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  1. M

    Networking novice

    2 x 30m Cat6a running them internally now
  2. M

    Networking novice

    I was running the Xvortex Merlin firmware for the past 4 days to test it but unfortunately had to switch back to original Netgear firmware due to poor throughput with AsusWRT on R7000. I’ve played around with every possible setting there is that could possibly increase throughput but had no...
  3. M

    Networking novice

    I'll give that firmware a go next weekend. Are the switches on access point any good or would I be better off using a 5 port switch behind it for all the switching?
  4. M

    Networking novice

    No I haven't tried any third party firmware on R7000 yet.
  5. M

    Networking novice

    After a whole night of playing around with the router I’ve tested every firmware from stock onwards including merlins. Some are better than others and stable with nice features but none of them matched R7000’s performance. So I’ve swapped it for a R7000 again although the user interface and...
  6. M

    Networking novice

    They were priced at £10 last night was thinking of purchasing one to use as AP but it's a pricing error and they've fixed it now. Anyway I've managed to swap the R7000 for a AC68U first thing I did on it was update it to latest beta firmware and the whole thing is all over the place signal bars...
  7. M

    Networking novice

    What's going on there? o_O http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/networking/network-routers-and-switches/routers/asus-rt-ac66u-ac-dual-band-wireless-cable-router-20948687-pdt.html
  8. M

    Networking novice

    Not impressed with the range it's more or less what I was already getting although throughput has increased slightly in the part of the house where signal is weak, just need it stay as it is when there's 15+ wireless devices connected at the same otherwise it’ll be going back to shop. I'll be...
  9. M

    Networking novice

    Cancelled order I will go buy R7000 from store tomorrow and if required I’ll get an EX7000 to help with range in a few days. Nice to know CAT5e can run at these speeds the average runs from my router to switches will be around 12 meters around 4 meters of it will run externally. Would you...
  10. M

    Networking novice

    Update: Ordered RT-AC87U. Hopefully I'll get away without a range extender or additional access points by using this router.
  11. M

    Networking novice

    After a month of usage I’m starting to hate the superhub again. When there’s around 4 smartphones, a laptop and a tablet connected wirelessly, speed drops dramatically for wireless devices but fine through Ethernet. I’m considering a Netgear R7000 to use as router and a Netgear EX7000 as range...
  12. M

    Networking novice

    I've had the new AC hub up and running a few hours now had a little play around with it seems at least 3 x better than my previous R6300 performance and feature wise. Range is still weak in the extension but slightly better else where even in the garden and out in the car getting half+ bars...
  13. M

    Networking novice

    Thanks for the information and advise it makes sense now how it'd be less efficient using more switches. So I'd get best performance by having one central switch in landing (JGS524PE) and running multiple cables to each room? I'm guessing that way all internal traffic and routing will get gone...
  14. M

    Networking novice

    Hi, I’m new to this forum and sort of a networking novice. I’m sick of wireless range extenders, bridges and power line plugs. I’m in the process of choosing gear for home IP CCTV system with 4 IP cameras and a NVR but before installing CCTV system I want to create a half decent home network...
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