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Help me choose a new home router
Posted on 12/15/23 at 7:50 am
Posted on 12/15/23 at 7:50 am
I pay for 500mbps dl and 10mbps upload (not sure I always get that tho)
My current old router is a Netgear Nighthawk R6700v2, wanna say it's around 6 years old
Situation at home is this: 1800sq, one main tv next to the modem/router. This is where the majority of our streaming happens. I had my tv plugged straight into the router with an ethernet cord but something seems to be wrong with the port now and I can only use wifi. Daughter streams in the far back room and has never really had any issues with current set up. Have a Peleton in another room that I have on the 5g channel cause it never worked well on the regular channel. When my ISP is not acting up everything works fine so I don't think I need a huge upgrade on the router I'm just not sure what new tech is out.
My current old router is a Netgear Nighthawk R6700v2, wanna say it's around 6 years old
Situation at home is this: 1800sq, one main tv next to the modem/router. This is where the majority of our streaming happens. I had my tv plugged straight into the router with an ethernet cord but something seems to be wrong with the port now and I can only use wifi. Daughter streams in the far back room and has never really had any issues with current set up. Have a Peleton in another room that I have on the 5g channel cause it never worked well on the regular channel. When my ISP is not acting up everything works fine so I don't think I need a huge upgrade on the router I'm just not sure what new tech is out.
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Posted on 12/15/23 at 8:15 am to yomamak
What's your budget?
How many wired/wireless connection's do you typically have in the house?
Any smart home devices other than your TV? (Devices that only operate on the 2.4 ghz network.)
How many wired/wireless connection's do you typically have in the house?
Any smart home devices other than your TV? (Devices that only operate on the 2.4 ghz network.)
This post was edited on 12/15/23 at 8:19 am
Posted on 12/15/23 at 8:17 am to Lonnie Utah
really don't wanna spend more than $200. Seems like I wouldn't really need anything that powerful right?
i would like to wire my main tv since it's so close to the modem/router but for some reason i cant with my current router. I think something is wrong with the port as it used to work.
The most are two devises streaming at once.
i would like to wire my main tv since it's so close to the modem/router but for some reason i cant with my current router. I think something is wrong with the port as it used to work.
The most are two devises streaming at once.
This post was edited on 12/15/23 at 8:37 am
Posted on 12/15/23 at 8:36 am to yomamak
Another question is do you use the Nighthawk app and do you like it?
Posted on 12/15/23 at 8:38 am to Lonnie Utah
I do not use the app, didn't even know about it or why I would even need it. Also this may be embarrassing but I have never even updated the router. Just plugged it in day one and here we are now.
Posted on 12/15/23 at 9:15 am to yomamak
quote:
really don't wanna spend more than $200.
then go on amazon and look for "overall pick" or best deal on an 802.11ax (or wifi 6) and order it
Posted on 12/15/23 at 9:47 am to yomamak
I just bought 2 google nest wifi , router and point for $35 on ebay. Adding to my existing Google wifi.
Posted on 12/15/23 at 10:13 am to yomamak
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I had my tv plugged straight into the router with an ethernet cord but something seems to be wrong with the port now and I can only use wifi.
no advice on the router, but seeing that above line i'd recommend getting a coax surge protector. i typically hardwire internet to what i can and i lost so many ethernet ports on various devices before i realized i needed to protect the coax line from surges.
Posted on 12/15/23 at 10:15 am to yomamak
if your current one works, no need to get something new. Just update it for security reasons.
Posted on 12/15/23 at 10:22 am to BabySam
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then go on amazon and look for "overall pick" or best deal on an 802.11ax (or wifi 6) and order it
Here's that list.
Amazon Best Sellers in Computer Routers
Without looking at the list, I was going to suggest the #2 router on there the TP-Link AX3000 because it's a bit of a speed upgrade over the Netgear he has now (1800 vs 3000). And I've always had better results with TP link vs Netgear. It's at about 1/2 of his budget, so theoretically you could by two and set the second one up as a wireless bridge. But given the details he's provided, I don't think thats nessecary.
This post was edited on 12/15/23 at 10:24 am
Posted on 12/15/23 at 10:50 am to Lonnie Utah
Should i upgrade to the AX5400? It's not too much more.
Posted on 12/15/23 at 10:58 am to yomamak
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Should i upgrade to the AX5400? It's not too much more.
Both of them will be way faster than the internet speed your paying for. the 3000 will be about 5 times faster and the 5400 10x faster. So both are overkill in that regard.
This is why I asked the question about smart home devices. If you're like me and have them all over the house, then you could run into some bottle necking, in theory. I have a 3000 and 3 additional 1800's set up as access points and see no issues with close to 100 internet of things devices connected to the network.
Posted on 12/15/23 at 11:08 am to Lonnie Utah
And speaking of access points, I have 1 newer AC1900 I have set up as an access point in the master. For the longest time, I could access it, set it up to our wifi credentials, but couldn't get it to connect to the internet. It was strange. This thread prompted me to dig back into the problem. Every other AC1800/1900 (same manufacture, older models) I have I've simply plugged the network cable into one of the four ethernet ports on the back and they worked like a charm. If you plugged into their WAN port, no internet. I tried plugging my laptop directly into the LAN cable coming out of the wall and was getting 220 mbps, which is supposedly impossible for the cat 5 cable our house was wired with when it was built in the 1990's.
So on a whim, I plugged the LAN cable into the WAN port (which, upon further inspection, is clearly labeled "Internet" on the router). Well guess what, the router connected to the internet at the same 220 mbps. Anyone ever heard of them a router being wired that way? It was a new one on me.
Edit: So after some digging I have discovered: If you click "Access point mode" in the TP link router web interface you use the WAN port. If you configure the access point manually, you use the LAN port. Since my other two access point routers didn't have that option in their interface, and were configured manually, I'd always used the LAN port. You learn something new every day...
So on a whim, I plugged the LAN cable into the WAN port (which, upon further inspection, is clearly labeled "Internet" on the router). Well guess what, the router connected to the internet at the same 220 mbps. Anyone ever heard of them a router being wired that way? It was a new one on me.
Edit: So after some digging I have discovered: If you click "Access point mode" in the TP link router web interface you use the WAN port. If you configure the access point manually, you use the LAN port. Since my other two access point routers didn't have that option in their interface, and were configured manually, I'd always used the LAN port. You learn something new every day...
This post was edited on 12/15/23 at 11:35 am
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