On Mon, Jan 30, 2017, 08:36 Stewart Russell via talk <[email protected]> wrote:
> So my WRT-350N decided to stop being a router last night and to start > being a brick instead. All ports and WiFi appear to be dead. People have > discussed the latest and greatest here - so what's the best basic router > for: > > * enough wireless range for a smallish two storey house; > > * able to connect and configure about 15 wireless clients and 4 wired (one > wired in a DMZ) > > * probably going to stick with stock firmware, as the Linksys one on the > WRT-350N was pretty much okay for the last 8 years; and > > * would be nice if it wasn't unholy expensive, was available retail today, > and was likely to last at least another 8 years. > > My network setup is very simple: just internal IPs assigned by MAC address > via DHCP, and locked in the router. Yes, I manually copy /etc/hosts files > about: don't judge. It worked fine until the router went kablooie. > > I'm wondering if I even need a router, though. The Sagemcom box from > Teksavvy (rented from Bell) has WiFi and four LAN ports. What does having > my own router do for me? > > Recommendations and advice welcomed. Assume I have no idea what I'm doing > if you haven't already. > I recently bought a ASUS RT-AC55U 802.11ac Wireless-AC1200 because it was rated a best buy by Consumer Reports. It was on sale at Canada Computers for $100. Ivan. >
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