thefrencharmy
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I'm in the process of wiring up a two story townhouse. It's a fairly new unit, so it has a central hub/box located in the walk-in closet of the master bedroom on the top level. The box has the connections for coax and ethernet for each room (3 bedrooms, family room, living room)
The townhouse is has the bedrooms on the top level, and the living + family rooms on the downstairs level.
I currently have 105mbps Comcast service (speedtesting ~120mbps)
I have 3 desktop PCs located in the family room that I want to have wired networking, and wifi throughout the house for smartphones and laptops.
My original plan is to hook up a motorola SB6141 modem + a wired router inside the central box in the closet + wireless AP downstairs + wireless AP in one of the bedrooms for better signal coverage upstairs.
I looked into wired routers and they all seemed to be geared towards enterprise/business level needs and very expensive.
Then I read somewhere that most wireless routers' wired LAN performance is very similar to the wired only routers.
So my questions are:
1. If I want to maximize the wired performance from my 105mbps connection, do I need to buy the latest generation AC routers, or will any N600/750/900 router with gigabit LAN ports suffice for my needs?
2. What would you guys recommend as a cost-effective router to buy?
The townhouse is has the bedrooms on the top level, and the living + family rooms on the downstairs level.
I currently have 105mbps Comcast service (speedtesting ~120mbps)
I have 3 desktop PCs located in the family room that I want to have wired networking, and wifi throughout the house for smartphones and laptops.
My original plan is to hook up a motorola SB6141 modem + a wired router inside the central box in the closet + wireless AP downstairs + wireless AP in one of the bedrooms for better signal coverage upstairs.
I looked into wired routers and they all seemed to be geared towards enterprise/business level needs and very expensive.
Then I read somewhere that most wireless routers' wired LAN performance is very similar to the wired only routers.
So my questions are:
1. If I want to maximize the wired performance from my 105mbps connection, do I need to buy the latest generation AC routers, or will any N600/750/900 router with gigabit LAN ports suffice for my needs?
2. What would you guys recommend as a cost-effective router to buy?
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