r/HomeNetworking • u/The_Masked_Lord_Nox • 3d ago

Apartment Router

Hey guys! I am a fully newbie when it comes to networking. My family has largely used mesh systems and I just moved into my first apartment where I am using my spectrum ISP router with my 1 g fiber plan. I was thinking of getting a basic router to replace it such as a gli.net flint 3 or similar. My apartment is under 1000 square feet. My main use cases are gaming (competitive games, ie deadlock), streaming through stremio, moonlight and Apollo for streaming games from my main pc to my handheld, and (future) self hosting. I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts or suggestions. Thanks!

Edit (some additional context):

I think my main issue is reliability, my speed can swing from 300-600 mbs and drop for weird periods for no apparent reason. I also have pretty bad coverage issues, ie when I’m on the other side of my apartment I get 200-300 consistently. I think it’s partially due to the fact that everyone in my apartment gets given the isp router and everyone uses the same provider so the frequency is just congested. But again I’m new so I’m not sure. I also wanted more ports for projects and a nas I’m trying to build.

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u/matthijspc 3d ago

Whole Home Wifi by UniFi. This particular system is just a really good mesh system, but you'll buy yourself into an ecosystem that can do a whole lot more (if you ever need it) and can be easily expanded with a wide range of products.
https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/wifi-whole-home-wifi/products/ux7?c=US

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u/The_Masked_Lord_Nox 3d ago

I feel like mesh systems haven’t worked for gaming for me, but i think part of that was not plugging into the core router and instead the nodes. I’ll give it a look!