Hello, I just recently moved into the place that I will be staying at for college. The WiFi signal in my room is horrid and I won't be able to use Ethernet since the router is on the downstairs floor and is too far away. I only get 20mbps from my room and want the full 100 mbps. The router here is a TWC provided ubee DDW36C. I don't want to use a range extender as I want minimum ping and maximum speed and don't want to use powerline either. Would buying something like an Asus AC1300 or Netgear AC1200 router give a considerable boost to range over the TWC router?
Question about range with dedicated router vs TWC router
- Thread starter mtown701
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Not likely technically those other router are "slower" the ubee one would be called 1900. Not that it really matters because your end device likely only has 2 antenna/feeds so it will run like one of the 1200/1300 routers anyway.
You would have to look through the fcc fillings to be 100 percent sure but in general most router transmit very close to the legal maximum. You will not see much difference in the distance the signals goes. This is impossible to predict since your house make much more difference than small difference in routers.
Your end device is much more likely the problem since those many times are lower powered and have small antenna. Again you have to dig through fcc data to get actual numbers.
A option I noticed in the feature list is support for MoCA. If you have a cable tv jack in your room you might be able to use MoCa to get the signal. You would have to read the details on your ubee device but you could buy a single remote moca and it would connect to the router. I have never used that brand but the arris ones that do something similar work ok.
If that is not a option powerline based on the newer av2 standard work for most people. I doubt you will get 100mbps even with the so called 1200 speed powerline but you will likely get much more than you are getting on wifi.
You would have to look through the fcc fillings to be 100 percent sure but in general most router transmit very close to the legal maximum. You will not see much difference in the distance the signals goes. This is impossible to predict since your house make much more difference than small difference in routers.
Your end device is much more likely the problem since those many times are lower powered and have small antenna. Again you have to dig through fcc data to get actual numbers.
A option I noticed in the feature list is support for MoCA. If you have a cable tv jack in your room you might be able to use MoCa to get the signal. You would have to read the details on your ubee device but you could buy a single remote moca and it would connect to the router. I have never used that brand but the arris ones that do something similar work ok.
If that is not a option powerline based on the newer av2 standard work for most people. I doubt you will get 100mbps even with the so called 1200 speed powerline but you will likely get much more than you are getting on wifi.
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