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Topic Started: Jun 4 2014, 09:12 PM (168 Views)
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is it better to buy a router and use that instead of the router your internet provider lends? if so, why?
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what kind of features are you missing/what kind of problems do you have with your current one?
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none, i'm just asking questions out loud

how the hell did you answer so fast
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i mean you won't get an improvement of ping, upload or download speed, nor will you get better LAN or anything?
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Look up some reviews on what routers your ISP gives. The one we got from the ISP is high output and I get 5 bar wifi signals pretty much anywhere in the house so they aren't necessarily bad. The company might try to overcharge you for it though
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Jun 4 2014, 09:20 PM
i mean you won't get an improvement of ping, upload or download speed, nor will you get better LAN or anything?
no. you may get improved stability, but ping/dl/ul won't improve. the thing is home networks are so small scale that anything with routing functionality should able to handle it. wifi is a different story though, you may get improved wifi speeds depending on the router you currently have. google.

if you're looking to use advanced features like VPNs, multiple VLANs, NAT, a manually configurable firewall or if you want to be able to transfer files within your LAN at speeds higher than 100 mbps, you might want to upgrade.
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ok ty for the answer guys


the router won't be able to reach all the house with wifi from where it is anyway. so I was thinking of something like plugging in a wifi antenna in my sister's room, which is roughly in the middle of the house (1st floor in a 2 story house as well). i'd have to plug that wifi antenna into the LAN wall socket which would link it to our router which has the internetz on it.

I read somewhere that three antenna is best. 30m of range should be enough for a circle of 60m which should be more than enough for the house. So something along these lines, I guess:

http://www.amazon.fr/TP-Link-TL-WA901ND-passive-antenne-d%C3%A9montable/dp/B002YETVXC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1401949219&sr=8-1&keywords=r%C3%A9peteur+wifi+30m



how long have I been bugging you guys with this dumb issue xD?
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i can't read much french but in the title it says PoE. that means the antenna gets its power from the ethernet cable, which your router has to support. if you get this one and your router doesn't support PoE (it's very likely that it doesn't), you're also gonna need a PoE injector like the white thingy in this pic (replace PC with your router and wireless bridge with the antenna)

http://www.tcshop.nl/images/poe-injector3.jpg

also does your router support multiple antennas and if it does you still might wanna check if it supports the one you're looking at
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ok yeah no problem

i'll check those details when i get home

ty gs
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