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If not interested in the Intel Stick, Wireless1 also have it by itself for $575 here
Guess you buy this for the E-Pen… I mean the Intel Stick :)
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but this router is one good if you have multiple AC clients.
The Mu-mimo support isnt there yet?
And which compute stick?
If its the z3735 then its rubbish. The z8300 maybe $100.
5 people in a house and they're all streaming different things
Would the humble R8000 not work which can be had for around $200?
Shhhh… Netgear are trying to sell $600 routers when a $200 one does quite well as it is…
any link to this $200 R8000? cheapest on staticice is $279?
@Diji1: No I bought the R8000 on an in-store Officeworks promo at $230'ish, about six months ago. Was thinking it's RRP would have come down to $200ish after the launch of R8500.
oops. i am one of that households, with 6 people. things do take a while to load and very choppy but i thought it was just my internet connection :x might need an upgrade, my Netgear DGND3700 is about 4 years old..
Don't think about WAN bottleneck - too geeky - buy new AC router and adapters if only to not get left behind. Also don't worry about terms like theoretical or ideal conditions - just go for highest numbers.
@AlexF: i dont know what that means :( i did set up my router but only the very basic settings as computer lingo is lost on me, i wish i could just pay someone like $20 to set up and optimise my router for me haha. I have a NBN connection though, do you know a good router that can connect well with 10 devices at once?
@kza2610: I was being sarcastic - there's a lot of marketing associated with new AC stations.
You need to get an idea of your throughput bottlenecks - most likely your WAN if you're steaming videos.
If you're still keen on improving your WLAN, read SmallNetBuilder website for best MU-MIMO Access Point advice. Advice for mobile station is easier - currently, the only MU-MIMO USB adapter is Linksys WUSB6100M.
Listing states the router is not compatible with fttn nbn connections. A quick Google has given me zero answers as to why. Does anyone know? Also is it just fttn or fttp and fttb connections that are affected as well?
Additionally, any info on which compute stick is in the bundle? Listing doesn't state anything about it in description.
A very basic way of putting it is that NBN are using several different methods to deliver NBN and some of them are not following the standards. This is causing some routers to be not compatible.
I know that TP-Link released a model that they advertised as being compatible before NBN changed the protocols. Now the only way to fix it is to release a new router since the hardware is not compatible. I've seen it happen in many fiber to the basement installs.
DrayTek are a very good option and work with everything.
Jesus christ can't they just give the customer an ethernet port to use ffs.
That'll cost an extra $20 billion.
This was my first thought the other day when I heard certain routers weren't NBN compatible. I'm astonished they could be so stupid as to not have an ethernet port to allow people to use other devices.
Thank you. But it doesn't explain why it isn't compatible and whether fttp and fttp will be affected too. As far as I've seen with nbn connections and the right telco, all you need is a wan port and that's done. Some telco have an authentication in place so their specific gateway is needed.
I'm just using a pair of old WRT54GL routers (large house with a metal bean necessitates two) and my Telstra cable router (Netgear CG6300 which is AC1750 with custom Tesltra firmware)
The Telstra router firmware is buggy as all hell and requires workarounds for stability and functionality like turning off the DHCP server and using one of the WRT54GLs to serve DHCP because the Telstra firmware doesn't honour static IP address reservations. But I have those workarounds. And for the clients that can use N or AC it does the job just fine. I can have 4 devices streaming, an and an Xbox download and tablets or phones browsing via wired all happening at once without issues. Can't imagine I'm going to get a significant advantage out of this monstrosity. At most 4 people using the network at a time.
Looks good…but a still a little bit out of my price range considering 8 yr old modem (11g) does the job, so something like a TP-Link VR600 ($189 + $50 voucher) would be a massive jump (and don't need a compute stick)
geebles. $600 for a router. what do people do that requires them to need this magical device. Genuinely curious, not criticizing :)