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May 24, 2020
11:56:28pm

garyfan Truly Addicted User

For a house that size, you may want two routers. That’s why we have

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Time

Best Router for 3800sq ft home?

jkgteg

5/24/20 11:39pm

Orbi. Best router I have ever had. I got the one with built in modem and I only have one extender.

5/24/20 11:42pm

RE: Orbi. Best router I have ever had. I got the one with built in modem and I

jkgteg

5/24/20 11:53pm

I have the Nighthawk mesh system and wish I'd have gotten the Orbi.

5/25/20 12:44am

After thinking about it a bit more, the Nighthawk mesh system has been good. It

5/26/20 8:55am

one point to remember if you get a single modem.

shuaige

5/26/20 8:59am

Get a mesh system. Google WiFi, orbi, etc

cracka

5/24/20 11:44pm

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JimmyZ

5/24/20 11:44pm

Get a Google WiFi mesh router solution.We love ours.

Veracruz

5/24/20 11:52pm

For a house that size, you may want two routers. That’s why we have

garyfan

5/24/20 11:56pm

We are looking at 6 in our 9700 sq ft, they say the beach has some effect on

byu1

5/25/20 12:01am

I wouldn’t be surprised if your kid transmitted wifi while outside the home with

conetah

5/25/20 12:18am

Radio waves are lower frequency than even visible light.

cougfrvr

5/25/20 6:08am

Look mr science. I have my mba and have spent years doing medical sales, I know

conetah

5/25/20 7:44am

I was in the exact same situation before we left Monaco for Dubai 7 years ago

Y05

5/25/20 6:16am

I use the Asus 6800x for my home.

conetah

5/24/20 11:58pm

Are the maids quarters a separate stand alone building? They might make a diff

byu1

5/25/20 12:02am

Ugh. TNT no likey. At all

TNT

5/25/20 10:20am

Google WiFi mesh

5/25/20 12:06am

Same question for my three 10,000 sq foot homes.

Samsonite

5/25/20 12:10am

Humble Brag

carcoug

5/25/20 12:12am

All depends on location. Newport Beach vs Idaho or Ogden

byu1

5/25/20 12:36am

Not anywhere I know of where a newish 3800 sqft home costs less than $500K.

5/25/20 12:43am

Nigeria.

toadie

5/25/20 4:31am

Eero Pro 3-Pack

GlueBoggles

5/25/20 1:05am

A lot of good recommendations, one more option

bythenumbers

5/25/20 5:31am

I've had problems with tp link and speed. Mine drop speed from my modem to

jaredm

5/25/20 6:50am

I've heard that can happen

bythenumbers

5/25/20 7:38am

Some good thoughts were discussed earlier here

Reedme

5/25/20 6:51am

I don't know how you guys have problems. My 4300 Sq ft house is easily covered

Harbinger

5/25/20 6:54am

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Hambone

5/25/20 7:26am

i have the same modem

shuaige

5/26/20 8:17am

Yeah same modem same story

bythenumbers

5/26/20 8:38am

Have never installed my own router/modem—have always just used equipment installed by the internet service

hamaca

5/25/20 7:56am

If your service is with ATT, you will still need to have the gateway they

Y05

5/25/20 8:39am

Don't just unplug it though because usually you're renting that equipment.

5/25/20 9:06am

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