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eden2012

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So I will be installing this baby in my gaming pc after years of bad time dongle wifi http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320173
I will also be getting an AC router.
Which router would you recommend for low latency gaming, fast HD steaming and multiple devices?
I have comcast and I NEED to get a certain modem or it wont work(trust me, there's tons of stories that the modem must be compliant) so how much will the modem affect the router? I need a router with a phone port (my dad loves house phones for some reason) and has to be cheaper than 200 dollars.
Comcast gives us about 30MBps and I currently get about 5MBps with my current N router.
Please help me find one and explain some things to me. Thanks :)
 
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That cable is only used for DSL connections. The plugs have the ability to run 6 and 8 wires respectively. Since DSL only uses 2 they only put 2 in the cable the others would never be used. You can if you want use a cable with rj11 on both ends and it will physically fit into the rj45 jack and work correctly because the middle 2 pins line up.

The confusion you have is RJ11 and RJ45 are related to physical wires, and not the electrical signalling going on over the wires. DSL and ethernet are very different things and a simple cable will not convert between them. This is what the modem does is convert the DSL to ethernet. Be nice if DSL never used RJ45 jacks......then again there are a number of other things that also use RJ45 that...
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With that adapter, I would get the ASUS RT-AC68U router -- that would be the best pair of 3x3 capable AC devices (in fact the only 3x3 capable AC pair available). You should have no issues with using it on Comcast. It is very close to $200 and you should be able to get it around that during the upcoming sales around Thanksgiving.

HERE is a review on the 68U. The only other comparable unit would be the Netgear R7000.
 
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The modem and the internet will be the KEY factors in how fast it runs. Your current router is already many times faster than the internet so a new fancy 802.11ac router will be exactly as slow. Not sure why you are only getting 5m. If you are getting that with a wired connection then you have a issue with your ISP. If it is wireless then you have a interference issue the solution is the standard change the channel and hope to find a free one.

If your current router is not dual band then you may get a benefit out of 802.11ac only because you can now use the channels on the 5g range.

The problem is the 5g band does not have as much coverage in most houses. This means 802.11ac may run worse...and if you use 2.4 then you can only run 802.11n which is what you already have.

The only time 802.11ac is a advantage is when you need to transfer data via wireless WITHIN your house. In these cases you can get data from a server located in the house to other machines in the house much faster.

I have not seen a 802.11ac router with a VoIP phone port. Right now there are not a lot of routers on the market because the standard will not be finalized for a few more months and some of the manufactures are waiting until first part of next year. I would see if there is a way to use your current router for the phone which makes it easier to find a router. Since you like asus for your card the corresponding AC router is liked by many people. The ones from tp-link and linksys are also very well respected routers. You will not see significant difference between them. I think they all use the same exact chipset inside.
 
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My router is a modem and a router. The "combo" makes both half assed hardward
 
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That cable is only used for DSL connections. The plugs have the ability to run 6 and 8 wires respectively. Since DSL only uses 2 they only put 2 in the cable the others would never be used. You can if you want use a cable with rj11 on both ends and it will physically fit into the rj45 jack and work correctly because the middle 2 pins line up.

The confusion you have is RJ11 and RJ45 are related to physical wires, and not the electrical signalling going on over the wires. DSL and ethernet are very different things and a simple cable will not convert between them. This is what the modem does is convert the DSL to ethernet. Be nice if DSL never used RJ45 jacks......then again there are a number of other things that also use RJ45 that are not ethernet.

You should be able to put your current "router" into bridge mode which will make it operate as only a modem. You could think of it as a rj11-rj45 converter but of course it is doing much more.
 
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