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  1. SunrisePro

    Looking for a new router to take advantage of 1gb internet and the options are making my head swim - please help!

    The landlord is a giant corp, I doubt they'll do anything they don't have to (plus we hope to only live there for 1-2y). What is your reasoning for not worrying about Wifi 6? Are there a lot of factors involved to be able to get gigabit speeds on it? I'm not that into customizing features any...
  2. SunrisePro

    Looking for a new router to take advantage of 1gb internet and the options are making my head swim - please help!

    Thanks! I pay deep attention to expansive user reviews from people who seem to know what they're talking about. I just need to narrow it down to a few models before digging into them.
  3. SunrisePro

    Looking for a new router to take advantage of 1gb internet and the options are making my head swim - please help!

    Which TP Link model is that? That looks like Amazon ad & the Deco W7200 is Walmart only (however, I'm unclear if they have the same thing on Amazon with a different model #). I've had suspicions about the 'wireless backhaul' - in my mind, a wired backhaul makes sense and I know a bunch of TPL...
  4. SunrisePro

    Looking for a new router to take advantage of 1gb internet and the options are making my head swim - please help!

    This is true, I have no idea what the next house will hold. So getting back to routers, the only vote so far has been for the Eero Pro. I was really hoping to get some feedback on the TP-Link Deco W7200 from someone, but maybe this forum is more a place for more technical folks? (not saying...
  5. SunrisePro

    Looking for a new router to take advantage of 1gb internet and the options are making my head swim - please help!

    Damn - the Orbi CBK40 is not supported, only the Orbi CBR750 which is over $400. So I'll probably keep the Spectrum modem and just get a new router, which puts me back where I started. So the best option suggested so far is the Eero Pro.
  6. SunrisePro

    Looking for a new router to take advantage of 1gb internet and the options are making my head swim - please help!

    It is, but not when it comes to internet. I'm a web dev and work from home, constant Zooming these days (thus it's a business expense). 1 kid is working on being a pro gamer and streams. The other 3 kids watch videos & game online. The price of Spectrum's 1gb at our new house is the same as what...
  7. SunrisePro

    Looking for a new router to take advantage of 1gb internet and the options are making my head swim - please help!

    Does that Orbi model replace Spectrum's modem too? I didn't even know such a thing existed.
  8. SunrisePro

    Looking for a new router to take advantage of 1gb internet and the options are making my head swim - please help!

    Sorry, I should have clarified that from the get-go. As long as I can do at least one wired connection for my gamer kid, the Eero will work. Our hope is to buy a house after this rental, in which case I install ethernet over time. I'm curious too whether Powerline would be viable.
  9. SunrisePro

    Looking for a new router to take advantage of 1gb internet and the options are making my head swim - please help!

    The problem here is that we haven't been in the new house yet (it's a rental in another state) so I have no idea where the cable comes in nor what the house is made of.
  10. SunrisePro

    Looking for a new router to take advantage of 1gb internet and the options are making my head swim - please help!

    I don't have an ASUS anything atm (except maybe an ASUS mobo in an old pc I built). An MB8600 CM seems to be around $150 and the NWA210AX is around $230, so this is way beyond what I've budgeted.
  11. SunrisePro

    Looking for a new router to take advantage of 1gb internet and the options are making my head swim - please help!

    I suspect the QoS won't be needed for the kid using ethernet either, and the custom firmware is a nice bonus. I just need to keep an eye on the price, and hope it'll cover all areas of the house well.
  12. SunrisePro

    Looking for a new router to take advantage of 1gb internet and the options are making my head swim - please help!

    You're suggesting that I just not use the Spectrum router? (they charge me $5/mo for it) Or can I get rid of it completely and just use the APs you suggested? tbh I've never considered APs, I always thought they were addons to routers (I might be completely wrong). Does it just behave like a...
  13. SunrisePro

    Looking for a new router to take advantage of 1gb internet and the options are making my head swim - please help!

    I'm currently using the router from Spectrum, which has been reliable throughout our 2000 sq ft house. Our current internet plan is 400mbps and the fastest I've recorded the wifi at is 263mbps. But we're a family of 6 with sometimes 6 people streaming at the same time so I figured it was fine...
  14. SunrisePro

    Any way to install Plex on an R7000?

    I've gone through several routers trying to find DLNA functions that worked well & consistently (ask my wife and watch the eyeroll...). There were always issues with file compatibility, connectivity issues, etc. Even with my current router if I use its DLNA it won't play more than 15-20 minutes...
  15. SunrisePro

    Any way to install Plex on an R7000?

    I just find that the PC, with the storage drive connected to the router, is not always reliable. Windows seems to 'forget' its access to the storage drive & it requires opening the drive in Windows Explorer to 'reconnect'. What are the security issues with the Nighthawk X10 if we're not using...
  16. SunrisePro

    Any way to install Plex on an R7000?

    That's pretty cool. I'm not up for a new router atm, maybe it'll be worth getting the latest Nighthawk in a couple of years.
  17. SunrisePro

    Any way to install Plex on an R7000?

    Thanks, that makes complete sense. I just found out the latest Nighthawk runs Plex, curious how well it does. Then again for $500, I can easily build a computer to run Plex instead.
  18. SunrisePro

    Any way to install Plex on an R7000?

    Or is much better hardware needed to handle the transcoding? I find the R7000's built-in DLNA to be unreliable, even though the storage with the media is connected directly to it.
  19. SunrisePro

    Problem with Samba & R7000 w/ Advanced Tomato

    Apologies if this isn't the apropos place but getting AdvancedTomato support is nigh impossible. I've lost the ability to connect to the attached storage on my R7000. It used to appear in File Explorer (Win10) as 'unknown' (now changed to 'tomato') and now it's gone. USB settings in Advanced...
  20. SunrisePro

    Best 2.4 GHz router with storage?

    Update: almost everything is well with the R7000 & Advanced Tomato. Wifi performance has been rock solid, as has access to the external storage - except for one thing: connection to the media server from the TV is spotty. Sometimes the connection will drop after 20min, sometimes 2h. The TV is...
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