Hi all,
I have a dlink dir 655 (about 2 yrs old) that has wired connection issues on occasion when streaming netflix and its wifi range in my house is poor (1-2 rooms). I was thinking of using the opportunity of replacing it with a new router (disabling its wifi) and getting another one routers to act as an AP for the wifi. I will also add a small switch after the the router to improve traffic.
I've also noticed that a single directv download or bittorrent will completely clog up the internet for every other device.
I have the following devices;
6 in my living room; TV, AVR, Bluray (netflix), appleTV, sonos, directv (all wired)
office has a desktop, printer (wired via 5 port switch)
elsewhere has 2 ipads, 2 phones and 2 laptops, all a/b/g/n
no landline and one microwave that disables the wifi when being used.
There's only myself and my wife so the most demanding use case would generally be streaming netflix while the other is on youtube (other than the directv/bittorrent mentioned above)
We'll be doing a full house remodel in about 6-9 months, in which I will add a 24 port switch, and will probably be buy new laptops with AC and so might do a AC upgrade on the router as well. So at this point I'm just looking for decent stopgap router and router/AP.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I have a dlink dir 655 (about 2 yrs old) that has wired connection issues on occasion when streaming netflix and its wifi range in my house is poor (1-2 rooms). I was thinking of using the opportunity of replacing it with a new router (disabling its wifi) and getting another one routers to act as an AP for the wifi. I will also add a small switch after the the router to improve traffic.
I've also noticed that a single directv download or bittorrent will completely clog up the internet for every other device.
I have the following devices;
6 in my living room; TV, AVR, Bluray (netflix), appleTV, sonos, directv (all wired)
office has a desktop, printer (wired via 5 port switch)
elsewhere has 2 ipads, 2 phones and 2 laptops, all a/b/g/n
no landline and one microwave that disables the wifi when being used.
There's only myself and my wife so the most demanding use case would generally be streaming netflix while the other is on youtube (other than the directv/bittorrent mentioned above)
We'll be doing a full house remodel in about 6-9 months, in which I will add a 24 port switch, and will probably be buy new laptops with AC and so might do a AC upgrade on the router as well. So at this point I'm just looking for decent stopgap router and router/AP.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks