Recent content by SheridanPC

My airport extreme actually uses wireless AC.

My house is such that wiring from current cable outlet to basement would require electrician and some hard decisions on how to get it there. I know wiring is the best longterm solution but all I am really hoping to get out of this thread is a recommendation for the best access point or router...

My basement actually does pretty decently with wireless judging by my macbook air's performance, so I'm not really trying to "extend" wireless down there so much as get a fast AC wireless adapter for the ethernet only and wireless N devices residing down there to hardwire into. If all my...

I have a 105 mbps internet connection going into my current generation Airport Extreme which sits on the first floor of my house. I currently have no ethernet or coaxial connection to the basement and for the time being want to feed a few devices residing down there wirelessly. These include a...

Do you really think a dedicated GigE switch will be faster than my new router? I confirmed the WRT1900AC LAN ports are all GigE, and even though feedback on the unit is all over the place, the reviews all agree that the hardware is robust.

Ok, I have the new Linksys router set up. It's connected via ethernet cable to the DS214 and wirelessly to my desktop (they're going to be on different floors of house). Here are LAN Speed Test results for 100 MB and 1000 MB. Both tests are on my desktop using wireless AC built in to my...

Got it, will definitely look into, starting first with whether the LAN port in the wrt1900ac fits that bill (after I install it). Thanks.

I need the router so that two laptop users can access the NAS.

For part of the time of the single mkv transfer I may have had logitech media server running. But definitely not overnight on the earlier library transfer that took approx 8 hours. The only thing I can think of at a hardware level is the ethernet cable or the modem/router is acting as a...

And now for a single 30GB MKV file it is estimating 1.5 hours, with transfer rate mostly below 10Mb/s. Pretty disappointed and hoping there's some reasonable optimizing that I failed to do.

The DS214 is my first NAS and I am just knowledgeable enough about networking to get through configuration wizards and the occasional tech issue with research on sites like this, so it's possible I have some basic settings configured incorrectly. With that said, are these transfer times a...

Thanks for all the advice guys. Since posting yesterday I've done some more research and am surprised at how immature the state of AC routers seems to be right now! At this point I'm leaning heavily towards airport extreme if only because 2 of our 3 computers are macbook airs and my experience...

In my house we have two 2013 macbook airs with wireless AC and a soon to be built desktop PC whose motherboard has a built in wireless AC adapter. The motherboard is an Asus Z97-Pro (Wi-Fi ac). I'm not sure if it matters, but the most detailed info I could find on its wireless performance is...