Reddit reviews Media sharing device black, POGO-P22

I've been managing the network for our house with at least 9 people and upwards of 15 devices. Half are gamers, the other half stream netflix, etc. I've gone through 5 routers with multiple firmware over the last 8 years. The home routers (even high performance "gaming" routers) choked under the load. The only all in one router that got close was an Apple Time Capsule (Airport Extreme + wireless Time Machine backup drive.) Unfortunately while it makes a beastly good AP, it's pretty bad at being a router.

Nowadays I use an Edgerouter with a Gigabit switch. The network has been near flawless since. I'm using a couple old routers as APs (the Time Capsule as the primary), the only issue is AP handoffs don't work very well on some devices. I'm about to upgrade to some UniFis, which should fix that issue, but don't support 5ghz.

Basically, my recommendation for a small house with lots of users that needs dual band is Edgerouter + Airport Express = $190

• I have never actually used an Express, but it appears the only difference is a lack of gigabit ports and 802.11ac support. My Time Capsule is old enough that it's only N, and it's still gives rock solid wireless.
  
• If you have Mac owners, I would HIGHLY recommend pooling to upgrade the Airport to a Time Capsule, those automatic 24/7 backups can be lifesaving. As soon as the Mac connects to the network it starts backing up, a new Mac can restore the entire system from a Time Machine backup in one click, or just access old files that were changed/deleted.
  
• If you can run CAT6 or CAT5e to as many stationary devices as possible, that would reduce the load on the wireless. For that, these babies are particularly nice and cheap.
  
• For media sharing, you can upgrade the Express to [Airport Extreme] (http://smile.amazon.com/Apple-AirPort-Extreme-Station-ME918LL/dp/B00DB9WCR6/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1416366278&sr=1-2&keywords=airport) (or Time Capsule), use an old router as a NAS, or get a dedicated device; those would let computers access it. For consoles or other devices, you would probably need a DLNA server (Windows media sharing is DLNA I believe.) The best solution is to setup a HTPC near the projector or dedicate a wired desktop to act as the server.
  
  Let me know if you have any questions. Good luck!

Ok I know it's tacky to 'solution' your own question but maybe someone else might be interested. I just remembered a gadget I used to have... PogoPlug and it's still around $16. Will do just what I want.

http://www.amazon.com/Media-sharing-device-black-POGO-P22/dp/B005IULTI4/ref=pd_sim_e_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1W7R1RZB87EA64Y49585