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Recommendations on a wireless router for our new home? Is WiFi7 the way to go? Currently have a Netgear that is apparently obsolete (WiFi5). Was going to order a newer Netgear, but Amazon ratings are not that great. Also concerned about ease of setup, security (WPA3?) and wireless range in a new three-floor house.
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Our setup is cable modem (we own it) --> wireless router --> wifi mesh to spread the signal around. We upgraded the cable modem a few years ago because our older modem was a little bit of a bottleneck; it is newer than our wireless router. The newest part of our network is the mesh. If you are upgrading one element in your network, you may want to be sure nothing is a bottleneck.
This is the top-rated mesh wireless router on Consumer Reports currently. Two of them will supposedly cover up to 5900 square feet.
This is the top-rated wireless router on Consumer Reports currently. You can purchase mesh units to extend the signal if necessary. It might provide a good signal over 2000-3000 square feet, depending on walls, floors, etc.
Personally if I am buying mesh extenders, I don't mix and match the brands. YMMV.
Cards on the table, we are using a WiFi 5 router with a WiFi 6 mesh, which has been meeting the needs of the household for about six years, probably three or four in the current configuration. Everything comes and goes through a DOCSIS 3.1 modem. On the fence about upgrading to fiber optic, mainly because it would totally change the flow. Right now our cable comes in the office/den, but the fiber optic people would need to install all the hardware on the other end of the house. Ain't broke, so not much interest in fixing it. First world problems...iTrader under old CalGuns -
Good timeing. I'm in need of an upgrade soon. I have a Netgear C7000v2 with a supposed max of 600 Mbps. I am paying for 1000 Mbps thru Xfinity. When I run the speedtest, I'm anywhere between 200-300. Sometimes I'll get up to 350. Pretty abysmal. Xfinity says to rent their modem, but I don't see any specs on their website aside from 'fast'.Les Baer 1911: Premier II w/1.5" Guarantee, Blued, No FCS, Combat Rear, F/O Front, Checkered MSH & SA Professional Double Diamond Grips
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Checkout the routers from ASUS and TP-Link.Comment
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My needs made me get into a mesh network, had the google nest and two of them crapped out. Now we have a DECO mesh network setup from TP-Link and its been awesome. TP-LinkIn a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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I went through this a year ago ... I went with the Linksys mesh router... I have a smaller house, only 2 nodes. I do wish it had more software capability (doesn't support v-lan, multiple network splitting, I have repeatedly updated what I wanted for routing and DNS in the router, and the firmware still just passes through what the cable provider pushes down DHCP). My nodes are connected via cable, allowing both nodes to work both wifi bands (strongly recommend). My largest data users are all cable attached; TVs computers, my security cameras are POE to the NVR and cable from there to the network... so only handheld devices are on wifi.
As to your question about WIFI6 vs WIFI7.... how many devices do you have on your network that are WIFI7 capable? How many will still be on the old architecture for many years to come? That is the question I ask myself when considering upgrades....Comment
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Look at the line of Unifi routers. If your new house has CAT6 installed you can set up a nice high speed mesh network, although with wifi7 you can run a wireless mesh network and use the 6GHz band as the backbone. Obviously, the more wired the better. The Unifi cloud key remote management is also a nice feature.
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Just purchased a Netgear Nighthawk Wifi7. Hopefully I can figure out how to configure the darn thing. Dynamic IPs? DHCP? DNS servers? PPPoE? EERO? Port aggregation? IPv6? I don't understand any of those. I did watch a couple of Netgear youtube videos and I may need to watch several more times.Comment
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I played around with the new Netgear router today. It won't connect to the internet (via the DOCSIS3.1 modem). Also I see in the settings that it is region locked to Canada - what the heck? I called Netgear support and they won't help you unless you do a full-blown registration of the unit with name, phone #, email address, etc. Yet, in none of the youtube setup videos I watched on the Netgear did it require registration to connect to the internet. Just contacted Amazon for return authorizaiton.Comment
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OK, good news, the Amazon replacement Netgear router works fine!Comment
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