What's new
By:

  • SNBForums Code of Conduct

    SNBForums is a community for everyone, no matter what their level of experience.

    Please be tolerant and patient of others, especially newcomers. We are all here to share and learn!

    The rules are simple: Be patient, be nice, be helpful or be gone!

Recent content by baltik

  1. B

    Differences between router+AP mode and AiMesh mode?

    I am in the exact same boat, currently using a netgear router as a wired AP. Trying to better understand what I would gain in terms of handoff, if I replace the Netgear with another RT-AC68U and enable AiMesh....
  2. B

    Upgrading my home to a mesh network - seeking advice

    Just to clarify - I used an incorrect term by stating repeater, it's actually a hardwired Netgear router set up as an AP, so that part is already done
  3. B

    Upgrading my home to a mesh network - seeking advice

    Good read - thank you, It seems that the new routers help with throughput but not range?
  4. B

    Upgrading my home to a mesh network - seeking advice

    Just to make sure I follow - even though none of my wireless clients are AC compatible, and even though my current router is already centrally positioned in my home and cannot sustain a connection at both ends, your view is that the 802.11n signal of the latest generation routers is superior to...
  5. B

    Upgrading my home to a mesh network - seeking advice

    Fair points - I am not overly concerned about the printer, it's rarely on and actually one of the few things that I'm convinced is not affecting performance, but to your point there doesn't seem a lot of downside to hooking it up via ethernet. My main concern with your suggestion is replacing...
  6. B

    Upgrading my home to a mesh network - seeking advice

    So my system is pretty crappy, i get unreliable wired and wireless performance, and there is a distinct dropout when using wireless when moving across the house when my iPhone switches from my router to my repeater which causes problems streaming music. I have a few things going against me -...
  7. B

    Pls Help - Neighbor downstairs neighbor is blowing up my WiFi

    Thankfully we all have pretty current apple products do all 5ghz comaptible.. just need some good/cheap extenders
  8. B

    Pls Help - Neighbor downstairs neighbor is blowing up my WiFi

    Thank you all for the solid advice, seems like 5Ghz is the way to go for me.. can anyone reccommend a good cheap 5ghz AP or a router that can be set up as an AP?
  9. B

    Pls Help - Neighbor downstairs neighbor is blowing up my WiFi

    much appreciated - well reasoned response, one other avenue I may explore is trying DDWRT on the Linkys, I know that doesn't necessarily solve my issue but seems like I have little to lose at this point...
  10. B

    Pls Help - Neighbor downstairs neighbor is blowing up my WiFi

    So here's my sob story, I live in the city so there are about 9-10 networks within range. I just got a new downstairs neighbor who got Comcast installed with their inhouse router and it's completely overpowering my signal. I've used inssider and switching channels doesn't help much because...
  11. B

    Roll my own NAS or go with Synology?

    My mediasmart 470 just crapped out - sending me on my search.. my needs are as follows in order of priority Ability to serve my sizeable HD movie library Ability to serve my sizeable music library (iTunes) Automatic backup of 2-3 home PCs (ideally Mac and PC) Some data redundancy in case...
See more
Back
Top
✖