Buying a wireless router for home streaming

[TheCarMadDad]

I think my trusty sky router is starting to struggle with the amount of devices we have in my house. On last count we can have up to 20 devices connecting to it, including the tv, laptops, tablets etc.

I like to stream from my iMac upstairs in the office to my Apple TV downstairs, but it stutters all the time.

Would buying a decent AC router stop this problem? We stream a lot in my house from one device to another and I just want a decent reliable connection on my home network. I'm not bothered about increasing internet speed (as I know that's limited by the provider)

This is a whole new tech area to me so any help is appreciated.

[TheCarMadDad]

Thanks for the replies chaps.

To answer a few questions...

The router/modem I have is the Sky SR102. My iMac is in the room directly above the lounge (where my sky router is) and I live in a new build so the floors are wafer thin lol! I don't really want to go down the route of a cabled network. I also stream from my MacBook and iPads a lot and want to keep that practicality.

I understand that I'll continue to use my sky router as a modem only, that's not an issue. I haven't a problem with the sky router per se; for me at least it offers a reliable connection for the t'interweb but it's just piss poor at streaming anything to my tv or between devices.

Are there any rumours of a newer updated AirPort Extreme coming out at all?

Edited by TheCarMadDad on Tuesday 30th August 15:14

[TheCarMadDad]

marshalla said:

Floors might be thin, but what are they made of? Is there any sort of insulation in them?

Short of lifting the floorboards, I'm honestly not sure if they're insulated or not :/

[TheCarMadDad]

I can stream from the internet via Netflix, iPlayer etc no problem. It's when I want to stream from devices connected to my network (no internet involved) I have issues