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Need new WiFi Router and could use some input.
Oct 17, 2018 20:16:36   #
bw79st Loc: New York City
 
I live in a 1200 sq ft apt with two bedrooms. I have an Apple Airport Extreme that is getting old and has never really been adequate. We have three computers on WiFi. I will be getting a new printer that can use LAN via ethernet. We will be expanding our TV service soon and I want to put one TV and Blu-Ray player on ethernet and another TV on WiFi. They are in other rooms than the WiFi router. I've done some searching on line and have finally decided on a system that fills my needs and has room to expand - an Asus Blue Cave AC2600 router and a TP-Link AV2000 2-Ports Gigabit Powerline ethernet Adapter Kit.

Am I dreaming? Or will this equipment let me down? The price is quite reasonable from Amazon and I think I can avoid the dropout problems by not using the USB 3 port on the router. Any comments?

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Oct 17, 2018 20:58:58   #
JR45 Loc: Montgomery County, TX
 
This may be more dependent on your ISP speed. Almost any of the newer wifi units
is good for 1000 ft. Centrally locate it.

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Oct 17, 2018 22:13:49   #
bw79st Loc: New York City
 
JR45 wrote:
This may be more dependent on your ISP speed. Almost any of the newer wifi units
is good for 1000 ft. Centrally locate it.


I'll be getting 200Mbs starting in December. Distance is not a factor for me. Speed, reliability and adding streaming video to my smart TVs are the priorities. No gaming involved.

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Oct 17, 2018 22:26:06   #
pmorin Loc: Huntington Beach, Palm Springs
 
I went with a Norton Core router. It has the updated security we all need with the recent hacking of routers scare. The system management app is free on my iPhone. We have it in our Huntington Beach house which is 1400 sf, 2 floors. I have 3 computers, 1 laptop, 2 printers, 2 smart TVs and various phones and iPads connected all at once and have never in the past year had any trouble with connecting, streaming or viewing the TVs.

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Oct 17, 2018 23:25:25   #
TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC
 
Personally, I would be more inclined to choose an AC mode product from Cisco/Linksys because of their long experience with routers (while ASUS is an old computer manufacturer, they are relatively new to RF and routers). Regarding powerline repeaters. Again I would personally prefer a wifi (RF wireless) repeater solution. While I don’t have personal experience with power line extenders, my gut tells me that the physical transport (the AC line) may limit the performance since you are running fairly high speeds. Perhaps someone with first-hand experience who has actually benchmarked a power line based extender can comment. You might install the router first and then see if an extender is required. The range will be affected by walls and other objects, but It’s not atypical to see ranges of 25-40 feet and across two floors depending on the output power and receiver sensitivity of the router.

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Oct 18, 2018 07:55:32   #
jccash Loc: Longwood, Florida
 
bw79st wrote:
I live in a 1200 sq ft apt with two bedrooms. I have an Apple Airport Extreme that is getting old and has never really been adequate. We have three computers on WiFi. I will be getting a new printer that can use LAN via ethernet. We will be expanding our TV service soon and I want to put one TV and Blu-Ray player on ethernet and another TV on WiFi. They are in other rooms than the WiFi router. I've done some searching on line and have finally decided on a system that fills my needs and has room to expand - an Asus Blue Cave AC2600 router and a TP-Link AV2000 2-Ports Gigabit Powerline ethernet Adapter Kit.

Am I dreaming? Or will this equipment let me down? The price is quite reasonable from Amazon and I think I can avoid the dropout problems by not using the USB 3 port on the router. Any comments?
I live in a 1200 sq ft apt with two bedrooms. I ha... (show quote)


Google WiFi system is good.

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Oct 18, 2018 08:08:49   #
cdayton
 
I replaced an Apple Airport with a TP-Link AC1900 that works great but there are lots of other options.

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Oct 18, 2018 10:43:41   #
marvkaye
 
TP-Link or Linksys routers are both great and there are some good deals to be had on them at Newegg. Repeaters/range extenders slow things down, at least the one I tried (a TP-Link) did for me.

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Oct 18, 2018 13:40:29   #
stacyrr Loc: Los Angeles
 
Google WiFi system in a four pack is available at Costco, and is more than enough to cover 5000 square feet. We have about 1800 square feet and one is adequate.

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