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    New home network assistance.

    Ah, this is great. May I ask you which of these options you mentioned would be the very best for performance in my case, that is, which of the options you listed would have the least reduction in speed and do best with maintaining the current speeds of my single router setup (basically what...
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    New home network assistance.

    In short, I'm only using the power line adapters because I am unable to run a hard-line Ethernet cable from my main router in my office, across the house to my bedroom (on the other end of the house). Although I do get wi-fi coverage on the opposite end of the house from my main powerful router...
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    New home network assistance.

    Hi SNB community, I recently have been tasked with setting up a new router in a rather unorthodox circumstance and need some expert advice for how to setup the network/proceed. The details of the circumstance are listed as follows: - for hardware, I have 1 - ac dlink 3200 tri band router / 1...
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    Professional Advice on Best Performance Network Switch/Power Line Adapter for purchase

    Ok, so I recently purchased and installed my new tplink powerline: AV1200 3-Port Gigabit Passthrough Powerline Starter Kit, and I've used it to hard connect one of my netgear nighthawk routers at the other end of the house that I will just be using as an access point to ensure tablets, phones...
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    Professional Advice on Best Performance Network Switch/Power Line Adapter for purchase

    Thank you so much for the help. I currently have two routers on hand: a new neatgear Nhawk R7000 and an Asus 3200, so my idea is to use the Asus as my main router at one end of my house with all the hard connections plugged into it, and setup the Nhawk as an AP (or bridge as I'm unsure how I...
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    Professional Advice on Best Performance Network Switch/Power Line Adapter for purchase

    Hello SNB Community, As you guys are always the most knowledgeable in any area of networking, I wanted to direct a nub question I had about setting up my new home network to some real network professionals. The question I have is as follows: - If anyone would be so kind, could you please...
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    Assistance with Finding The Best Network Switch and Power Line Adapter Available

    Hello SNB Community, As you guys are always the most knowledgeable in any area of networking, I wanted to direct a nub question I had about setting up my new home network to some real network professionals. The question I have is as follows: - If anyone would be so kind, could you please...
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    Brief Inquiry Regarding Most Efficient New Home Network Setup

    Thx so much, and ill be sure to get a switch ASAP :>. Can you provide a link to the best performance/brand of switch you'd recommend? Does anyone have any advice with respect to the following: Unfortunately, circumstances are such that I will be unable to do any hard wiring modifications to...
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    Brief Inquiry Regarding Most Efficient New Home Network Setup

    Unfortunately, circumstances are such that I will be unable to do any hard wiring modifications to any of the rooms throughout the home, so I will have to get as much expert advice I can on what the best options would be in my unique case. I know that wireless range extenders and repeaters...
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    Brief Inquiry Regarding Most Efficient New Home Network Setup

    Hello SNB Community, I recently have moved into a new place and have some pretty decent home networking hardware at my disposal to setup my new network. The unfortunate part about it is my new place is in a rural area with abysmal DSL net speeds (ping: 14ms / Download speed: 5.25mbps / upload...
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    Recommendation for new purchase of the very best performance router.

    What do you guys think of using my current Nhawk installed on one end of my house, and on the other end of my house use a ubiquiti ap like the one Linus tech tips reviewed? My house is all 1 story, and on one end of the house wired connection is required because its a gaming room, but on the...
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    Recommendation for new purchase of the very best performance router.

    Thank you so much for such a thoughtful and well written response, as I can assure you that I appreciate you taking the time. So, the current network setup I have is just 1 basic Nhawk netgear setup with the computers closest to it hardlined, and all other mobile devices like (ipads, phones...
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    Recommendation for new purchase of the very best performance router.

    Ah, now that you mention it maybe I should get new filters throughout the house and a new DSL modem. Do you have any recommendations for the very best DSL modem and filters around so I can upgrade those? I'm using the old filters that were given to me during installation ><.
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    Recommendation for new purchase of the very best performance router.

    Do you by chance know how I would go about installing one of the router boards at the ISP; would they be installing it? If it might be a substantial increase in performance I'll call the ISP ASAP and ask them if they support packet compression and how to go about installing one on their end.
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    Recommendation for new purchase of the very best performance router.

    I actually have two netgear nhawks lying around from a friend who couldn't use them, and I'd be more then willing to spend $300 on a quality setup. I've checked out the Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite and it looks very nice. Would anyone be willing to explain what I would need, and how I would setup...
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