Wifimessenger
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Hello.
I’ve had a wonderful 10 years of use from a 2nd gen Extreme [non-simultaneous .N] and 1 Express (hardwired). I cannot find any 6th gen .ac used Extreme for less than ~$300 from trustworthy sites, I don’t do eBay.
House is single story 1300 sq. foot stucco, small back yard (25 feet depth from house), no ethernet runs inside walls, RG59 runs only. Standard SoCal suburbia lot, neighbors on east/west sides, no houses ever next to me north/south. Attached garage w/metal door.
The Extreme is in the front of the house, shares wall with garage. ISP cat6 line enters interior here (fiber). One Express is hardwired to the middle of the house via a unmanaged Netgear 8 port gig switch -> Extreme.
TV is via PS Vue.
I use a hardwire (cat6) to my 4K TV, the Express, and as needed a laptop [2.4/5N], and desktop.
2 wireless Ring [2.4N] cameras (front of garage/backyard on a post at the literal end of property line), 1 Ringdoorbell Pro [2.4/5N].
2 iPad pros, 2 iPhone 8’s.
Nest Protect [2.4N].
Ecobee 3 [2.4N]
Rachio [2.4/5N]
IDevices x2 smart (indoor/outdoor) plugs [2.4N]
The Ring camera barely just received enough signal in the backyard, always almost an issue. I had the extreme broadcast 2.4, and the Express is simultaneous dual-band, all the same SSID. I was happy.
I know, from reading here throughout the years, Airports don’t have great range, overpriced etc. but I liked the stability etc.
I have bought from Costco:
Netgear Nighthawk X6s R7960P (ac3600) AND RAX75 (ax5700)
Which is a better fit for me...
I won’t be adding much of anything else to my house, maybe another TV 4K, should I still hardwire in bridge mode the Express to the new netgear? All the household does is stream 4K movies, Plex/Infuse server [no transcoding], NO gaming, usually just two people in house, occasionally family/friends come over (8-10 people max).
I like that the .ac router has the 3rd radio, as I would dedicate it to just my TV 4K Vs. a hardwire running along the floor/rug. But it’s already outdated as WiFi .ax/WiFi6 is now standardized correct? [April 2019]
Currently, just using the little Express to serve up everything solo, one camera will not connect as the router is in the front of the house (shared wall with garage as I stated earlier). My fiber is 100/100. I hope all the details are helpful, thank you for any input.
With the way the living room is build, vaulted ceiling, running a line from the ISP box to the living room would be very hard, but not impossible for me to buy the tools and do it. Paying a pro is out of the question for budgetary reasons. Aren’t all these new ac/ax routers supposed to have outstanding range anyways!
LASTLY, iOS app for Netgear seems to require email/password and credentials being stored on a Netgear server which I do not like. Are all of the router companies doing this these days, as privacy is a concern. Any reason I liked the Airport Utility app. I do not mind using a browser to manage.
Very respectfully,
Old Apple User
I’ve had a wonderful 10 years of use from a 2nd gen Extreme [non-simultaneous .N] and 1 Express (hardwired). I cannot find any 6th gen .ac used Extreme for less than ~$300 from trustworthy sites, I don’t do eBay.
House is single story 1300 sq. foot stucco, small back yard (25 feet depth from house), no ethernet runs inside walls, RG59 runs only. Standard SoCal suburbia lot, neighbors on east/west sides, no houses ever next to me north/south. Attached garage w/metal door.
The Extreme is in the front of the house, shares wall with garage. ISP cat6 line enters interior here (fiber). One Express is hardwired to the middle of the house via a unmanaged Netgear 8 port gig switch -> Extreme.
TV is via PS Vue.
I use a hardwire (cat6) to my 4K TV, the Express, and as needed a laptop [2.4/5N], and desktop.
2 wireless Ring [2.4N] cameras (front of garage/backyard on a post at the literal end of property line), 1 Ringdoorbell Pro [2.4/5N].
2 iPad pros, 2 iPhone 8’s.
Nest Protect [2.4N].
Ecobee 3 [2.4N]
Rachio [2.4/5N]
IDevices x2 smart (indoor/outdoor) plugs [2.4N]
The Ring camera barely just received enough signal in the backyard, always almost an issue. I had the extreme broadcast 2.4, and the Express is simultaneous dual-band, all the same SSID. I was happy.
I know, from reading here throughout the years, Airports don’t have great range, overpriced etc. but I liked the stability etc.
I have bought from Costco:
Netgear Nighthawk X6s R7960P (ac3600) AND RAX75 (ax5700)
Which is a better fit for me...
I won’t be adding much of anything else to my house, maybe another TV 4K, should I still hardwire in bridge mode the Express to the new netgear? All the household does is stream 4K movies, Plex/Infuse server [no transcoding], NO gaming, usually just two people in house, occasionally family/friends come over (8-10 people max).
I like that the .ac router has the 3rd radio, as I would dedicate it to just my TV 4K Vs. a hardwire running along the floor/rug. But it’s already outdated as WiFi .ax/WiFi6 is now standardized correct? [April 2019]
Currently, just using the little Express to serve up everything solo, one camera will not connect as the router is in the front of the house (shared wall with garage as I stated earlier). My fiber is 100/100. I hope all the details are helpful, thank you for any input.
With the way the living room is build, vaulted ceiling, running a line from the ISP box to the living room would be very hard, but not impossible for me to buy the tools and do it. Paying a pro is out of the question for budgetary reasons. Aren’t all these new ac/ax routers supposed to have outstanding range anyways!
LASTLY, iOS app for Netgear seems to require email/password and credentials being stored on a Netgear server which I do not like. Are all of the router companies doing this these days, as privacy is a concern. Any reason I liked the Airport Utility app. I do not mind using a browser to manage.
Very respectfully,
Old Apple User