Greg Wilder
New Around Here
I have a pretty old wired Netgear router and an Airport extreme. I am wanting to upgrade. Below is my scenario.
Background
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Large home, 5000 sq feet. Basement , 3 floors total. Outdoor patio and screened porch.
My office is in the basement. This is where my cable modem is, and most of my wired equipment.
I do have one wired cable connection on the main/middle floor of the house.
I have about 8 wired devices (iMac, NAS, Apple TV, Time capsule, Roku, etc)
And I have 10-12 wireless devices. Mostly laptops, iphones and tablets. But also 2 iMacs which do some video streaming. The family does a lot of video streaming on their iphones and tablets.
I have never been able to do powerline networking very well. My electric box is "split" someway, and does not transmit to all outlets in the home.
Here is what I want to do.
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Basement
Use existing cable modem (this is the only place in the house I can connect my cable modem)
Need a new Wifi router , with at least 4 wired Gigabit ports (for my NAS, time capsule, etc). I need both high speed wired in the basement. And also good coverage wifi for the patio and screened in porch.
Main Middle floor - Again, I have one wired ethernet connection here, with a 4 port switch. The switch is where I connect my Apple TV, Roku, and Amazon fire.
I'd like to add another wifi device to this 4 port switch. I want to extend wifi coverage to the main floor, and to the upstairs bedrooms. And outside into the garage in the front of the home.
I was looking to get something like an AC3200 type router for the basement. To handle the wired devices, and the wifi in the basement, outside areas.
What kind of wifi device or setup do I need on the main floor? I have read here, to use repeater mode as a last resort. Can I setup another AC3200 type router as an access point? And not cut my speeds in half?
Thanks in advance.
Greg
Background
==============
Large home, 5000 sq feet. Basement , 3 floors total. Outdoor patio and screened porch.
My office is in the basement. This is where my cable modem is, and most of my wired equipment.
I do have one wired cable connection on the main/middle floor of the house.
I have about 8 wired devices (iMac, NAS, Apple TV, Time capsule, Roku, etc)
And I have 10-12 wireless devices. Mostly laptops, iphones and tablets. But also 2 iMacs which do some video streaming. The family does a lot of video streaming on their iphones and tablets.
I have never been able to do powerline networking very well. My electric box is "split" someway, and does not transmit to all outlets in the home.
Here is what I want to do.
=======================
Basement
Use existing cable modem (this is the only place in the house I can connect my cable modem)
Need a new Wifi router , with at least 4 wired Gigabit ports (for my NAS, time capsule, etc). I need both high speed wired in the basement. And also good coverage wifi for the patio and screened in porch.
Main Middle floor - Again, I have one wired ethernet connection here, with a 4 port switch. The switch is where I connect my Apple TV, Roku, and Amazon fire.
I'd like to add another wifi device to this 4 port switch. I want to extend wifi coverage to the main floor, and to the upstairs bedrooms. And outside into the garage in the front of the home.
I was looking to get something like an AC3200 type router for the basement. To handle the wired devices, and the wifi in the basement, outside areas.
What kind of wifi device or setup do I need on the main floor? I have read here, to use repeater mode as a last resort. Can I setup another AC3200 type router as an access point? And not cut my speeds in half?
Thanks in advance.
Greg