Old Apple Airport Extreme died after 4 years or so of good service, but it was in need of upgrading. I went to Amz best-sellers and picked the highest rated router and 1-day shipped it.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F0DD0I6
Man! These things have really gone plug-n-play! I was dreading dealing with all that ip# bullshit. Nope, plug it into the modem, tell it to run auto-setup. Bingo! Done! Took 10 minutes, including unboxing.
For those who want to block access by MAC address on a schedule (kids at night, etc) this router doesn't have that feature yet.
Thanks RC. My Airport Extreme is acting up as well and have difficulty sending the signal through all 3 floors in the house.
Actually I found it locally here cheaper than Amazon! That is not usually the case:
http://www.elgiganten.dk/product/pc-tablets/netvark-router/NGR7000AC/netgear-nighthawk-ac1900-wi-fi-router
I think I'm going to get the bundle with a repeater as well for $240.
wait a minute if you haven't already bought it. With kids, you might want that competitive one I saw mentioned as having scheduled blocking by device MAC.
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QuoteMy Netgear nighthawk 7000 is sold.
My dlink 868L works fine and I have 4 different shedules running without problems
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/Blocking-device-based-on-time-schedule/m-p/1033474#M24941
Looks like he's talking about this one:
http://www.amazon.com/D-link-Wireless-Router-802-11ac-DIR-868L/dp/B00C9VB318
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Couple of things I've learned:
2.4ghz has noticeably better distance than 5ghz. 5ghz wall penetration seemed poor by comparison, too.
Assigning priorities seemed to boost speed enough to notice. I set my primary laptop and the roku to 'high' --the rest seem about the same speed as the Airport Extreme.
>>For those who want to block access by MAC address on a schedule
Any OpenWRT router will do this if you flash it with Gargoyle
You might have to assign a forced static IP to that MAC address.
http://th3core.com/talk/hardware-technology/a-router-that-will-allow-throttlingcontroling-each-individual-device-connection/
>flash it with Gargoyle
>ssign a forced static IP to that MAC address
I'm sorry, you must have mistaken me for someone who wants to fuck with IP numbers, hhh.
Lol, I haven't clicked buy yet, but following this closely.
I certainly don't want to mess with ips, mac etc. We only have a couple of kids stopping by and all they do is minecraft and Youtube.
Quote from: rcjordan on March 18, 2016, 03:03:20 PM
I'm sorry, you must have mistaken me for someone who wants to f### with IP numbers, hhh.
;D
Until you have the router that does both, it's a question of which matters more
Rumbas, did you see my comment on that other post?
Man, this sure beats unplugging the phone wires on the landline at 2am
You have girls that are -or soon will be- talking & sexting all night long. If I still had kids in the house, I'd make having a nuke-a-device-on-schedule an absolute top priority.
> I'd make having a nuke-a-device-on-schedule an absolute top priority.
Point taken. You know I listen when you give "bunch o' girls in the household" advice.
As parents, we were before the every-kid-has-a-smartphone era so we didn't have to contend with that. As grandparents, we've seen (& heard via our high school teacher daughter) many, many firsthand accounts of device addiction. During the day is one thing, but when it causes long-term sleep deprivation that's a health issue.
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And then take a look at the router logs. And your neighbor's logs, hhh. Because they ARE going to buy their own devices without telling you.
Google brings IFTTT support to its OnHub routers
http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/28/google-brings-ifttt-support-to-its-onhub-routers/
I just grabbed a Nighthawk R6700 and went to set up QOS and Netgenie always gives Netflix and Hulu "highest" priority and you don't seem to be able to delete this. You have to take whatever Netgear's database says gets high priority. Then you can add other high priority items.
What I want is to make Hulu, Netflix, YouTube *low* priority. Am I missing something? I mean WTF? Why would they force me to give highest priority to specific things?
If thats true Tom, then Netflix must be paying for that.
(aside) We have a no electronics in the bedroom rule.
If you want to sit up.. read a book.
Alarm? I bought an alarm clock.
[aside] I was just having this discussion with my wife this - I feel like using your phone as an alarm clock is the first and slipperiest step down the slippery slope.
https://eero.com looks interesting
>eero
Pros: Mesh
Cons: $499
BTW, today's news headlines say Apple is nuking their router division.
Quote from: Rupert on October 26, 2016, 06:52:28 AM
If thats true Tom, then Netflix must be paying for that.
Probably so... I can't believe, like the old days (???) when computers came with all manner of pre-installed junk, that I can't deactivate it.
>eero
Looks like that's the way we're heading...
QuoteGoogle WiFi mesh networking crushes the competition in new test
http://techworldzone.com/2016/11/27/google-wifi-mesh-networking-crushes-competition-new-test/
[aside] We have a TV, phones, tablets and laptops in the bedroom. This thread has made me think, and a new radio alarm may be the first step.
Anyone still looking into this? I never got around to actually buying a new one, but demand is high in the household and I need to get one asap.
Any pointers or is the AC1900 still the one?
Mine has been so problem-free that it's reached the much-coveted status of damn-I-have-forgotten-everything-I-knew-about-that-piece-of-gear.
I was supposed to update it's firmware due to vulnerability but keep putting it off.
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Also see this thread:
http://th3core.com/talk/members-only/any-goodbad-experience-with-using-a-phone-answering-service-for-your-biz/msg44409/#msg44409
I have resetplug installed on the power for the cable modem and also the router. It *may* be a contributor to the router's damn-I-have-forgotten-everything-I-knew-about-that-piece-of-gear status.
Quote from: rcjordan on November 19, 2017, 04:50:38 PM
I have resetplug installed on the power for the cable modem and also the router.
Ditto (though different model of Nighthawk). I used to have to futz with the routers after every power outage. We recently had the phone lines go down for a couple of days and I did have to reset the router and realized it's the first time I've gone into the storage area to look at it since I added the reset plug
Update:
Lightening fried part of the Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 (model R7000). Walmart had a Nighthawk AC2600 (model R7800) on the shelf. Internet down, I'm going into withdrawal, no time to quibble. R7800 now installed.
I'm loving my new Unify set up at the new house. Edge router plus long range access point covers both floors and to the far side of the pool. I just relocated it and remembered I've not had any issues since first install. Highly recommended.
I only have one router and a single remote repeater. It covers the house pretty well. Oddly, the guest wifi channel remained working but the primary wifi and ethernet ports were fried. I couldn't login as admin and a factory default reset didn't work and had the added bonus of killing the guest channel.
Having the primary wifi and cat5 out highlighted the negatives of smarthome creep. Alexa would still do reminders, as they are processed on the device. That's 90% of what we use on those, so those were still usable. But I've been putting in a few switches and receptacles (without a hub) that I use for time clocks on some circuits --main water heater, kitchen hot water dispenser, Roomba vacs, desk lamp. ALL of those used the primary wifi. I've been reluctant to go deeper into the 'easy' smarthome controls because they use the cloud via wifi. This incident confirmed why I should remain reluctant.
I have been sooo tempted to go crazy in this house. Every room has coax and ethernet. Wifi covers everything well enough to keep me at bay for now. If I ever get bored though, the build out will be fun.
Catch my next post to Ergophobe.
>lightning fried my router
And my 8-port network switch and my automatic wifi reset receptacle.
Quote from: rcjordan on August 22, 2018, 12:35:23 AM
and my automatic wifi reset receptacle.
Can't live without that ;-)