So right now, our current wireless router is having problems (cant connect to some sites very easily) and I am considering the possibility of getting a new one. I am trying to find a router online too, but I would still like some help. Here are my requirements:

Can handle Generations and Minecraft multiplayer games
Can handle downloads of up to 2 GB well
YouTube and streaming media does not need to constantly buffer
Is within the $30-$100 range
Can handle having 3-4 windows with 10-15 tabs open in each

Thanks for any help!

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That one is mine. Works for all the things you stated. Its about 5 years old though.

Try and find something that is DD-WRT capable. A Linksys E1000 v1.0, not a v2 or 2.0. They are Wireless N (150?) and DD-WRT can handle anything.

If you want something really cheap go for a Linksys WRT54GS.

Hope you have a couple of thousand of dollars.

Any NETGEAR or Linksys stock should be fine. DD-WRT involves flashing which voids the warranty of your hardware. I strongly advise you don't flash it unless you're confident in repairing routers yourself. Do not get me wrong, DD-WRT is excellent, but if anything goes wrong and you can't flash back, you're up the creek without a paddle matey. NETGEARs and Links' are excellent routers for handling home traffic straight out the box anyway. They're stupidly simple.

Routers do not die instantly from age. My grandad's DG834G is a good 5 or 6 years old and it runs great. Are you sure you're not just having DNS issues? Or is it just a router not suited to handling traffic like a paperweight Belkin?

Any router will handle those requirements. Whether your connection will is another matter. Consider looking into it being an ISP issue rather than your router.

All of your "requirements" are more dependent on your internet connection itself than a router. Just about any router that isn't a complete cheap piece of [censored] should handle what you want it to just fine.

Pre-emptive edit: Dammit, Andy already said it

Another thing, how many computers are being connected to the router? How do you know its not your computers wireless adapter not making the issue?

You forgot to tell us the model and rev nr. of your current router.
Yes what startmenuisgone said, more often a issue on the computers side or your router is running out of RAM.A lot of cheap router have not enough RAM to run Linux at full speed and BSD is only on expensive Airport Stations.

Well, the problem is the way I can only access certain sites. This site works just fine, nearly all Google sites I cant though. And the thing is that at my dad's, he gets internet from the same ISP and he has a different router, yet never has the problem.

Again, it could be the connection itself or a DNS issue.