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I have a 1100 square foot condo apartment. Right now we have a Cisco DPC2835 cable modem/router/wifi all in one, but the wifi does not reach all of the way to the back room. Now that we have a 4K smart tv as well, we would like better wifi coverage and higher bandwidth. I'm not an IT nerd (has to be one on SA right?) but from what I understand is that I want to get a better router and use it to set up my wireless network. Presumably I plug it into a free lan port, use the set up utility to turn off its DNS function, possibly set it to a static IP, and then use it to connect my wireless devices. Correct or is this overly complicated? Also there are huge numbers of different routers available, I assume I want a basic dual channel model? Gigabit is probably overkill but vOv e. whoops see this was probably better posted up in the main forum, where my questions are mostly already answered too. Apologies Bilirubin fucked around with this message at 21:25 on May 22, 2017 |
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Do you own the Cisco combo, or is that provided by your ISP? It's hard to really give you concrete answers because there are so many factors that gently caress with wireless. My recommendation is (this is assuming the Cisco was ISP provided): 1) Buy your own modem, make sure it's supported by your provider, this would future proof you a bit: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N6SKK1G but is expensive, this would be my other recommendation, much cheaper: https://www.amazon.com/SURFboard-SB6121-DOCSIS-Retail-Packaging/dp/B00YUU5628?th=1 2) - Buy a router, ASUS routers are top-notch for consumer gear, I run this at home: https://www.amazon.com/Dual-band-Wi...rds=asus+router - My brother just bought this and loves it, but he also loves spending money: https://www.amazon.com/RT-AC5300-Wi...rds=asus+router Ok, so now you've got both things, place the router as centrally as possible. If it's not possible to move, or you're still getting lovely coverage you have a couple options. I would recommend powerline adapters, they work very well (I run a gaming computer off of one), though I don't know how many devices you're going to connect at the far end: https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Powe...words=powerline - Basically you plug an ethernet cable in one end, and then plug one in at the other end and you have a bridged connection. - There are wireless versions as well. - Some have 2 ethernet ports, some do power passthrough, find which one has the features you want and buy it, you do NOT need to buy the most expensive thing here (at least from my research which is admittedly a year or so old) - This might work, it might work but not well, or it might not work at all, be prepared to return if needed. You can also use APs, I would recommend Ubiquiti current gen gear: https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-Enterprise-AP-Unifi/dp/B00HXT8R2O - Do not get the previous generation they had massive issues, but have since solved them - This does NOT replace your router, and will, in fact, need to connect to your router in some way via ethernet - I believe these models either need POE (Power Over Ethernet) or a power injector (similar to a power cable), often if you buy a single AP it will come with a power injector, but make sure you get one because your router won't do POE. - The AP will need to connect to your router somehow via ethernet, so keep that in mind (can be paired with powerline adapters although it COULD impact performance). powerlines are great, I've only used them with 2 clients at a time, streaming movies and playing games over it works fine and I can torrent at pretty drat good speeds (100+ Mbps), but if you want to connect a lot of stuff at the far end, I'd recommend springing for an AP, although you could try the adapters first since they are so cheap. MF_James fucked around with this message at 23:46 on May 22, 2017 |
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