Recent content by austxsun

Appreciate the toolset feedback! After reading through a bunch of the articles last night, I'm still having a little trouble deciding which route to take. I think about 2/3rds of my devices will be connecting to the satellite device(s) (rather than the main router) so my main decision point...

Whoa - just saw that Netgear sells a mesh extender for it's nighthawk line. The "X6S Tri-Band WiFi Mesh Extender (EX8000)"... it's $180 right now so practically like buying another router... but anyone done any testing with it? (edit: see some of the articles now, will read through later...

I guess I’ll try the r7800 first to see if it will provide adequate coverage. If it does not, is there a ‘best’ method of expanding (a bridge, another router, etc) or should I just return it & try Orbi? The main reason I was thinking of using 2 routers was to see if quality & power of...

Appreciate it - I've seen the performance stats for the Orbi & the R7800 - both were products on my short list just from the reviews here. I'd bet 2/3 of my high use devices will end up connecting to the extender/bridged router & after seeing some of the Mesh backhaul stats was really hoping to...

Have there been any tests of performance through a bridged router or a gambit of performance tests across a bunch of extenders? I don't think anything connected to the primary router (standard or mesh) is likely to be a problem, but would love to see performance through other devices (a la some...

My current router is the WNDR3400v3. It's been ok but not great (needs to be rebooted every ~2-3 weeks or if 2-3 high bandwidth devices are in use for a couple hours or more). It has to be located at the very front of the house so my coverage to the furthest bedroom & backyard are not good. I...

I’m looking to upgrade my home Wi-Fi system to account for a fairly large amount of streaming devices. Have 3 kids (8, 11, 14) and 2 adults, no cable, so there are definitely times we are all streaming (or playing video games) at once (& probably an occasion where 1-2 of the streamers is also...