We recently moved to a new house and have been having trouble getting coverage throughout the whole house. Speed/signal can be fine sometimes, and then the signal will drop suddenly be really slow or disconnect. It may be interference from neighbors wireless as we can get either neighbors wireless signals better than our own in most parts of the house. Our ISP is only about 5mbps, so not super fast by some standards, but we just want to be able to get a good connection in the whole house. Gigabit throughput isn't really an issue...
Our house is about 2,400 sq. ft. and the WBR-2310 is in one corner of the house on the second floor. Not a great location, but that's where it is. We have about 7 devices typically connected to wifi throughout the house.
None of the neighbors wi-fi is 5ghz, so I'm wondering if a move to a 5ghz wireless router (though I'd prefer a simultaneous dual band in case someone visiting our home needs to use a device that does support 5ghz) would solve our problems.
So, is our house to big and we need to look at doing multiple APs, or would simply upgrading from the very old WBR-2310 to newer technology on 5Ghz solve our problem?
If replacing is recommended, which device? ASUS RT-N56U? Linksys EA3500, EA4500 (px difference is only $15 on Amazon)? Something else?
Our house is about 2,400 sq. ft. and the WBR-2310 is in one corner of the house on the second floor. Not a great location, but that's where it is. We have about 7 devices typically connected to wifi throughout the house.
None of the neighbors wi-fi is 5ghz, so I'm wondering if a move to a 5ghz wireless router (though I'd prefer a simultaneous dual band in case someone visiting our home needs to use a device that does support 5ghz) would solve our problems.
So, is our house to big and we need to look at doing multiple APs, or would simply upgrading from the very old WBR-2310 to newer technology on 5Ghz solve our problem?
If replacing is recommended, which device? ASUS RT-N56U? Linksys EA3500, EA4500 (px difference is only $15 on Amazon)? Something else?
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