Hey All,
Here's the deal... I have 150Mbps cable internet service. Speed tests show me realizing speeds of close to 200Mbps, so I am good there. I am trying to get off of Comcast rental equipment. Got a compatible modem capable of speeds at 300Mbps. Tested it and it works great with speed tests getting to and above the 150Mbps. Here is the rub... What router should I get? I am going back and forth and reading article after article. There seems to be a bunch of contradicting advice. Some say go for the new 802.11ac, others say ,meh, you can get as good a speed and range or better with a solid and less costly 802.11n router depending on your set up. Who is right? I have 5 people in basically a rowhouse with plaster walls. We all have laptops and smartphones, as well as there being 2 FireTV sticks, an HP laser printer and a PS3 & PS4. The smart phones and FireTV sticks are capable of 5mhz reception, everything else needs to be at 2.4mhz.The laser printer and the PS4 are hardwired but everything else needs to work on WiFi. Right now we have the Comcast gateway and are getting acceptable speeds throughout the house. In the farthest room from the gateway, I am realizing speeds of 15-20 Mbps on my laptop. I'm happy with the speed at the distance. How do I keep or increase the throughput from the modem to the router to the signal without compromising range or stability? Do I need ac, or is n sufficient? Looking at the TP-Link Archer C5 and a few different n class routers. What's my play here? Thanks in advance, great site!
Here's the deal... I have 150Mbps cable internet service. Speed tests show me realizing speeds of close to 200Mbps, so I am good there. I am trying to get off of Comcast rental equipment. Got a compatible modem capable of speeds at 300Mbps. Tested it and it works great with speed tests getting to and above the 150Mbps. Here is the rub... What router should I get? I am going back and forth and reading article after article. There seems to be a bunch of contradicting advice. Some say go for the new 802.11ac, others say ,meh, you can get as good a speed and range or better with a solid and less costly 802.11n router depending on your set up. Who is right? I have 5 people in basically a rowhouse with plaster walls. We all have laptops and smartphones, as well as there being 2 FireTV sticks, an HP laser printer and a PS3 & PS4. The smart phones and FireTV sticks are capable of 5mhz reception, everything else needs to be at 2.4mhz.The laser printer and the PS4 are hardwired but everything else needs to work on WiFi. Right now we have the Comcast gateway and are getting acceptable speeds throughout the house. In the farthest room from the gateway, I am realizing speeds of 15-20 Mbps on my laptop. I'm happy with the speed at the distance. How do I keep or increase the throughput from the modem to the router to the signal without compromising range or stability? Do I need ac, or is n sufficient? Looking at the TP-Link Archer C5 and a few different n class routers. What's my play here? Thanks in advance, great site!