- Mar 20, 2016
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Good evening all,
Newbie here first off. Looking for some advice in some gear to build a home network that will have some growth potential.
I want to get a wired router to mount in the garage because that is where all the cat5 cables are already wired in a nice network closet. Then most likely use current wifi router as an AP in the house.
Currently only pay for 20mb internet and it speed test to that regular. So I dont need gigabit stuff, but Im figuring I will want it for future upgrades.
I have a NETGEAR N2000v2 in the garage now acting as my main router and have several rooms of the house plugged into it so I can plug ROKO and tv's in directly. At the entertainment center, I am using and old router as an switch (The wifi is dead in it) to plug in all the main entertainment systems.
Since the wifi router is in the garage, it doesnt work well in the house. My old router wont work anymore except as a switch.
I have been looking at some of the consumer gear and small business routers.
I found the TP-R860, which looks great and cheap, but I am not sold on the quality and its 100mb.
Also looking at the Ubiquiti Edgerouter lite, but I am not a network professional, but think I can get it to work.
Id like to build a wired unit in the garage, a switch if necessary, and an wifi AP.
Thanks for your time and any equipment recs.
Newbie here first off. Looking for some advice in some gear to build a home network that will have some growth potential.
I want to get a wired router to mount in the garage because that is where all the cat5 cables are already wired in a nice network closet. Then most likely use current wifi router as an AP in the house.
Currently only pay for 20mb internet and it speed test to that regular. So I dont need gigabit stuff, but Im figuring I will want it for future upgrades.
I have a NETGEAR N2000v2 in the garage now acting as my main router and have several rooms of the house plugged into it so I can plug ROKO and tv's in directly. At the entertainment center, I am using and old router as an switch (The wifi is dead in it) to plug in all the main entertainment systems.
Since the wifi router is in the garage, it doesnt work well in the house. My old router wont work anymore except as a switch.
I have been looking at some of the consumer gear and small business routers.
I found the TP-R860, which looks great and cheap, but I am not sold on the quality and its 100mb.
Also looking at the Ubiquiti Edgerouter lite, but I am not a network professional, but think I can get it to work.
Id like to build a wired unit in the garage, a switch if necessary, and an wifi AP.
Thanks for your time and any equipment recs.