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    Need something simple for In-Laws

    I'm Sold! This sounds just about perfect for this use case.
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    Need something simple for In-Laws

    My In-laws router is dying. Even though we live at opposite ends of the country, I'm tech support for all computer related issues great and small. Of the current crop of wireless routers, what is the simplest, most bomb proof router I can get for them. Doesn't have to be the fastest. Doesn't...
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    New House, Need Advice

    Ordering the TP-Link TL-WPA8630P KIT. Since I have limited outlets in the back of the house, I need the passthrough. Thanks for helping me think through the process!
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    New House, Need Advice

    I don't see any arc fault breakers... not sure if there is a surge arrester, but I don't see any mention of one. I believe that there is a mix of old and new wiring. Since the TP-Link and TrendNet seem to have decent performance, I'll start with one of those kits.
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    New House, Need Advice

    Good question, but there is no coax in the walls. It's an old Victorian, lucky that there is new(ish) electrical.
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    New House, Need Advice

    I moved to a new rental home, new to me anyway. It's actually an old Victorian, but the electrical wiring was updated in a recent renovation. Due to it's "unique" layout, the internet comes in at the front of the house. I have a nice Asus AC1900 router, but as you can probably imagine...
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    Advice for Mostly Apple Devices

    Are you sure the Airport Extreme is AC1900? I can't find any specs that confirm that.
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    Advice for Mostly Apple Devices

    Thanks for the tips everyone. As for the Asus RT-AC1900, is it safe to assume that it is the same as the RT-AC68U? With regard to the Router Ranker... the other highly ranked option is the Netgear R7000. Is it safe to assume that it's essentially a toss up between the Netgear and Asus? Does...
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    Advice for Mostly Apple Devices

    Howdy folks, It's that time again. Time to replace ye olde wireless router. We're currently rocking a slowly fading Buffalo Airstation. We have in our Victorian flat... four MacOS computers (oldest is a 2009 Macbook Pro, newest is a 2015 Macbook Pro) one Windows computer (HP laptop of fairly...
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    Ready for a change...

    Thanks for the tips. I'm on the latest firmware. I already use OpenDNS. I have not been able to identify a specific client that causes the problem. Up until yesterday when one of the neighbors moved I had three Macbook Pros, two Windows laptops, and the QNAP NAS. The move means I just...
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    Ready for a change...

    It's cable. Motorola SB6121. The modem does not appear to be losing connection or dropping at all. A hard reset of the router usually clears things up.
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    Ready for a change...

    I'm using the BT firmware. I tried DD-WRT and I didn't much care for it. It drops the internet connection regularly. I have about 4-5 laptops and a NAS running off of it. Yes, we stream quite a bit of stuff on it (don't have cable tv even though the internet is from the cable company), but...
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    Ready for a change...

    This Buffalo WHR-HP-300N is working my last nerve. It dies more often than a red shirt on Star Trek. I'm not looking for the fastest router... I just want reliability. Does that even exist in a Wireless-N router? If so, who is making that router? I'm ready to drop kick this thing. --sam
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    Diary Of My Switch To Internet TV

    After reading this thread over the past few weeks, I've finally installed Plex and Boxee on my MacBook (2006 model). Quick thoughts after very cursory usage. From what I can tell, Both Plex and Boxee seem fairly polished. Boxee is a bit easier to setup in that it comes with certain apps...
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    Synology DS410j vs ReadyNAS NV+?

    Just a short update on Torrents. So far I've found this to be pretty easy. I haven't been a big Torrent user in the past. In fact, up until I got this device, I could count on one hand the number of times I had used a Torrent client. So far I've only used it to grab episodes of TV shows...
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