Recent content by mm2531

Thanks! I will look into the ex8000 and the Orbi.

No one?

I just moved into a new home, and my router (Netgear AC1900 R7000) isn't cutting it. Issue is mainly with the layout of the house. It's two levels, with roughly 2000 sq ft on each level. The router is in a network closet towards the front of the house, and the signal is weak in the master...

Tried your suggestions, but no luck.

Thank you for your reply. I will try that and report back tomorrow.

I hope this is the right place to ask this - if not, I apologize. I recently installed a Nest 3rd generation thermostat, and for the most part it works perfectly. I can change the temperature when I am out of the house, etc. However, it will not automatically go into "Eco Mode" when I am out...

Thanks to both wouterv & L&LD for their suggestions. I appreciate the time you are taking to help me. I am somewhat limited by where I can move the router. With the coax terminating on one wall, and the ethernet on the other wall, I would need to have an ethernet cable run across the room to...

I have coax runs from the closet to every room in the house, as well as ethernet. Right now, the modem and router are in the closet downstairs, with a switch providing hard wired internet to the rest of the system (very much like you described). The only issue is that the coax run and the...

Thanks to both of the above posters for their suggestions. I will try both out. I think I might be limited by what I can achieve because of the placement of the router. The cable in from TWC comes into a wiring closet downstairs. All of the wiring in the house (telephone, internet, TV)...

Thanks for trying to help me! I tried 5 GHz on my iPad with the settings as above. With the iPad 5 feet from the router, download = 16.68 Mbps, with 2.4 GHz = 33. Changed the channel to 20 MHz, and now on 5 GHz, the download jumped to 41 Mbps! Not quite what I am paying for, but decidedly...

Very strange. Checked download speed - 27.7 Mbps (the best it has been). Changed the 2.4 Gghz to 40 MHz and download dropped to 6.7!! Changed back to 20 MHz , and it's back up.

Thanks! I have it set exactly as you specified, except on 20 MHz, with no luck.

OK - upgraded to the latest Merlin firmware (378.50). Reset the router and reentered all settings. Download speed has improved marginally from 21 mbps to 25 mbps. Still nowhere near the wired download speed > 100 mbps. Upload speed is still good at above 5 mbps. Any thoughts on improving...

Thanks for all the replies. The strange thing is that every device (iPad, HP Windows Laptop, iPhone, Galaxy S5), all show download speeds that are <20% of the max, but all show appropriate upload speeds. I do have wireless mode on 2.4 Ghz set to "auto" (old HP Laptop will not connect on "n...

I have the N66U and have been running Merlin 374.41. I know it is old, but up until now I had no reason to upgrade. I have one desktop, one laptop, and a couple of iPads that we use mainly for surfing. And we stream Netflix and have our phone hooked through a VOIP adapter. Up until now I had...