So up until this point my home network has always been significantly faster than my internet connection. I'm in a new house now and am getting fiber installed on friday (C-spire), bumping my 50 Mbps cable internet speeds to 1000 Mbps. I'm not too excited to run ethernet cable throughout the house- would love to, just don't wanna spend the time or money at this point.
Right now I have a netgear r7000 nighthawk router located at my main TV (which is a 4k tv, which I occasionaly stream 4k shows)- the fiber will likely enter at this point and connect to the router here. This router broadcasts over my house (3300 sq. ft- about 10+ wireless devices connected at any one time- most ipads/ipods/imacs with built in access cards), with a 'main' pc (gaming, etc) connected via a usb AC1200 adapter (will install a PCE-AC68 adapter in a few days) and a ps4 and HD tv on the other side of the house which also connect.
I've considered 'upgrading' to a newer router (r8000?), just from what I can tell im not sure it will help me much more.
Get the AC5300 when its released (?$$$$$)?
Other options to consider is maybe another r7000 (or a few R7000s) as a bridges by my main computer and throughout the house (by other TVs etc)?
Any cheaper options than an r7000 as a bridge? I have the PCE-AC68 coming in a few days and I'll see how that works.
Any thoughts? Just faced with an interesting dilema of 'internet faster than local network'...
Right now I have a netgear r7000 nighthawk router located at my main TV (which is a 4k tv, which I occasionaly stream 4k shows)- the fiber will likely enter at this point and connect to the router here. This router broadcasts over my house (3300 sq. ft- about 10+ wireless devices connected at any one time- most ipads/ipods/imacs with built in access cards), with a 'main' pc (gaming, etc) connected via a usb AC1200 adapter (will install a PCE-AC68 adapter in a few days) and a ps4 and HD tv on the other side of the house which also connect.
I've considered 'upgrading' to a newer router (r8000?), just from what I can tell im not sure it will help me much more.
Get the AC5300 when its released (?$$$$$)?
Other options to consider is maybe another r7000 (or a few R7000s) as a bridges by my main computer and throughout the house (by other TVs etc)?
Any cheaper options than an r7000 as a bridge? I have the PCE-AC68 coming in a few days and I'll see how that works.
Any thoughts? Just faced with an interesting dilema of 'internet faster than local network'...