Hi guys,
I've been reading a bit around SNB on various reviews etc. I've had a Netgear R8000 for a little while, and I'm getting an opportunity to upgrade and I want to get something, that I can hopefully keep for a while. Since I've had great experience with the R8000, I got the R8500 and it seems at the current firmware, the performance is almost a little lacking, on the uplink side. This is what I have right now -
Wired -
Desktop, PS4, PS3, XB1, Smartthings v2, philips hue bridge gen2, Work laptop, Smart TV
Wireless - 3 iPhones, Android tablet, MBP, 2 echo's, apple tv4, wii-u.
House is 2200 sqft all on one floor and the router is in the central living room spot.
So its usually 13-14 devices on network all the time, most of it is not very bandwidth intensive.
And I want to get something that I won't have to switch for a few years. the R8000 was pretty amazing, I never had to restart it, and I was using stock firmware. The only other contender is the Asus 5300 and the Linksys 5400, but seeing that they are all about the same, with all having some highs and low's, I wanted to get a more informed opinion as to with what should I stick with, they are all also around the same price range. One thing I can't understand is why the Netgear has poor upload on 2.4 and 5ghz.
Something else, some one can help me with is what would be the best setup for wifi. On my R8000, I had, I believe, smart connect with both 5ghz bands, and for the 2,4ghz band I had the same ssid and password as the 5ghz bands, and I did not broadcast the 5ghz bands. In my head I was thinking with the same ssid, the device would switch between the 2 bands depending on the signal strength, would that ever be happening?
And I can always install ddwrt, as long as it would not require constant tinkering, so with a more stable build, if it can increase performance. I've been trying to find with little success, if ddwrt on R8500 can give me one ssid for all 3 bands, like how asus does it natively. All help is appreciated!
I've been reading a bit around SNB on various reviews etc. I've had a Netgear R8000 for a little while, and I'm getting an opportunity to upgrade and I want to get something, that I can hopefully keep for a while. Since I've had great experience with the R8000, I got the R8500 and it seems at the current firmware, the performance is almost a little lacking, on the uplink side. This is what I have right now -
Wired -
Desktop, PS4, PS3, XB1, Smartthings v2, philips hue bridge gen2, Work laptop, Smart TV
Wireless - 3 iPhones, Android tablet, MBP, 2 echo's, apple tv4, wii-u.
House is 2200 sqft all on one floor and the router is in the central living room spot.
So its usually 13-14 devices on network all the time, most of it is not very bandwidth intensive.
And I want to get something that I won't have to switch for a few years. the R8000 was pretty amazing, I never had to restart it, and I was using stock firmware. The only other contender is the Asus 5300 and the Linksys 5400, but seeing that they are all about the same, with all having some highs and low's, I wanted to get a more informed opinion as to with what should I stick with, they are all also around the same price range. One thing I can't understand is why the Netgear has poor upload on 2.4 and 5ghz.
Something else, some one can help me with is what would be the best setup for wifi. On my R8000, I had, I believe, smart connect with both 5ghz bands, and for the 2,4ghz band I had the same ssid and password as the 5ghz bands, and I did not broadcast the 5ghz bands. In my head I was thinking with the same ssid, the device would switch between the 2 bands depending on the signal strength, would that ever be happening?
And I can always install ddwrt, as long as it would not require constant tinkering, so with a more stable build, if it can increase performance. I've been trying to find with little success, if ddwrt on R8500 can give me one ssid for all 3 bands, like how asus does it natively. All help is appreciated!