What is your favorite router and why?
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I like the xfinity gateway router that I got from xfinity.....Makes it easier to just plug and play......
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For home/small office? I have a Netgear R6300. It is pretty good for covering larger spaces. I don't have signal issue anywhere in the house. It's also dual band so I put all of my streaming devices on one band and data devices on another. You can set up parent control, guest access, network printer, and so much more. You can allow control VPN connections. Install Netgear Genie and you are set, monitor everything if you need to with an IP sniffer
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For home/small office? I have a Netgear R6300. It is pretty good for covering larger spaces. I don't have signal issue anywhere in the house. It's also dual band so I put all of my streaming devices on one band and data devices on another. You can set up parent control, guest access, network printer, and so much more. You can allow control VPN connections. Install Netgear Genie and you are set, monitor everything if you need to with an IP sniffer
Can you give me more details on dual band?
Is Genie a firmware or separate freeware adons?
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What is gigabit router? 802.11 ac ?
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Can you give me more details on dual band?
Is Genie a firmware or separate freeware adons?
Netgear Genie is a controller app for your router. Dual band allows you to set up two networks on different frequencies. Connect your devices accordingly.
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For home/small office? I have a Netgear R6300. It is pretty good for covering larger spaces. I don't have signal issue anywhere in the house. It's also dual band so I put all of my streaming devices on one band and data devices on another. You can set up parent control, guest access, network printer, and so much more. You can allow control VPN connections. Install Netgear Genie and you are set, monitor everything if you need to with an IP sniffer
Nice. I do have the capability but never thought about putting streaming on one and devices on other. Thanks.
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when you say streaming device, it must be your gaming device or smart TV, right? Otherwise smart phones/tablets/laptops are normally used for both both data and streaming
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when you say streaming device, it must be your gaming device or smart TV, right? Otherwise smart phones/tablets/laptops are normally used for both both data and streaming
Pretty much...
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Are cable modem universal or Internet provider company specific?
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Home/Small Office?
Sophos UTM
Untangle
Asus RT-AC68U
Large Office?
Cisco ASA firewall / their 2800 series routers used to be pretty good as well, but just router capability unfortunately.
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Are cable modem universal or Internet provider company specific?
oh they are not universal. Your provider will have to allow a third party modem or it won't work. Providers have different standards so not every modem will work with every provider's system.
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2.4Ghz: Signal goes farther. But carries less strength.
5Ghz : Shorter signal range than 2.4Ghz, but more strength and less interference because it has more channels.
Overall favorite router: Netgear brand for ease of use and features Theorist mentioned, any model N600 or higher.
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^ What is channel ?
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Channel's sort of like a traffic lane. The more channels/lanes available, the less crowded the frequency/roadway, and faster movement. The less channels/lanes, the more crowded the frequency/roadway, the slower the flow of traffic.
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For home/small office? I have a Netgear R6300. It is pretty good for covering larger spaces. I don't have signal issue anywhere in the house. It's also dual band so I put all of my streaming devices on one band and data devices on another. You can set up parent control, guest access, network printer, and so much more. You can allow control VPN connections. Install Netgear Genie and you are set, monitor everything if you need to with an IP sniffer
R6300 is giga bit router?
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R6300 is giga bit router?
Yes...
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wireless router? anything decent that can support DD-WRT or at least tomato.
outdated now, but the WRT series from Linksys was an awesome toy to geek around on back in the day. still have a couple of old WRT54GLs lying around.
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- x86 based little box with pfSense Firewall
- Asus RT-AC68 for internal firewall
- an old DLink WAP for IOT devices