Since moving into our house just over five years ago, our network has been the standard AT&T router, and a signal extender in the room I use as an office. It’s worked reasonably well, although there have been times when the television in the office goes into a streaming spiral, and my internet connection is horribly slow.
This was mostly liveable until we upgraded our security system – adding cameras and sensors and all of it connected into the network. At which point the connection in the office wheezed and croaked. The television barely connected and connections into a client’s VPN became unpredictable. For other reasons we had the security company technicians back and I mentioned these issues as he was resetting the control panel. He looked at our set up and shook his head, with the expression you normally see when a doctor’s about to deliver bad news.
Essentially, the router and extender weren’t capable of handling the load.
We talked about options and the technician recommended either Eero or Orbi. Some research showed Orbi is a Netgear brand and as I’ve used Netgear a lot in the past, I bit the bullet and placed the order for a router and satellite.
The one thing that impresses me nowadays is how easy installation is for all manner of equipment. Guided by the phone app it barely took thirty minutes, and that included reconfiguring the network name on the AT&T router so we could reuse the original name on the new system. Next was to check everything connected, and when I turned on the television in the living room, I paused. It was the best picture I’ve ever seen – clearer, sharper, more color depth. The one on the office was the same. It was like we’d bought new televisions as well as a new router.
The VPN connection still has its moments, but given how everything else is working, I’m thinking that’s the clients issue.
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