calmloki
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We have fiber internet delivering 200Mbps - and they claim they just upped us to 500Mbps for no extra cost! So we got on Ookla Speedtest and found we are only getting 94MBps upload and down. This with a Netgear AC1750 (R6350) modem/router that is probably four years old. We talked with our provider, who had us check for firmware updates (current) and rebooted from the Netgear app. Our provider sent out a tech who demonstrated that our router/modem is receiving ~500Mbps. He said it's probably a poor network cable issue. No surprise - I wired the house 24 years or more ago.
We are pretty much abandoning our wired connections - both computers, the printer, the tv, the phones, speaker pickups, garage door, and all the Alexa smart home lights and plugs run on wireless. We're ok with spending some money to maybe help the tv and hopefully improve the WiFi garage door connection at the separate garage. Be nice if all our smart lights had perkier response time when we say "Alexa, night." Some definite dead or very weak WiFi areas in the two story ~1650' house.
So Amazon offers Eero mesh, then there is Orbi and who knows what else. No experience with a mesh system and reading reviews gets a lot of negative comments about newer systems having less functionality then older versions and subscription protection... I hate subscription anything.
Looking for improved function, no subscription, secure, and a good value price. Don't think we're power users - 3-4 Alexa Dots, an Echo Show, a dozen or so smart lights and plugs, usually an iPhone and a computer in constant use and the tv running with Roku.
Can any of you share your experience with a mesh type wireless router? Recommendations for us? Thanks.
We have fiber internet delivering 200Mbps - and they claim they just upped us to 500Mbps for no extra cost! So we got on Ookla Speedtest and found we are only getting 94MBps upload and down. This with a Netgear AC1750 (R6350) modem/router that is probably four years old. We talked with our provider, who had us check for firmware updates (current) and rebooted from the Netgear app. Our provider sent out a tech who demonstrated that our router/modem is receiving ~500Mbps. He said it's probably a poor network cable issue. No surprise - I wired the house 24 years or more ago.
We are pretty much abandoning our wired connections - both computers, the printer, the tv, the phones, speaker pickups, garage door, and all the Alexa smart home lights and plugs run on wireless. We're ok with spending some money to maybe help the tv and hopefully improve the WiFi garage door connection at the separate garage. Be nice if all our smart lights had perkier response time when we say "Alexa, night." Some definite dead or very weak WiFi areas in the two story ~1650' house.
So Amazon offers Eero mesh, then there is Orbi and who knows what else. No experience with a mesh system and reading reviews gets a lot of negative comments about newer systems having less functionality then older versions and subscription protection... I hate subscription anything.
Looking for improved function, no subscription, secure, and a good value price. Don't think we're power users - 3-4 Alexa Dots, an Echo Show, a dozen or so smart lights and plugs, usually an iPhone and a computer in constant use and the tv running with Roku.
Can any of you share your experience with a mesh type wireless router? Recommendations for us? Thanks.