Who ever is telling you that you need to replace your router every 2 to 3 years
is smoking crack.
I would say honestly 4 or more is perfectly fine for most. The standards just
don’t change that frequently and there’s not much in them to break over time.
I left my airport in service for 5 years and before that my D-Link router
served me for about 8. I give these to my parents and they lasted them even
longer, my airport is still inservice today at my mother’s providing her new
place lots of coverage and my D-Link is still functional at my fathers going on
12 years now. The reasons to upgrade are if you increase your connection speed
and your existing model won’t cut the mustard or obviously if it breaks. Other
than that it’s not really that beneficial. Sounds like a router salesmen gave
you that advice.
Asus makes some decent gear, good choice. They also use the SMA
connector type so adding better antennas is easy and inexpensive and requires
no tools. You probably have a smaller house so your existing gear will do just
fine. I’m working with almost 5000 SQFT which is hard to cover when you add in
building materials. I’m ordering a plume WiFi distributed system for my place
so I’ll have an AP in each room.
We don’t switch them out even that frequently in the professional world.
> On Jun 8, 2017, at 3:37 PM, Joseph Hudson <jhud7...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Will Scott, the routers that we have her Asus brand. And it worked really
> well. My parents haven't had any problems since they but that particular
> brand. It tends to last 2 to 3 years which is the lifetime of expectancy of a
> router according to technicians at six places such as Best Buy. Which she's
> had that thing since I have so I'm going to talk to her hopefully later and
> let her know that it's time to replace it.known her in anyway.
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>> On Jun 8, 2017, at 2:25 PM, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The two have nothing to do with each other.
>>
>> The included antennas with routers only provide on average 3DB of gain. So
>> whether she gets a new one or an old one it’s going to have the same issues
>> if we’re dealing with a propagation or building materials problem. What
>> might be most helpful is if she or you posts what kind of router is in use
>> now. Sure it may be worth replacing but if the poster can save a few bucks
>> that’s not a bad thing. Also, you very well may replace the router with a
>> new one and be in the same boat. Stock antennas are pretty much garbage
>> with some exceptions but the cheaper the router the less quality antennas
>> are attached. And $34 isn’t exactly a bunch of money, just about a 3rd the
>> cost of the low end router you found for $100. So what would I do, in a
>> perfect world do both. Then she’ll have a better router and the propagation
>> issues will probably be solved at the same time. Also, when you upgrade the
>> router the next time as long as you use the same connectors you can reuse
>> the antennas and not need to buy new.
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>>
>>> On Jun 8, 2017, at 3:20 PM, Joseph Hudson <jhud7...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Scott, what would you rather do, go spend a bunch of money on antennas,
>>> that are possibly going need to be replacing over and over again? Or would
>>> you rather go buy you a new router that's a lot faster, and okay for itself
>>> and 2 to 3 months depending on how much it is. I'll just point this out, my
>>> brother about a year ago, but our wireless router from Amazon for 100
>>> bucks. Or at least that's what he founded for.
>>> Joseph Hudson
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>>>> On Jun 8, 2017, at 2:12 PM, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Or, you could spend a lot lot less money and upgrade the antennas if your
>>>> router supports it. I just bought 4 superpower supply antennas that
>>>> provide 4 times the gain than the ones included. Cost all of $34 US from
>>>> amazon and they have the SMA connectors already as part of the units.
>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 8, 2017, at 3:07 PM, Joseph Hudson <jhud7...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello Helga, I think we've talked about this before and I think we came
>>>>> to the conclusion that you need to upgrade to a different wireless
>>>>> router. I would be glad to discuss with your father and you about new
>>>>> routers if necessary. It Is replacing the Internet router would probably
>>>>> be something that your parents would have to do seems house as to where
>>>>> you live is where your parents are. And they pay for your Internet. So it
>>>>> would have to be something that they would have to do. Seems how you
>>>>> still live there. Sorry for posting such a off-topic post, but I figured
>>>>> this would be helpful information for the people that have already tried
>>>>> to possibly assist her as I'm still catching up on messages.
>>>>> Joseph Hudson
>>>>>
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>>>>>> On Jun 8, 2017, at 7:36 AM, Helga Schreiber
>>>>>> <helga.schreibe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all! How are you all? So by reading your message Scott, the new Mac
>>>>>> with touch bar is not great at all! Well guys, I was thinking in getting
>>>>>> a new Macbook computer. I need a Mac computer with a great processor
>>>>>> guys! My MacBook Air is great,but for some reason I'm having issues
>>>>>> with wiFi at my room, but when I'm out of my room not issues at all. And
>>>>>> also my MacBook Air does not have insurance. So I was thinking in
>>>>>> getting a MacBook Pro 13 inches with 16 gigs ram. I heard for someone
>>>>>> that the 2015 MacBook Pro 13 inches has a processor of 2.7, and it
>>>>>> differs with the 2016 MacBook Pro 13 inches, that only has a 2.1
>>>>>> processor. Is this information true? My MacBook Air 11 inches is a 2015
>>>>>> model. So I was planning to purchasing on December a 2015 MacBook Pro
>>>>>> 13 inches without touchbar since I'm not goign to be use to the touch
>>>>>> bar at all! I use USV a lot for accessing info for school, and I'm
>>>>>> not willing to buy adaptors for it. I look forward in hearing from you
>>>>>> soon! Thanks so much and God bless!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Helga Schreiber
>>>>>> Group Moderator
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
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>>>>>> "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that
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>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone 7 running IOS 10.1.1
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jun 3, 2017, at 12:01 PM, Sandi Jazmin Kruse <sandi1...@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If mind serves correctly you can get the new laps with out the
>>>>>>> touchBar at all, how is the sound on the new generations?
>>>>>>> Usb situation sucks, but you can get adapters.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sandie.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 6/3/17, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Wow, that's just screwy. I was actually going to purchase a new
>>>>>>>> 13-inch MBA
>>>>>>>> this summer, but the cable situation really does sound like a
>>>>>>>> show-stopper.
>>>>>>>> And given the big deal that Apple made about switching to a lightning
>>>>>>>> port
>>>>>>>> on the head phones, it was very stupid of them to create a situation
>>>>>>>> where
>>>>>>>> you can't use their headphones on their own computers. This is really
>>>>>>>> too
>>>>>>>> bad. I won't try a Chromebook, so it may be back to Windows for me.
>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>> Donna
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Jun 3, 2017, at 6:35 AM, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I hate to say this about apple but I’m not going to give someone a
>>>>>>>>> pass
>>>>>>>>> where it’s not deserved either. I’ve been using a 2016 latest model
>>>>>>>>> laptop with the touch bar and finger print censor now for several
>>>>>>>>> weeks
>>>>>>>>> and I need to say, I hate it. That’s something I thought I wouldn’t
>>>>>>>>> say
>>>>>>>>> but the fact is I do. Reasons are as follows.
>>>>>>>>> The touch bar triggers when your fingers are on the row of physical
>>>>>>>>> keys
>>>>>>>>> below. The finger print censor also triggers Siri and also fires
>>>>>>>>> when you
>>>>>>>>> touch the keys below. You also end up starting Siri when you want to
>>>>>>>>> start or stop voice over.
>>>>>>>>> The light bar doesn’t work the same in virtual machines as it does on
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> Mac proper.
>>>>>>>>> The ports are a joke. Everything is USB-C which renders all my
>>>>>>>>> previous
>>>>>>>>> adapters and connectors useless. The power cable now uses USB-C
>>>>>>>>> instead
>>>>>>>>> of mag safe (which I like better). The lightning ports on all the
>>>>>>>>> phones
>>>>>>>>> and other devices feel just like USB-C with a slight size difference
>>>>>>>>> so
>>>>>>>>> I’m for ever using the wrong cable on the wrong port. All your
>>>>>>>>> included
>>>>>>>>> cables with your devices are USB 3.0 the older standard and don’t fit
>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> the USB-C port, you can get adapters but they aren’t included.
>>>>>>>>> While I like the lightning port for headphones now instead of 3.5 MM
>>>>>>>>> jack, the new laptop doesn’t include a lightning port so you have to
>>>>>>>>> use
>>>>>>>>> different headphones.
>>>>>>>>> The things I do like are the battery life is very good, it’s very fast
>>>>>>>>> and the new processors do very well running virtual images. But it’s
>>>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>>>> not fun to use. My mid 2015 model is so much more enjoyable to type
>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>> and all my cables work. Apple your laptops this year are a miss in my
>>>>>>>>> opinion. I won’t go back to windows but I bet I could be convinced
>>>>>>>>> to try
>>>>>>>>> chrome books or something else.
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