I am starting to build out my home network. My step dad does a lot of gaming and relies on fast internet. I want to switch out our router with a topton mini pc running opn sense. He wants to get a better and faster Asus gaming router. Is the speed increase on one of these “gaming routers” really that much? And is there some ways to compromise? I dont need extremely fast internet but i of course like it, but i would sacrifice some speed for security and self host features.
I don’t know for certain but I don’t think running your own router will decrease internet speed by much if at all, I’ve never done any testing to support wether it does or not, but I went from using Xfinitys modem/router getting 800up/25down to using a unifi udm pro, and I can say I consistently get the same speeds, I just get more control of everything that happens on my network. In my opinion switching to any router of your own would be best no matter what.
Also as a side note if he isn’t playing on Ethernet, I greatly doubt that the internet speed over WiFi will be affected at all if internet speed does drop at all from the router swap!