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Hi,

I am wanting to set up a wireless ac network as I heard they are the most powerful. If I buy a wireless ac router and wireless ac card will it work or is it dependent on my motherboard? Can you recommend any ac routers?

Another question is I am using it as a second router to boast the signal of my not so great wireless n (I think) router the cable company provides (I can't switch it out unfortunately). If I have the line going from the wireless n router to the wireless ac router will I still be able to pump out a wireless ac signal or will the n router bottleneck it. My Internet is pretty fast so I don't think that's a problem.

Thanks!
 
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No AC doesn't depend on your motherboard, unless you are using a motherboard based WIFI receiver.

Unless there is something that the cable ROUTER doesn't do that you need, you will probably be better off using that router and an access point. Separate the router functionality from the WIFI functionality. If the WIRED connectivity does everything you want then stick with it. There are lots of threads here about hit-or-miss functionality when bridging a device that is usually used as a router. I don't think the vendors test that capability very rigorously and people seem to have a lot of issues.
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Disable it because there are only so many frequencies available and that way they won't compete with each other.
If you have a lot of walls, you may be better off using powerline networking and either directly connecting or put a lower cost WIFI access point where you need coverage.
 
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Hi,

I used to use PowerLine adapters but they interfered with my TV signal and the cable company said to remove them lol. It fixed the TV after removing them haha. So two networks would be a bad idea? Can I set them to be on different bands?
 
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Unless you are going to separate the two WIFI sources by significant distance, I don't believe you will benefit from two WIFI sources.
You can use different channels within each band. But I am failing to see what benefit you believe you will gain.
 
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Hi. Thanks for the help :) I'm going to try and put it in the ceiling on the floor below. The problem is the wifi signal is terrible on the bottom floor. How would I use different channels?
 
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WIFI generally radiates out rather than up and down. The antennas are built that way. Are you planning on pulling an ethernet cable for your ceiling mount? If so, then I would recommend a wireless access point like this -- https://www.ubnt.com/unifi/unifi-ap-ac-lite/ Looks like a smoke detector and is powered through the ethernet cable. And is intended for ceiling mounting.
 
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No AC doesn't depend on your motherboard, unless you are using a motherboard based WIFI receiver.

Unless there is something that the cable ROUTER doesn't do that you need, you will probably be better off using that router and an access point. Separate the router functionality from the WIFI functionality. If the WIRED connectivity does everything you want then stick with it. There are lots of threads here about hit-or-miss functionality when bridging a device that is usually used as a router. I don't think the vendors test that capability very rigorously and people seem to have a lot of issues.
 
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