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9. Unless you have a lot of wood or metal which would block, get the single dual band router.

Tue Oct 11, 2022, 10:03 PM

Oct 2022

Metal as in water heater or air conditioner, wood as in a heavy beam. Change the password and keep it updated.

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I need a crash course in wifi routers. [View all] AndyS Oct 2022 OP

I bought a Netgear router pwb Oct 2022 #1

Buy the router, good idea. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2022 #2

A single router should be enough James48 Oct 2022 #3

Typically if it's a $15/month rental it's not just for the router Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2022 #4

I'm currently operating on 15 mbps and upgrading to AndyS Oct 2022 #6

Eero at Amazon. I bought my own instead of renting. sprinkleeninow Oct 2022 #5

Cable modem? DSL modem? CloudWatcher Oct 2022 #7

DSL to the home. nt AndyS Oct 2022 #10

I'm terrified of changing my router setup bucolic_frolic Oct 2022 #11