iPad Pro iPad Pro so fast I had to get a new 802.11AC Router

[TheRealAlex]

So I get my new iPad Pro 11” and can’t put it down now for 2 weeks when I’m home. I’ve got Netflix in 4K streaming on my TV, and web browsing on my 11” Pro while my PC is downloading Steam and Battle.net updates. Besides my Alexa and Sonos and Washer and Dryer that are on WiFi and my Hue lights. My Linksys router was starting to feel the strain.

Time for a Quad Core 802.11 AC MU-MIMO wireless router and boy what a change. Everything is instant now no buffering.

Anyone else needed to upgrade. Their wireless yet ?

It was on sale $249 a last Friday

https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Nigh...6-b57f-605b9f524636&pf_rd_t=301&pd_rd_w=IvATH

 

[Porterhouse]

I probably need a new router. <sigh> I have cable-based Internet, and the company in question likes to bully everyone into using their routers. I declined--vehemently.

Now it's five years later. How old was your Linksys? I have one now, but occasionally when I go to stream a video, it will buffer and freeze. This is mostly on my tv, as I rarely watch videos on my laptop/iPad etc. Yet when I do a speed test, it always comes back and says that my wifi is fast. Could the router be the problem?

 

[coolbreeze2]

Historically Netgear is very slow to upgrade their software to work with MacOS and iOS updates. When High Sierra was released it took Netgear months to finally release a compatible update for my Netgear Nighthawk. They did much better with Mojave and it's working. Hopefully they have learned their lesson.

 

[gsmornot]

So I get my new iPad Pro 11” and can’t put it down now for 2 weeks when I’m home. I’ve got Netflix in 4K streaming on my TV, and web browsing on my 11” Pro while my PC is downloading Steam and Battle.net updates. Besides my Alexa and Sonos and Washer and Dryer that are on WiFi and my Hue lights. My Linksys router was starting to feel the strain.

Time for a Quad Core 802.11 AC MU-MIMO wireless router and boy what a change. Everything is instant now no buffering.

Anyone else needed to upgrade. Their wireless yet ?

It was on sale $249 a last Friday

https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Nigh...6-b57f-605b9f524636&pf_rd_t=301&pd_rd_w=IvATH

I went instead with a commercial firewall and multiple access points around the house. Things like your washer and dryer would land on my untrusted VLAN. iOT devices don’t live on my internal network. Neither do the devices my kids friends bring with them. A new router can be a nice thing. My router is only dual core but it does gigabit symmetrical with traffic shaping and whole house ad blocking in addition to a few other things. Enjoy your new speed.