Help Choosing a New Router

[Tornicade]

I haven't found either routers for netgear or dlink to be reliable for long period of time, They tend to be prone to have power issues as well as stabilities.

An integrated AC wifi router with 1gb ports accomplish what he is looking for and has more potential to last longer, and he always has the option of diabling the wifi and hooking up his own router if he chooses. from the sounds of his configuration . the Arris ac modem would more than suit his needs.

wireless N router/modems may hav addressing issues but typically you can manually assign your pc, laptop,smart tv and any gaming system and the auto assign should function just fine

plus I presented both options. If he had any signal strength issues most routers can be converted to extenders as wireless access points

@gourimoko @Man Called X

 

[gourimoko]

I haven't found either routers for netgear or dlink to be reliable for long period of time, They tend to be prone to have power issues as well as stabilities.

D-Link and Netgear make some great products, they also make some crappy ones. I always recommend getting economy-grade business models rather than the residential models for the home. But that's because I prefer greater configuration options. It's not a huge deal one way or another.

An integrated AC wifi router with 1gb ports accomplish what he is looking for and has more potential to last longer, and he always has the option of diabling the wifi and hooking up his own router if he chooses. from the sounds of his configuration . the Arris ac modem would more than suit his needs.

wireless N router/modems may hav addressing issues but typically you can manually assign your pc, laptop,smart tv and any gaming system and the auto assign should function just fine

plus I presented both options. If he had any signal strength issues most routers can be converted to extenders as wireless access points

@gourimoko @Man Called X

I think the point being missed is that you never combine points of failure into a black box configuration like these modem/router combos do. It's a very bad practice, especially if you're going to own the equipment.

The purpose of the router is separate and distinct from that of a modem; these devices share nothing in common.

You don't want to combine the two if at all possible if for any other reason than if the DOCSIS stack crashes on the HFC network then I should be able to reset my modem (power) without bringing down my local network.

This is simply not possible within modem combinations, meaning if the power levels or SnR rates drive the modem out of sync with the CMTS, them your entire local network can and very likely will need to be restarted. That's horrible.

Thinking these two components can be easily combined comes from a misunderstanding of how cable modems work. The cable company can and does, often, send SNMP packets that force restart the device to bring the modem in sync with the HFC network. This causes the local network to temporarily drop. Meaning any file transfers, mapped connections, temp shares, shells, etc, will drop.

For many users it's not a big deal, but this is anything but an optimal experience.

In my instance, my primary cable modem (I have 3) is a modem/router combo and I still run it through my own router for quite a few reasons but primarily because it affords me greater functionality using a better maintained set of equipment.

I think your advice is great for users that aren't power users or only want a single piece of equipment, say, in their living room to be used for basic browsing.

Any user who might think of using NAS in their home, or is serious about using an HTPC, or is a power user with more than one machine (or a console that streams) should avoid combination devices.

In fact, to be clear (tl;dr), I wouldn't recommend someone go out and buy and modem/router combination unless they actually had a good reason to do so.

Hope that clarifies the point.

 

[Tornicade]

D-Link and Netgear make some great products, they also make some crappy ones. I always recommend getting economy-grade business models rather than the residential models for the home. But that's because I prefer greater configuration options. It's not a huge deal one way or another.



I think the point being missed is that you never combine points of failure into a black box configuration like these modem/router combos do. It's a very bad practice, especially if you're going to own the equipment.

The purpose of the router is separate and distinct from that of a modem; these devices share nothing in common.

You don't want to combine the two if at all possible if for any other reason than if the DOCSIS stack crashes on the HFC network then I should be able to reset my modem (power) without bringing down my local network.

This is simply not possible within modem combinations, meaning if the power levels or SnR rates drive the modem out of sync with the CMTS, them your entire local network can and very likely will need to be restarted. That's horrible.

Thinking these two components can be easily combined comes from a misunderstanding of how cable modems work. The cable company can and does, often, send SNMP packets that force restart the device to bring the modem in sync with the HFC network. This causes the local network to temporarily drop. Meaning any file transfers, mapped connections, temp shares, shells, etc, will drop.

For many users it's not a big deal, but this is anything but an optimal experience.

In my instance, my primary cable modem (I have 3) is a modem/router combo and I still run it through my own router for quite a few reasons but primarily because it affords me greater functionality using a better maintained set of equipment.

I think your advice is great for users that aren't power users or only want a single piece of equipment, say, in their living room to be used for basic browsing.

Any user who might think of using NAS in their home, or is serious about using an HTPC, or is a power user with more than one machine (or a console that streams) should avoid combination devices.

In fact, to be clear (tl;dr), I wouldn't recommend someone go out and buy and modem/router combination unless they actually had a good reason to do so.

Hope that clarifies the point.

so your main issue is that you lose networking when resetting the internet modem. so if you stream between computers a lot. it could cause an inconvenience.
however, if your streaming directly from the internet anyways the impact is minimal unless your copying a file from computer b to C?

 

[NtG]

Bumping this thread because I'm looking for a (cheap) router to use as an access point so I can get better internetz on the other side of the house.

Anybody know what I should be looking for? I know there are some routers that have an AP mode pre-installed; wasn't sure if I should go with one of those or maybe go with a different one and put new firmware on it or something.

 

[Surge]

Bumping this thread because I'm looking for a (cheap) router to use as an access point so I can get better internetz on the other side of the house. Anybody know what I should be looking for? I know there are some routers that have an AP mode pre-installed; wasn't sure if I should go with one of those or maybe go with a different one and put new firmware on it or something.

My brother in law just installed a Ubiquiti access point and we notice MUCH better wi-fi reception and speeds. We can go outside the house and still have full bars.

 

[NtG]

Any reason I shouldn't get this?: https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-3-In-1-...00DWFPDNO/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8


Update: Got it, smd.