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    Buy a new WiFi USB Adapter or use powerline?

    I've g I've got a no name USB adaptor with a 8812BU chip in it, and it's pretty weird especially in 5ghz. What would removing the antenna accomblish? and you mean literally just unscrewing it?
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    How do I troubleshoot/solve jitter problems?

    What's your internet service from your ISP? how fast? What brand/model cable modem or DSL modem? here are other things I would think about before buying another router or extender or access point: 1) Cable modems with an Intel Puma 6 chipset have increased lag and jitter problems...
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    5ghz and channel bonding question?

    well you can get more performance if you can run 80hz in 5g. Do you have a lot of interfering 5g traffic? My neighborhood is somewhat spread out, so there's no other 5g bands but my own. I can pick whatever I want. Maybe you can find a block of several free 5g channels and park in there.
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    Phicomm K3C AC1900 MU-MIMO Gigabit Router Reviewed

    is there a reason you'd think the k3 would be better than other 4x4 routers? I'm curious to see how the Asus blue cave shakes out. same lantiq chips as the k3c but an extra steam might be really good.
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    Sponsored: How Is A Gaming Router Different?

    I don't see why PC games wouldn't care? Also, i guess the xr500 is the second device to run this, the other is the Netduma R1, which is just 802.11n? It would be interesting to see performance with all the fancy QoS enabled. They claim the R1 could still manage 500mbps, but reddit review...
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    What do you think would be the best solution for doorbell?

    I had been considering one of the Ring Video doorbells. (don't actually have one thought). They're battery powered and wireless. And it seems like you can disable the motion detection entirely so that would hopefully conserve batter from being wasted.
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    2x2 AC Access Point Roundup - Part 2

    Thanks for trying to test roaming in a standardized way. That's gotta be one of the most infuriating yet least testable features in wifi.
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    Phicomm K3C AC1900 MU-MIMO Gigabit Router Reviewed

    I need to walkback my criticism slightly. I did a factory reset on the Phicomm (had I previously done one after the firmware update while trying to troubleshoot? I don't recall). Anyway, this cleared up and obvious problem where I would try to change the IP address in "lan settings" and it...
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    Is Anyone Using MU-MIMO?

    I tried a test and it was very inconclusive. Router: Phicomm K3C (3x3 MU-MIMO) Server: a desktop with hardwire ethernet Client 1: laptop with added no-name USB wifi with RTL 8812BU chip (2x2) Client 1: Samsung Galaxy S3 (3x3 I think?) Anyway, the RTL 8812BU adaptor is really flakey, so I think...
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    Cloudflare Announces DNS That Won't Track You

    So tangentially, how do I really find out what DNS service is fastest for me? Do I just ping the different big providers (8.8.8.8, 1.1.1.1, 9.9.9.9, etc) and go with the lowest latency? And it's still generally preferable to use my own router as a DNS server for my LAN at home, right? More...
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    Cat 5e vs. Cat 6 vs. Cat 6A - which should I choose?

    it doesn't matter. the 86U has gigabit ethernet, and Cat5e and up can support that. If you were talking about permanently wiring parts of your house, then you'd have to worry about a longer term investment. For lag, work your way up the food chain from your router. How do you get your...
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    Insight from Google Fiber - WiFi Performance

    I thought these slides were great thanks for putting them up.
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    Access point vs Upgrading Router

    Okay, first I have to disclaim that I'm way less experience than some of the regulars here. I'm looking at specs for the Yoga 910. The Wifi is a 2x2 client. Probably a qualcomm chipset. This means the max notional link speed is probably ~867mbps. Which means your max practical speedtest...
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    Phicomm K3C AC1900 MU-MIMO Gigabit Router Reviewed

    Things are not good in Phicomm land for me right now. using the latest .197 firmware Tried setting it up as a main router, and noticed that sometimes the CPU utilization would be kind of high even when doing basically nothing on the network. And shortly after, clients lost connection and had...
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    Access point vs Upgrading Router

    oh okay, so if I understand correctly: the internet comes in upstairs. The AC3200 is upstairs. The AC1900 is also upstairs, and they're connected by ethernet. Upstairs you get around 400mbps, which is pretty good. Downstairs you have no router, but you do have ethernet wiring available...
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    Netgear WNR2000v5

    I have a wnr2000v3 at home. Each "v" of the hardware has a totally different cpu, might as well be different products. These are pretty old you know. (Mine has a weird issue where even when plugged in with ethernet I only get 20mbps speed.) here's a link to netgear's official firmware. I...
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    Access point vs Upgrading Router

    I might be confused, are the AC3200 and AC1900 connected by the ethernet, or is the 1900 working as a wireless repeater/extender? If it's working wirelessly, then the drop in speed is believable. If the ac1900 is connected wired, then it's less obvious (like I was able to get 250mbps with a...
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    Short term AP/Range Extender

    i'm a little late here, but how is the wireless performance if you just leave the 68U in the closet and have everything connect to it... with no extra access point at all? The speed might be better than a wireless extender or a wired one with only 100mbps ethernet.
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    Large home gigabit internet, advice for hardware

    Do you already have more ethernet already wired in the house? if so I'd recommend more access points in the dead zones. Since you'd be talking several nodes, a mesh system (that supports ethernet backhaul) might be preferable to manage all the nodes. If you don't already have ethernet wired...
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    5Ghz vs 2.4Ghz

    That's mostly what I do, some devices (due to range and walls) I need to switch off the to 2.4ghz just because the 5ghz signal gets too weak.
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