Home Routers (Totally OT)

Saturday, 18 August 2018

I have just replaced my old home router, which had stopped working,
with a Trendnet AC1900 Dual Band Wireless Router, model TEW-818DRU.  I
need to replace the Trendnet router because I am totally unhappy with
it.  However, since the Trendnet router was recommended by some sites
which I usually trust, like Cnet, I'm reaching out to people who may
know something about networking.  (I know very little.)  Can anyone
recommend a router that actually works?

Let's start with the problems with the Trendnet router.  Here is the
table of connected devices.
Wired Connected Devices

						#
						IP Address
						MAC Address
						Host Name

					1192.168.10.102C8:1F:66:0B:98:B
4Oaklandweather2192.168.10.10114:DD:A9:7E:4C:52amito3192.168.10.10388:3
6:5F:F7:0C:95android-a81a750feb8c4486
   1. What is the device android-a81a750feb8c4486?  There are only two
devices connected to the router by wires.  Very odd.
   2. The router has a DNS server in it.  The server doesn't know
anything about any of these devices, so I will have to set up
/etc/hosts in all of the computers in the local net manually.  Trendnet
customer support has informed me that this is not a bug but a feature.
   3. There are issues with the way the router's DHCP sets up the
attached computers so that searches aren't referred to higher level
servers in my local net.  More devices have to be entered into
/etc/hosts by hand.

Does anyone know what's going on here?  Can anyone recommend a router
that handles networking properly and that puts out a strong signal for
my wireless hot spot?

Many Thanks - jon