A:AnswerUnfortunately there is not a simple answer. Distance is highly dependent on obstructions such as walls that are between the Linksys and the blink camera. Also the materials that obstructions are made of. Hi have been happy with the overall performance of the Linksys and am able to receive WiFi signal outside the house at a distance of at least 50 feet and going through 3 walls.
A:AnswerI looked into this just last week, but all the available literature suggested Linksys Velop routers don’t support VPN features. My newVPN works via my devices, however, so unless you have a specific need to tweak VPN router settings, you should be ok.
A:AnswerHi, PaulR. The number of devices you can connect depends on how the Linksys MR8300 router is set up but, the router can support multiple devices simultaneously.
A:AnswerThis is a tri-band router meaning it has one 2.4ghz band and two 5ghz bands. Since your smart plugs are 2.4ghz, they will compete with each other and other 2.4ghz devices for a channel on that frequency. Only channels 1, 6 and 11 don’t overlap other channels. This will happen with any wireless router until, one-by-one, you upgrade them.
A:AnswerI have an old Verizon supplied Actiontec M1424WR router. It is a gigabyte router, but the WiFi is way outdated.
The Actiontec takes the coaxial cable wire output from the main input fiber optic modem and converts it to RJ45 ethernet. It's a router that does the DHCP (assign local IP addresses). The Actiontec also gets the Broadband IP address, Default Gateway, DNS Server IP, etc. from Verizon.
I added this Linksys AC2200 to take over the WiFi. I changed the Linksys to Bridge Mode, which prevents it from duplicating the DHCP work the Actiontec is doing. This effectively turns the Linksys into a new WiFi system only, but it's worth it. In the Actiontec control page, I can turned the "radio" (WiFi) off or leave it on, depending on extra interference vs. extra coverage.
It works great. I had just bought a new laptop and the WiFi was horrible using the Actiontec WiFi, like 5 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload. I can now get about 95 Mbps up and down. I think that's my FiOS limit.
Since the Linksys is doing WiFi only, I can move it anywhere in the house where there is a single Ethernet Cable. That's a great advantage, since location is very important.
