Modem Router for Family with Lots of Kids

MJ1 on 07/07/2016 - 09:30

I need to tap into some tech wisdom.

In our household we have 2 adults and 5 kids (and 1 dog) and our modem router is in need of replacing. What I think I need is:

  • $100-200ish price range (could be flexible)
  • able to give internet traffic priority to MY COMPUTER!!!!!
  • excellent and simple parental control e.g. restrict internet access (times used) by device etc
  • excellent range (the house is single storey brick and quite spread out and one of the kids is in a room separate from the house)
  • able to handle roughly 10 devices connected simultaneously, with lots of youtube, facebook etc
  • currently on TPG ADSL2+, but I want our new modem router to be compatible with NBN as we will get NBN when it becomes available in our area

I would love input from the pros in the community and please feel free to advise/educate me in anything I don't even realise!

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Comments

  • Savas on 07/07/2016 - 09:36
    +1

    Lol, I am so sick of my dog hogging the wifi

    • Hipmumma on 07/07/2016 - 09:57
      +4

      Same :( mine has paw management skills when it comes to Internet usage

      • Savas on 07/07/2016 - 10:04

        At least mine uses the bandwidth for his lab reports

        • rompastompa on 07/07/2016 - 10:16
          +1

          Mine always hounds me for more bandwidth. It's a dog eat dog kinda world.

  • SnoozeAndLose on 07/07/2016 - 10:11

    I will suggest Netgear D7000, Although it is out of your budget, it will be good for long term.

    Have this device for 6 months and it never miss a bit, I think I have only restart it once. Can set parenting limit to specific devices and easy to set up.

    NB: Home with 2 Adult Kids no Dog but 5 IP cameras and laptops , tablets and mobile.

    • scotty on 07/07/2016 - 10:39
      +1

      Or maybe using the existing ADSL modem in bridge mode and get NetGear R7000 instead, which there are often deals that go below $200. It would also be compatible to NBN later.

      I have a R7000 myself running DD-WRT, bridged to Telstra's cable modem. You can easily restrict WAN bandwidth by MAC address. You can also set up virtual wireless interface (having a different SSID) and put all your kids there to further restrict access and bandwidth, while you can put your own devices on an unrestricted SSID. Or use Radius and give each of your kids a login for wi-fi. Some Linux-fu might be required though.

      • coco1458 on 07/07/2016 - 11:18

        I also use the R7000 in bridge mode running XWRT(xvortex)
        Very solid router, never missed a beat for the last 2 and a half years.

        I find the R7000 better than the D7000 because of the fact that there are more third party firmwares for stand alone routers compared to all in ones

    • AlienC on 23/10/2016 - 11:53

      Which is are you with? I have ACN atm and am looking for a replacement for my Netcomm Wireless NF10W.

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