- Nov 24, 2011
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I currently own and use an Asus RT-AC68U in my network. The only problem I have is the range. It is not really too short, but I just need it in my room, which has terrible connection at the moment. The connection to 2.4Ghz, the only band that reaches my room, disconnects regurally. Very annoying.
I am willing to spend some money on a Range Extender or something like that. Problem is that I've already had one, which didn't work at all on this current router, and bad on my previous router.
To give you a view of my situation
---------------Roof------------------
My room:
Need WiFi for phone and laptop
2,4Ghz (5Ghz if possible)
Current situation:
Bad 2,4Ghz connection
No 5Ghz connection
--------------First floor-------------
My brothers and mothers room:
Need WiFi for their phones as well
2.4Ghz (5Ghz if possible)
Current situation:
Mediocre 2,4Ghz connection
Bad 5Ghz connection
--------------Ground---------------
Our home network:
2 Desktops
Network connected TV
Network connected AV-Reciever
Xbox
MediaPlayer
and, ofcourse, the Router
Current situation:
Excellent 2,4Ghz connection
Excellent 5Ghz connection
---------------------------------------
On my router I use
- Dual band private network
- Dual band Guest network
Basicly send out 4 SSID's
- Mac filtering for private network
My previous range extender (the TP-Link WA830RE) didn't connect good with my 2.4Ghz internal network (which I wanted to extend to reach my room). I tried lots of settings to make it match, but it just doesn't seem to work properly with Mac filtering.
I accepted that this device isn't worth trying anymore. Mainly because the times it did work, on my previous router from my ISP, it seemed to be killing my brother WiFi on his phone somehow, which made him shutdown the device all the time. Couldn't find out why it did that. Probably something with struggling to pick the device to connect to.
Today I still have a terrible connection in my room. I want to improve that by buying a decent range-extender / repeater or whatever I need. Since I have an Asus router, I was looking at the Asus EA-N66. I like the fact it also has dual band, which might even make a 5Ghz connection to my room (which is profitable at my home since I have 200Mbps download speed).
Does anyone know anything about this device? What will I be able to accomplish with this device. I would like to accomplish the following points in this order:
- Extended Private network (2,4Ghz) (working with existing MAC filter)
- Extended Private network (5Ghz) (working with existing MAC filter)
- Connected wirelessly to the current router (I have no ethernet cabling on multiple floors)
- Connection wired possible (in case I will ever get cabling on the other floors, or move houses)
- Extended Guest network (any or both bands)
Budget is up to €100,-
note: I live in Holland, so currency is €€€ euro's and links to newegg or amazon are useless
Story is a bit messy, but I hope I made myself a little bit clear.
Any help is welcome,
Thanks
I am willing to spend some money on a Range Extender or something like that. Problem is that I've already had one, which didn't work at all on this current router, and bad on my previous router.
To give you a view of my situation
---------------Roof------------------
My room:
Need WiFi for phone and laptop
2,4Ghz (5Ghz if possible)
Current situation:
Bad 2,4Ghz connection
No 5Ghz connection
--------------First floor-------------
My brothers and mothers room:
Need WiFi for their phones as well
2.4Ghz (5Ghz if possible)
Current situation:
Mediocre 2,4Ghz connection
Bad 5Ghz connection
--------------Ground---------------
Our home network:
2 Desktops
Network connected TV
Network connected AV-Reciever
Xbox
MediaPlayer
and, ofcourse, the Router
Current situation:
Excellent 2,4Ghz connection
Excellent 5Ghz connection
---------------------------------------
On my router I use
- Dual band private network
- Dual band Guest network
Basicly send out 4 SSID's
- Mac filtering for private network
My previous range extender (the TP-Link WA830RE) didn't connect good with my 2.4Ghz internal network (which I wanted to extend to reach my room). I tried lots of settings to make it match, but it just doesn't seem to work properly with Mac filtering.
I accepted that this device isn't worth trying anymore. Mainly because the times it did work, on my previous router from my ISP, it seemed to be killing my brother WiFi on his phone somehow, which made him shutdown the device all the time. Couldn't find out why it did that. Probably something with struggling to pick the device to connect to.
Today I still have a terrible connection in my room. I want to improve that by buying a decent range-extender / repeater or whatever I need. Since I have an Asus router, I was looking at the Asus EA-N66. I like the fact it also has dual band, which might even make a 5Ghz connection to my room (which is profitable at my home since I have 200Mbps download speed).
Does anyone know anything about this device? What will I be able to accomplish with this device. I would like to accomplish the following points in this order:
- Extended Private network (2,4Ghz) (working with existing MAC filter)
- Extended Private network (5Ghz) (working with existing MAC filter)
- Connected wirelessly to the current router (I have no ethernet cabling on multiple floors)
- Connection wired possible (in case I will ever get cabling on the other floors, or move houses)
- Extended Guest network (any or both bands)
Budget is up to €100,-
note: I live in Holland, so currency is €€€ euro's and links to newegg or amazon are useless
Story is a bit messy, but I hope I made myself a little bit clear.
Any help is welcome,
Thanks
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