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    Any benefit to disabling legacy 11a/11b?

    I'm looking at the settings on my new router, and noticing that I can choose the modes it supports, such as b/g/n vs just g/n, and a/n/ac vs just n/ac. Since my laptop, phone, printer, TV, etc. all support the newer standards and don't need 11a or 11b, I'm wondering if there's any benefit to...
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    How much power do cable modems use?

    I need to get a cable modem and was perusing the selection on Newegg, and saw that the TP-LINK TC-7610 is fairly cheap and gets very good reviews, but then I noticed one person commented that it is rather warm to the touch -- I wasn't so much concerned by the temperature, but rather the fact it...
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    How to bridge/extend a R7800 to a TEW-812DRU (v1)?

    So, until recently I used a TRENDnet TEW-812DRU (revision 1.0) as my wifi router, and then I bought a NETGEAR R7800, with the idea that I would (re)use the TEW-812DRU as a wifi bridge or extender (I probably only need it to bridge rooms between two floors, but an extender mode might also be...
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    Best "Parental Controls" router features?

    I'm the tech guru in a household with 3 kids, and I'm curious what the best options these days are for routers and firmware for controlling how and when kids can access wifi -- I may be buying a new wifi router in the near future. The two big things I want to control are: 1) Easily being...
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    R7800 for transitioning to a better, "future proofed" setup?

    We have a house with 5 people and their associated devices. In a room upstairs there is a server connected to 4 HDHomeruns via an 8-port gigabit switch, which in turn is connected to a TRENDnet TEW-812DRU v1.0R AC1750 router, which in turn is connected to the cable modem, a MagicJack, a Sonos...
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    When will QCA release AC3100 chipset?

    From the reviews I've been reading on SNB, the Netgear R7800 and QCA9984 chipset are clearly superior to the current Broadcom-based products -- but the one thing it doesn't currently do is 1024-QAM. I thought I read somewhere that QCA planned to support 1024-QAM for 802.11ac, so I am curious...
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    How good is the Netgear R7000 with the latest firmware?

    The specs on the R7000 look impressive, but I see a lot of older posts here and on Amazon and Newegg that say the firmware is rubbish -- in particular, there's repeated mention of every couple days the wired/wireless connectivity dies and you have to reboot it. But those posts are 6 months...
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    Best AC1200+ router that can run DD-WRT?

    I've had terrible luck with the two AC routers I've tried and I'm really trying to do my homework and buy one that actually works reliably and has the option of running DD-WRT on it. First was a TrendNET TEW-812DRU (v1) AC1750 that had problems connecting or staying connected to many of the...
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