Will adding a router after a combo box improve performance

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Recyclingfreak

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I am planning on adding a router to my house via an ethernet cable. I live in a guest house and my landlord lives next door. She has a modem/router (DSL) from centurylink. My house is too far away to receive wifi signal so I will get my own router. She's fine with that. When I hook it up I will disable the DHCP and change the IP address. She also complains that her Internet is slow. My question is if I get a fast router (such as an AC1750) will it perform better than say an N300 or is the performance tied to her combo box?
 
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If you were to connect your PC to the ethernet cable that is the fastest performace you can expect. It is likely limited by the plan that is being paid for or in some areas it can be the old style DSL can not run faster.

My guess is a n300 box will run just as fast as a ac1750 because the internet connection will be the bottleneck. Check and see what you get on the ethernet cable if it is less than say 30m then likely you can use the cheaper device.
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If you were to connect your PC to the ethernet cable that is the fastest performace you can expect. It is likely limited by the plan that is being paid for or in some areas it can be the old style DSL can not run faster.

My guess is a n300 box will run just as fast as a ac1750 because the internet connection will be the bottleneck. Check and see what you get on the ethernet cable if it is less than say 30m then likely you can use the cheaper device.
 
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