Recent content by BostonDan

Just curious, what type of real-world speeds are people getting when using Speedtest.net. I have Gibabit Internet, Netgear Rax70 and a standard laptop(Dell XPS-7390) about 10 feet away? When speedtest.net is run, I’m getting around 450MB download speeds. Is this normal?

Thanks Everyone for the replies. Very Helpful. I’m going to hold off upgrading.

I’m wondering if it’s time to upgrade my Netgear R7800 router as I’ve had it for some time. I’m considering the Netgear RAX80. In my house I can have 4 computers (running FaceTime, Zoom, or something similar.), 4 TV’s streaming, 2 Xbox’s gaming, and a few iPads being browsing. Will upgrading...

Thanks Everyone. - My ISP speed is 1Gbit. I want to stay with stock firmware with whatever device I end up with. Based on the responses, I‘m guessing I won’t see any noticeable improvement buying a new router and am going to stay its the R7800. Again - Thanks!

Hi All, I’m trying to decide whether to upgrade my Netgear R7800 router and am considering the RAX20. I don’t want to spend alot and like the price point of the RAX20. Would the RAX20 show noticeable performance improvement or would I have to move to the RAX45? Our family has 5 laptops, 6...

It’s taken a while to get back to this forum. Thanks everyone for the advice and suggestions

Would better wireless performance be achieved by having two routers side by side, with one setup as an WAP and then split the wireless clients between them or by having all clients connect to a single router? In my household I have up to 10 clients streaming audio/video (Zoom, Netflix, Hulu...

How long do routers typically last before they have to be replaced? I have an Netgear R7800 that is probably 4-5 years old and I have been having intermittent drops/hangs lately. I haven’t tested anything yet but my gut tells me it’s the router.

I just had Verizon FIOS with 1Gbps service installed and planned to cancel my Comcast 600Mbps service. Before going ahead with cancelling, I decided to run some speed tests to compare actual numbers using speedtest.net. So far, Comcast's 600Mbps service is putting up better numbers than...

Right now I have 600Mbps download speed and its working fine but I am wondering if 600Mbps is overkill or if 1Gbps would provide a better experience. I don’t have a good understanding of where the bottleneck is. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi - I'm having a tough time evaluating what download speed is best for my usage. Almost every day, we have the following running simultaneously: (4) devices streaming movies/TV, (2) Xboxes playing fortnite, (2) Devices utilizing Facetime, (4) Computers online (work and school), (1) VoIP...

Thanks L&LD and Sea Wolfe for replying. Once Verizon installs my service, I will test my throughput and wireless range with the Netgear and Verizon routers, both as stand alone routers and with the Netgear daisy-chained off the Verizon router and report back performance. Just learned that...

Hi Everyone, I have a Netgear R7800 router and I'm changing my service over to Verizon with Gigabit internet service. Verizon includes their G3100 router as part of the package. I can't find any performance reviews of the G3100. Does anyone have experience with the G3100 or opinions on...

Hi All, I'm hoping someone might have a suggestion here. I have a SVG2482AC router and a Comcast support representative was able to create a guest network on my router without me doing anything. A week after they did this, I had a DHCP issue that required resetting the router to factory...

I've have a hard drive in one of my NAS's that has been exhibiting increases in the reallocated sector count for about 2 years now. Every few days, the reallocated sector count increases by 1. I purchased a spare drive 2 years ago after the 1st reallocated sector, expecting the drive to fail...