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  1. ewwatson

    How To Powerline with AC wifi?

    I have a ASUS (RT-AC68U) Wireless-AC1900 Dual-Band Gigabit Router upstairs. I'm using the 5GHz 802.11AC channel. I need to get this 5GHz AC wifi downstairs with a AP router or other. I have no ethernet wiring in the home. So power line adapter is my best bet. But the power line adapter seems to...
  2. ewwatson

    Dual Band Router: Does using one slow the other?

    Hello. I have a ASUS (RT-AC68U) Wireless-AC1900 Dual-Band Gigabit Router. If I am doing some heavy uploading of videos then it noticeably slows everything else I'm doing. However if I do all the uploading on say the 5GHz channel, would the 2.4GHz channels be unaffected by the demands of the...
  3. ewwatson

    Powerline adapter vs roaming and channels?

    I hooked up a TP-LINK TL-WPA4220KIT ADVANCED 300Mbps Universal WiFi Range Extender, Repeater, AV500 Powerline Edition, onto my ASUS (RT-AC68U) Wireless-AC1900 Dual-Band Gigabit Router. I'm using 5GHz channel on the router. The TP-LINK only uses 2.4GHz. I want to use the same SSID on the...
  4. ewwatson

    300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender experience?

    So I was going to buy a Powerline adapter and a ac router to extend my wifi. How about the is bad boy? http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/cat-18_TL-WPA4220.html. This seems like this is the perfect solution. Is it? TP-LINK TL-WPA4220NET 300Mbps Wi-Fi Range Extender, AV500 Powerline...
  5. ewwatson

    Powerline adapter vs wireless bridge?

    I'm trying to blanket my entire house in speedy wifi. I will have two routers soon. One using ac and the other n wifi tech. I can't Ethernet them together. What's the better option and why? Thanks for your thoughts.
  6. ewwatson

    How To use enable both channels on ASUS N900 router?

    I named one WIFI2.4GHz and the other WIFI5GHz. I want to use the 5GHZ for my laptop and everything else I want using the 2.4GHz. I gave them both different names and therefore logins. Thanks! I n the settings I seem to only get to pick 2.4 or 5. I don't see an option to enable both?
  7. ewwatson

    Which modem should I pair with NETGEAR Nighthawk AC1900 Smart WiFi Router?

    Which modem should I pair with NETGEAR Nighthawk AC1900 R7000 Smart WiFi Router? Amazon pairs it up with NETGEAR DOCSIS 3.0 High Speed Cable Modem http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00R92CEVU/?tag=snbforums-20 Is that a good one? Best one?
  8. ewwatson

    Whats the Best and most Powerful router in 2015?

    ASUS AC2400 vs ASUS AC3200 vs NETGEAR Nighthawk AC1900 vs NETGEAR Nighthawk X6 AC3200 vs other? This is for my home wifi. It's a big two story home so I need large coverage. I spend a great deal of time on the internet all over the home. I work form home so its important it works all the...
  9. ewwatson

    Setting Asus Router to "Repeater"?

    Right now my router is plugged into my modem to work. If I bought a new router and used the old router as a repeater downstairs so I could reach the far corners of my house, do I have to have a second modem too? Or simply just plug in the second "repeater" router downstairs into a wall socket...
  10. ewwatson

    Hey guys! What should I do?

    I have a ARRIS / Motorola SurfBoard SB6121 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem, and ASUS RT-N66U Dual-Band Wireless-N900 Gigabit Router. When it works it works well. But for the last month or two I keep having to reboot both in order to get working wifi. Then Wifi will work for a few hours and then just die...
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