[Shop-talk] GOOD Wifi access point

[Tony Vaccaro]

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about.

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From: Shop-talk [mailto:shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Karl
Vacek
Sent: Sunday, April 9, 2017 6:25 PM
To: shop-talk at autox.team.net
Subject: [Shop-talk] GOOD Wifi access point

 

I've spent far too much time tinkering with our wifi.  Because we have
Comcast internet phone (which is great), we need to use their router.  Wifi
was OK with a Linksys extender and our previous Comcast/Xfinity Arris
TG792G, but last fall Comcast sent a new router and insisted that it had to
be installed within a month as the old one would cease to function.  Now we
have an Arris TG1682G.

 

Wifi is now poor on both 2.4 and 5 GHz.  Out range extender sometimes can't
even connect unless I carry it closer to the gateway, but there's no place
to mount it at that position.  The old router had the option of setting wifi
power, but this new one gives no access to power settings  - can't even see
where it's set.  Internet is fine - 150+ Gbps every time I test, and my home
network is all Cat6 and runs at 1 Gbit just fine.

 

Sure, I could call Comcast and have their service guys come out (probably
without charge) and possibly replace the gateway, but they do say that if it
works at all they consider it adequate, and that the new gateways have poor
wifi, so I'm disinclined to bother with them.  Neighbors have spread their
wifi over the channels pretty well, and our lots are large, so I've got a
good chance of getting wifi working well if it's on reliable hardware.

 

Sooooo - I want to disable this wifi and buy my own.  I've Googled and read,
but reviews are confusing and I have no idea who's paid by advertisers to
push this one or that one.

 

So many guys on this list are well-versed in IT - what do you experts
recommend for a powerful wifi access point and also one or more range
extenders?

 

Thanks!
Karl

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