“Questions before I buy... Hello, so I am seriously considering purchasing this router but I want to clarify and make sure of a few things first. First of all, I currently have one router in my house. It's an AT&T router and it's located in my living room, even though we pay for the highest speed it still sucks. My plan is to buy this router and place it in my room for the use of my devices which are; 2 laptops, 2 PS4's, 2 iPhones, 1 DS and 1 Xbox 360. I have 3 questions concerning the fact that I have an AT&T router. 1. will I need to connect this router to the one I already have. 2. will I need to hook this up with my internet provider or can I just take it to my room, plug it in to the phone jack and have internet? and 3, can I have 2 routers in the same house? Those are my first set of questions, my other regard how well this router works and other questions. 1, will this router support the devices listed above not just one at a time but multiple at a time. 2, if you've purchased it how often if at all do you have to restart or reset it? and 3, how fast is the download speed? I think that's all of now hopefully some of my 'essay' get's answered soon haha. Thank you for taking the time to read this and hopefully take the time to answer some of it.”
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I would suggest looking into the Apple Airport Extreme. I bought it for $188 at BB. If you have Apple products like you say, it seems very stable. So, (1) depending on the size of your house, you may only need one router if it is powerful enough. (2) if you are not replacing your modem, you do not need to contact your service provider (3) you can have two or more routers if you link them. Here is my review: I compared this router to others from Asus (AC1900) and Netgear (Nighthawk 3 antenna) that were similar in price. Checked reviews online from PC Mag and Cnet, etc. My old router (Linksys WRT160N) did not have the range and signal strength needed to conduct heavy broadband use for my work laptop while on digital conference calls (and kids on devices). The Apple Airport Extreme reaches every area of my home (including the basement), and is powerful enough to support streaming movies, work needs and kids online all simultaneously using Comcast Performance Internet (25kbps). Looks nice and is very stable (no loss of signal or resets needed that were so frequent with the other router). Very pleased and highly recommend.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I know that yours is an old post that has probably been answered, but here's my $.02: If you just want to extend the wireless range in your house, consider a range extender. A range extender will likely save you from many of the steps below. 1) Yes, you will need to connect this to your provider's (AT&T) modem. To do this, you will need to change the AT&T router to bridge mode (their tech support can talk you through this). Once that's done, you connect the Ethernet cable from your AT&T modem to the WAN port on the Netgear. You'll probably need to configure the Netgear to automatically obtain its network info from AT&T (contact Netgear support about how to do this). 2) See my answer to question 1. You won't be able to just plug this into a phone jack and have Internet; the phone cable will fit, but the Netgear doesn't understand phone line signals. 3) Yes, you can have multiple routers in the same house, which might be a good idea if you have multiple wireless devices that need Internet access at the same time - multiple routers to isolate these devices may give you a bit better performance. No, you don't need a dedicated router for each device :) 8 devices all online at the same time may bog your network down. Try it with one router, though, and go from there. 4) Yes, the Netgear will support the devices you've listed (and multiple devices at once). I've never heard of a WiFi router that won't support a given device. 5) I've bought several of these for personal projects and business clients. I've never once had to reset one. 6) Your download speed is determined by your Internet provider.
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