Router upgrade

[SamyBoy13]

Hi guys i recently got 910 vodaphone broadband package and wondered if using the router as modem and plugging in asus ax5700 would be a upgrade in the range department. Also my speeds go from 800s to 300 feom one side of the house to the other?

 

[robj20]

Hi guys i recently got 910 vodaphone broadband package and wondered if using the router as modem and plugging in asus ax5700 would be a upgrade in the range department. Also my speeds go from 800s to 300 feom one side of the house to the other?

That sounds fine speed wise, WiFi is a convenience not an ideal solution.
Router wise id save your money you won't get any meaningful improvements in range or speed. You mostly upgrade routers for control reasons, like running VLANs.

 

[spile]

If I were doing that I’d hardwire the second router (really a wireless point) and place it in a separate room.

 

[ChrisD.]

Search for Asus in this sub forum.

 

[robj20]

If I were doing that I’d hardwire the second router (really a wireless point) and place it in a separate room.

Then why waste your money buying an all in one device when you could just buy an access point.

 

[Avalon]

Plugging in a router that operates within the same power limits as another will not magically improve range, if you genuinely wish to improve coverage, look at hard wired mesh or multiple AP’s.

 

[spile]

Then why waste your money buying an all in one device when you could just buy an access point

Location, location, location

 

[ChrisD.]

Hi guys i recently got 910 vodaphone broadband package and wondered if using the router as modem and plugging in asus ax5700 would be an upgrade in the range department. Also my speeds go from 800s to 300 feom one side of the house to the other?

Unless you need the functions of another router, simply buy an access point and mount it upstairs centrally. Look into UniFi, but there are others. I would read into Asus as mentioned, very shady company and with a history of security issues where their networking kit.