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re: Need router to cover my whole house
Posted on 1/9/17 at 12:16 pm to humblepie
Posted on 1/9/17 at 12:16 pm to humblepie
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Extremely happy with my plume performance. If you don't rely on any advanced custom settings it is all the wifi you could ever need.
How many units are you running? Do you really need one in every room?
Posted on 1/9/17 at 4:22 pm to LSU6262
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So a mesh system seems to be the direction the industry is going.
I think so for the home. I mean extending internet access to the whole home for large homes up until this point has been so hard and/or labor intensive up until this point.
Now for people that need a more advanced networking setup (VPN, hardware firewalls, ASA's, etc) maybe not...certainly not right now.
But for the average home user I think that a mesh network is the way to go right now especially if you home is over say 1500 sq ft (just a round about guess there on my part). 3 yrs ago there is no way I could have gotten around running ethernet cable in my new house (3000+ sq ft). I decided to try the mesh network before I went that route....I couldn't be happier I made that decision.
Posted on 1/9/17 at 4:56 pm to Upperdecker
quote:Not sure what you mean here. A 2nd router will only segment the network and either double NAT or static route to the other router. Router =/= WAP.
Why not get a second router for the other part of the house? If the one you have works fine, just doesn't have enough range, then splitting all the devices in your house between the two could be really good for your streaming quality
As many have said, OP needs Ubiquiti. They're inexpensive, have a central control system, and coverage is nice - can even get the LR or P2P if need, but an AP PRO is good.
Posted on 1/9/17 at 8:49 pm to ItNeverRains
Sorry took so long to respond I just saw the question though. To answer your question if you have Cat 6 plug as many as you can into this thing. Let WIFI run the rest. You may need to add a signal booster here, or there, to boost signal. Overall though it has a drive that controls feed to the ones that needit the most from my understanding. We have one here, and can run 3 Xbox ones on live, while watching DirectTV Now streaming on TV's and all iPhones & iPads using wifi at the same time. Never once has TV lagged, or the kids complained while on live playing/chatting of issues. I do have the the 2nd fastest internet package Cox offers so it has a lot to work with. Overall though best purchase I've made as far as tech goes.
This post was edited on 1/9/17 at 8:54 pm
Posted on 1/11/17 at 12:19 pm to Sigma
I have 6 pods and my house is a little over 2500 sqft. I have 5 pods downstairs and I just put one in the upstairs hallway. I have full bars in all three upstairs rooms. Major improvement from my Netgear R8000 coverage.
My usage is mainly internet streaming from multiple devices including 4k but I do have a Plex server set up and so far that was worked well.
My usage is mainly internet streaming from multiple devices including 4k but I do have a Plex server set up and so far that was worked well.
Posted on 1/11/17 at 8:44 pm to TigrrrDad
Environment determines how wifi behaves, I.e. Structure of house, size, and other signals/wireless sources. I would load a free wifi app on a phone or pad to see if there are any neighbors that could be interfering or maybe something in the house. Then u can get in a lesser used frequency. I found that my smart tv had an access point built in I wasn't aware of so I cut it off.
My Cisco small business router couldn't produce a strong signal from downstairs regardless of the frequency or type of external booster antenna I connected. I was going to replace the router with something else. I forgot what it was but it got good reviews. It had 6 antennas on it. Before I went that route I tried in English more thing. I got a hold of a business class Aruba access point from the office, LOL. Easy to just dhcp that thing on my router. Logged in an cranked it up to 30db in the 5ghz range. I no longer had issues. In fact I had to turn the strength back down because it killed my wireless access for my dish network joey receiver in another room. My house is about 2500sft.
Man you factors are in play here and more than one way to do it. I just got lucky with my solution and don't expect people to go out Andy get a 600$ access point.
My Cisco small business router couldn't produce a strong signal from downstairs regardless of the frequency or type of external booster antenna I connected. I was going to replace the router with something else. I forgot what it was but it got good reviews. It had 6 antennas on it. Before I went that route I tried in English more thing. I got a hold of a business class Aruba access point from the office, LOL. Easy to just dhcp that thing on my router. Logged in an cranked it up to 30db in the 5ghz range. I no longer had issues. In fact I had to turn the strength back down because it killed my wireless access for my dish network joey receiver in another room. My house is about 2500sft.
Man you factors are in play here and more than one way to do it. I just got lucky with my solution and don't expect people to go out Andy get a 600$ access point.
This post was edited on 1/11/17 at 8:46 pm
Posted on 1/13/17 at 10:48 pm to NELA LSU Fan
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My last router was the Asus AC68U and its been a flame thrower. Nice to so easily use custom firmware, and my 5G speeds matches ethernet.
I have the same router...any help with this custom firmware would be appreciated.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 11:57 pm to drizztiger
quote:Thanks!
Google DD-WRT
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