I have a Netgear 3700v2, it has served me well, but it is starting to get flaky. First thought it was bad firmware-and it may have been-but I have rolled back to the last known stable Netgear release. Now, it's gotten unstable again. Specifically, the 5ghz SSID will be unreachable off and on, while the 2.4ghz SSID is fine.
My setup currently is this...Verizon FiOS comes into the basement. from their device, i connect to the Netgear, and I have both the FiOS and Netgear broadcasting a total of 3 SSID. the house has 2 floors plus the basement, so it's trying to push the SSID up to the top floor, and now its not getting there.
When I first got the Netgear a few years ago, it was fine. wasn't as much traffic back then. the city we are in, the houses are close and everyone has wifi...so there is a lot of clutter. I work in networking, so I've used iStumblr to help ensure i am on the right channels, but i think at this point the router is just failing, and probably handling more devices than intended.
Now, I can run 1-2 apple TV, usually just one. there are usually 3 iPads and 4-5 iPhones connected, plus i have 3-5 PCs on wired connections and another 1 or 2 wireless at any given time (it is a 2 family home, i don't have THAT many toys
So, I think it's safe to say we've outgrown the Netgear.
I would prefer to keep the new device in the basement. Selfish reasons, but thats where my home office is. I could likely put it in the ground floor, so that its equidistant from the other two floors, but hopefully not needed.
I've looked at the ASUS line, as I have heard a lot of good things. I was looking at the N66, which looks nice but seems to be just a minor step up from the 3700, going from N600 to N900. I was looking at some of the AC models, thinking I could spend a little more now to be a bit more future proofed, maybe get USB3 (not a need, as i haven't set up the storage functionality on the 3700. just a printer)
My main two concerns are the ability to handle a lot of connections, and being able to get the signal on all 3 floors, in spite of the material and competing signals.
$150 is probably around the sweet spot for me.
thanks for the help in advance
My setup currently is this...Verizon FiOS comes into the basement. from their device, i connect to the Netgear, and I have both the FiOS and Netgear broadcasting a total of 3 SSID. the house has 2 floors plus the basement, so it's trying to push the SSID up to the top floor, and now its not getting there.
When I first got the Netgear a few years ago, it was fine. wasn't as much traffic back then. the city we are in, the houses are close and everyone has wifi...so there is a lot of clutter. I work in networking, so I've used iStumblr to help ensure i am on the right channels, but i think at this point the router is just failing, and probably handling more devices than intended.
Now, I can run 1-2 apple TV, usually just one. there are usually 3 iPads and 4-5 iPhones connected, plus i have 3-5 PCs on wired connections and another 1 or 2 wireless at any given time (it is a 2 family home, i don't have THAT many toys
So, I think it's safe to say we've outgrown the Netgear.
I would prefer to keep the new device in the basement. Selfish reasons, but thats where my home office is. I could likely put it in the ground floor, so that its equidistant from the other two floors, but hopefully not needed.
I've looked at the ASUS line, as I have heard a lot of good things. I was looking at the N66, which looks nice but seems to be just a minor step up from the 3700, going from N600 to N900. I was looking at some of the AC models, thinking I could spend a little more now to be a bit more future proofed, maybe get USB3 (not a need, as i haven't set up the storage functionality on the 3700. just a printer)
My main two concerns are the ability to handle a lot of connections, and being able to get the signal on all 3 floors, in spite of the material and competing signals.
$150 is probably around the sweet spot for me.
thanks for the help in advance