Wireless Router Question

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Re: Wireless Router Question

Post by Hermskii » Mon Apr 09, 2012 7:13 pm

Sorry. I have no time to dig into the details. I get 6 down and I'm happy. Would faster be better? Yes. Do I want it or need it? Want it yes! Need it no. If the WRT54G is getting speeds of up to 24mb down that is awesome imho.

I don't think I'd pay more for more.
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Re: Wireless Router Question

Post by David » Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:12 pm

I found out that the version 2 of the E4200 is a bit faster which = better. Here the refurbished one.
http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Router ... ewprod.htm

Still, the cost of upgrading the modem and then router = more money than I want to spend.

So I most likely have to pay the $50 for 5mg internet compared to the $45 for 50 mg internet with a 1 year contract.
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Re: Wireless Router Question

Post by Hermskii » Mon Apr 09, 2012 9:48 pm

I misread I think. You are saying you can get 50 down at the same price as your 5mb down except that you have to do a 1 yr contract? Do it!
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Re: Wireless Router Question

Post by David » Mon Apr 09, 2012 11:02 pm

Hermskii wrote:I misread I think. You are saying you can get 50 down at the same price as your 5mb down except that you have to do a 1 yr contract? Do it!
The ony down fall is that I need to buy a new modem and a new router.
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Re: Wireless Router Question

Post by David » Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:11 am

I am not sure, if I did buy the equipment if I should buy a new router for $199 or buy a refurbished router from the manufacturer for $149. The new router would have a 1 year warranty were the refurbished one only has a 90 day warranty?
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Re: Wireless Router Question

Post by Hermskii » Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:15 am

Did not know they cost that much. Don't do it. Keep what you have and live happily ever after. Peace!
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Re: Wireless Router Question

Post by David » Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:21 am

Hermskii wrote:Did not know they cost that much. Don't do it. Keep what you have and live happily ever after. Peace!
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Too late. I ordered a new cable modem Motorola SB6121 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem and a new Linksys Maximum Performance Dual-Band N900 Router (E4200 v2). :?

I ordered and got the next day shipping so I can get it set up before I need to pay my cable bill. The reason is I can tell them (cable company) to renew my 1 year contract with the 50mb plan and save $120 during the next year plus have an increased download and upload speed. I know in the short run I am loosing money, but in the long run, I have been wanting to upgrade sometime in the future with the modem and router. Heck I looked at these products about a year ago as you can on this post (started in February 2011)
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Re: Wireless Router Question

Post by Hermskii » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:05 pm

All that matters is that you know it warms my heart if this makes you happy at all. Good luck. I hope it pays off for you as much as you want it to. Be sure to give us your findings as soon as you can so we'll know whether to take the plunge or not in the future.
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Re: Wireless Router Question

Post by David » Thu Apr 12, 2012 2:30 pm

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This is after I switched to the 50mg plan, and replaced the modem and router.

I hate change... :evil: There is a couple issues I had in changing over but I tried to iron them out.

The one thing I have not yet ironed out yet is the wireless speeds is drastically different from the wired connection. All my computers that are connected by wire is about the same speeds. My wifi computers are only getting 13-17 mb/s. I don't know. I need to eat and go to work and give the computer thing a rest.
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Re: Wireless Router Question

Post by David » Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:27 pm

I did hook my older router up to see what my speed would be and it did drop. With the new router, my speed is around 50 mb/s and with the older but good solid router, my speed was 35 mb/s. Just FYI.

We will see how I like the new internet plan. The downside of the 50 mb plan, is that there is a bandwidth cap per month. If you exceed the 50 gig cap, they will charge me $0.50 per gig over the 50 gig. There is a 90 day "grace period" where if I see that I do not like the plan or that I constantly go over the cap, I can cancel the plan and go back to the 5 mb plan with no cap. During the grace period I can be "forgiven" for the charges on the overage on the cap.
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Re: Wireless Router Question

Post by Hermskii » Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:02 am

Sounds all fair enough to me. I get 6 down and you get 35 down on your slow modem.....poor David. LOL


You must be killed now. you know that right? LOL Enjoy your new connection. Keep us informed.
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Re: Wireless Router Question

Post by David » Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:09 pm

One new and "neat" or possible useful thing about this new router is the guest function. This is router has a guest function. Meaning, while I can encrypt, mac filter, and not broadcast the signal of my router to my wireless devices; this router has a separate signal that I can broadcast that will only grant access to the internet and not my network. They (the guests) would need to know the password. What happens is that when someone tries to pull up a web page, a page will pull up welcoming them to the guest account and asks for a password (that I can easily change) for them to gain access to the internet. It is something like what happens when you check into a motel/hotel.

That can be a neat function. This way, for those computers that I do not want to go through the process of adjusting the mac filter and all, they can just sign in with a password that I give them.
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Re: Wireless Router Question

Post by Hermskii » Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:22 pm

It is a good thing Evil Grin's landlord doesn't have a router like that! Sadly, I'm finding it harder and harder to find free internet these days.
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Re: Wireless Router Question

Post by Hook » Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:12 am

Yeah, I think my new router has the guest function too - I gotta check that.
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