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AndyS

(14,559 posts) Tue Oct 11, 2022, 07:19 PM Oct 2022

I need a crash course in wifi routers. [View all]

I'm changing Internet providers to pick up more speed and less $$. The new service requires me to rent a wifi router if I want to use wifi. $15 a month. I see routers listed on Amazon from $30 up so I'm thinking buy one instead of renting.

My house is 1100 sq feet and two story (600 sq feet per floor, live on top floor), I stream using ethernet on the Smart TV and my desktop; the rest is a cell phone, a tablet I use as a cookbook and a laptop I use for email and light browsing as I drift off to sleep. The longest distance from the router would be 50' max. I live alone and max number of devices on wifi would be 3 with one active.

Advice on selecting a wifi router?

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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

There you go! Or if they're giving you the modem (certainly possible) just take that Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2022 #8

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

Unless you have a lot of wood or metal which would block, get the single dual band router. Lithos Oct 2022 #9

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