matthewsoft
New Around Here
Hi all, thanks for the great forum! I've been doing a lot of reading and find all the info on ASUS and general wireless stuff very helpful. I'm in a bit of a dilemma and hope you can offer me some expertise...
I recently got the RT-AC68R and am trying to figure out how I want to setup the network. My problem is right now I'm using a Comcast Arris TG862G to do the routing, but the issue is the firmware is too basic/flaky and things like UPnP don't work. So I could use the AC68 for routing instead and disable the Arris router, but then the placement is not great in the office for wireless [downstairs, outside wall]. The best location for wireless is upstairs in the guest room, which is almost in the center of the house. I could put the AC68 on the top of a bookshelf in the office, but the service on the other side of the house upstairs is still poor [my room]. I considered using the WNDR3700 in my room, as I could easily do with another switch there anyway, but I'm not sure how well it would play with the AC68, especially if I use the same SSID for both. I would be perfectly happy moving the modem upstairs in the guest room as there is a free coax outlet available, but then the fax machine in the office wouldn't have the phone. Every room has an Ethernet outlet, but no phone lines at all. I'm so conflicted on what to do...
I think my choices are:
Thanks everyone!
I recently got the RT-AC68R and am trying to figure out how I want to setup the network. My problem is right now I'm using a Comcast Arris TG862G to do the routing, but the issue is the firmware is too basic/flaky and things like UPnP don't work. So I could use the AC68 for routing instead and disable the Arris router, but then the placement is not great in the office for wireless [downstairs, outside wall]. The best location for wireless is upstairs in the guest room, which is almost in the center of the house. I could put the AC68 on the top of a bookshelf in the office, but the service on the other side of the house upstairs is still poor [my room]. I considered using the WNDR3700 in my room, as I could easily do with another switch there anyway, but I'm not sure how well it would play with the AC68, especially if I use the same SSID for both. I would be perfectly happy moving the modem upstairs in the guest room as there is a free coax outlet available, but then the fax machine in the office wouldn't have the phone. Every room has an Ethernet outlet, but no phone lines at all. I'm so conflicted on what to do...
I think my choices are:
- Use AC68 in guest room as AP [I hope I don't loose any good features doing that?] and use WNDR3700 downstairs for routing
- Use AC68 downstairs to keep advanced routing capabilities and use WNDR3700 as AP in my room on the other side of the house
- Figure out someway to move the cable modem in guest room to use AC68 as a router without loosing fax
Thanks everyone!