Hi,
Been doing the usual reading etc. I currently have R7500v2 which I hate. The stock firmware sucks and I have had endless problems with wireless dropout. I have been working with customer service for netgear since april without any improvement. This router has got to go.
My goals
1) fast seamless wireless coverage to a 5000 sq/ft house and ideally coverage of the surrounding 1/2 acre.
2) Maintain current high speed wired network . I do a ton of media streaming from a central NAS. I also transfer large 10-20GB files all the time. I am currently basically topping out the wired network
3) Assign static IP to the 60+ devices connected to the network (I like everything organised by device type. I'm OCD and I'm OK with that)
4) Basic DDNS and port forwarding for a couple of devices
5) Something either empirically aesthetic or I can hide from the wife (this is more of a dream)
6) Stable
Advantages
1) I have CAT6 running to everywhere in the house and a single wired connection outside
2) I don't mind open source firmware for routers
3) I have a pretty flexible budget, but I am cheap by nature
My previous suboptimal setups were WNR 3500 running tomato with an outdoor access point. This worked well and I loved Tomato but I have multiple AC devices so I upgraded to a R7000 which worked fine as router but did not have full wireless coverage. I set this up up for my dad who has been tickled.
Looking into it it seems the best way to do it would be
A) get some wired access points (I'm guessing 1-3) use them as a wireless network .
B) Get a router for the non wireless.
Does this seem correct and what do you recommend for a router and AP? I really liked the Tomato firmware, but honestly anything with easy to manage static IP tables will do. Parental controls and firewall stuff would be nice but are not necessary
I was originally looking into the mesh network devices (my wife liked the look of the Amplifi), but it doesn't look like those are going to pan out
K
Been doing the usual reading etc. I currently have R7500v2 which I hate. The stock firmware sucks and I have had endless problems with wireless dropout. I have been working with customer service for netgear since april without any improvement. This router has got to go.
My goals
1) fast seamless wireless coverage to a 5000 sq/ft house and ideally coverage of the surrounding 1/2 acre.
2) Maintain current high speed wired network . I do a ton of media streaming from a central NAS. I also transfer large 10-20GB files all the time. I am currently basically topping out the wired network
3) Assign static IP to the 60+ devices connected to the network (I like everything organised by device type. I'm OCD and I'm OK with that)
4) Basic DDNS and port forwarding for a couple of devices
5) Something either empirically aesthetic or I can hide from the wife (this is more of a dream)
6) Stable
Advantages
1) I have CAT6 running to everywhere in the house and a single wired connection outside
2) I don't mind open source firmware for routers
3) I have a pretty flexible budget, but I am cheap by nature
My previous suboptimal setups were WNR 3500 running tomato with an outdoor access point. This worked well and I loved Tomato but I have multiple AC devices so I upgraded to a R7000 which worked fine as router but did not have full wireless coverage. I set this up up for my dad who has been tickled.
Looking into it it seems the best way to do it would be
A) get some wired access points (I'm guessing 1-3) use them as a wireless network .
B) Get a router for the non wireless.
Does this seem correct and what do you recommend for a router and AP? I really liked the Tomato firmware, but honestly anything with easy to manage static IP tables will do. Parental controls and firewall stuff would be nice but are not necessary
I was originally looking into the mesh network devices (my wife liked the look of the Amplifi), but it doesn't look like those are going to pan out
K