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Upgrading to an AC or AX router should help. Both are meant to handle more clients.
For the price, the AX50 is a good deal. It's not super expensive, and it's an AX router. AC is on the way out already, so you'd probably be better off investing in AX.
If you prefer a different brand, you can see what AX routers they have now. Some of them can be pretty pricey though.
I ordered the the AX50. I will let you know the stability of my connection with the AX50. Midknyte and JDC2000, thanks for all the help. I really appreciate it.
Midknyte, thanks for recommending the TP-Link AX50. I am very pleased with it. I have been using it for the past few days. I tried to overload it and had multiple videos playing on my laptop at the same time everyone else in the house was using the same network. It hummed along great and never lost connection. I couldn't use the 5G network with my old router on my firestick because the signal strength was always listed as poor. Now, the 5G signal strength on firestick is listed as very good. Also, the video quality is a lot better too. Again, thanks so much for your help. JDC2000, thanks for help, as well. I'm always appreciative. :)
I forgot to ask in previous post. Should "hide SSID" be checked and "enable wireless radio" be left checked? Do I need to modify the settings in any way or is the default just fine?
Glad to hear the new router is working well. Going to AX from an N router is a big jump.
Leave "hide SSID" unchecked. It doesn't provide any extra security and it makes it more tedious to add devices to the WiFi network.
"enable wireless radio" must be checked if you want the WiFi to work. If you don't enable the wireless radios, then it's basically a wired router.
Other than that, you can just take the defaults.
Ok, thanks. :)
Latest ASUS from CES 2021:
https://www.techrepublic.com/article...-new-products/
No word on price yet.