so generally wifi does not travel far. To provide WiFi to all family members I had to set up multiple access points with the same ssid, the router stands basically in the center of the house while the other access points are on different floors or further out. If I only had some small apartment, one access point would be more then enough. Thus a router plus WiFi is kind of preferred as I do not have to set up yet another bound ip.
You know you can also just set static addresses on those devices out of the DHCP range. Like make your DHCP range 10.0.0.50-254 and on network equipment just set the IP to ones before 50.
I will have a look. For me setting up aps was always annoying as so far all of them had a DHCP server and then I could not reach my own Media server. Right now I am comparing my options and what I can fit into that space of the current router
I'm surprised non one said anything about Mikrotik. MikroTik hAP AC2 should be more than enough for your purposes.
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