oostertoaster
Occasional Visitor
Hi All,
I'm starting to look for a replacement for my E3000 router, and was hoping for some advice.
First, an explanation of why I'm looking to replace it: I haven't really placed a great deal of emphasis on wireless performance in the past (almost all of my clients are wired with the exception of cell-phones and my wife's ipad). However my wife got a chromecast for christmas, and the performance leaves something to be desired. After a bit of investigating it became apparent that the wireless signal strength near my TV isn't very strong (-85 dBm as reported by wifi analyzer). I'm fairly certain this is leading to some terrible playback performance, mainly constant buffering.
Given the E3000's internal antennas, I was wondering if you think a router with decent external antennas might improve my wireless range? I had my eye on either the RT-AC66U or the RT-AC68U from Asus. Is the main difference between these routers the processor used (ARM vs MIPS)?
I should note that since the chromecast doesn't support 5GHz I'm mainly concerned with 2.4GHz at this point.
I'd love to hear what you guys think. Thanks in advance!
I'm starting to look for a replacement for my E3000 router, and was hoping for some advice.
First, an explanation of why I'm looking to replace it: I haven't really placed a great deal of emphasis on wireless performance in the past (almost all of my clients are wired with the exception of cell-phones and my wife's ipad). However my wife got a chromecast for christmas, and the performance leaves something to be desired. After a bit of investigating it became apparent that the wireless signal strength near my TV isn't very strong (-85 dBm as reported by wifi analyzer). I'm fairly certain this is leading to some terrible playback performance, mainly constant buffering.
Given the E3000's internal antennas, I was wondering if you think a router with decent external antennas might improve my wireless range? I had my eye on either the RT-AC66U or the RT-AC68U from Asus. Is the main difference between these routers the processor used (ARM vs MIPS)?
I should note that since the chromecast doesn't support 5GHz I'm mainly concerned with 2.4GHz at this point.
I'd love to hear what you guys think. Thanks in advance!