Are these as fast with lots of users on them compared to connecting a few nice wireless routers to the modem via ethernet to serve users in apt units?
885986
Yes, if your ultimate goal is to ensure that all users are "as fast as" each other. Ultimately, the speed is limited by the maximum bandwidth your ISP provides. This modem has a feature for you to limit the maximum bandwidth that each user can use. This feature is very important and useful because no one single user can "hog" most bandwidth and cause other users to slow down dramatically.
885987
We have 15 of these devices throughout our campus with up to 12 devices hitting one router with great speed.
509075
I never try with N routers but these device have a 150Mbps throughput so they are fast. I use the smaller version of this type for cctv camera. I view 16 camers through the unit and remember its the smaller version.
2280913
They are just passing along bandwidth that exists. If you have a gigabit router they would pass all the bandwidth. It may be best to have your IT person be certain you have access to enough bandwidth overall or via a switch that protects your bandwidth allocation from drain by other users outside class. As far as the radio coverage radius, they are very good. Cat6 hardwire to your class would provide robust connection to antenna. Power over Ethernet is added at the destination (classroom). It will only give you great access to what it is connected to from a bandwidth standpoint.
82774
Unless your buildings are very close to your router, you will be better off running Ethernet cable to each building and then installing individual wifi routers in the buildings. Trying to get a router with a broad range will be very expensive and you will not be able to eliminate dead spots.
1203048
You have to think of these units as replacements for an ethernet cable. No configuration is required and they aren't configurable. Plug the cable from the router into the unit and plug a cable to a network device into the other unit.
1210778
I have these set up on opposite ends of a two story house, and on different circuits. They work well, but you will see a reduction in bandwidth. I am seeing on average around 150Mbits/sec with the units on different circuits. When they are on the same one it's closer to 350Mbits/sec. Still provides much more bandwidth upstairs than the wifi does.
1542313
I was wondering too. I found a comparison at http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30520/79/
1436659
The only difference is two additional Ethernet ports for a total of four that could provide added redundancy and/or faster transfer rates if in use, but probably something you will not take advantage of for a 2 user home network.
1872222
The company i work for has a ddwrt based router that supports 40+ devices. And, I wouldn't consider it as nice as this device.Also, this device has the ability to become a public hotspot, with pay-per-use and everything. So I'm guessing it can handle quite a lot.
2251522
I've got 6 connections and no problem. The router though is not of the highest quality and Ive had issues the last couple of months. In fact Belkin did a firmware update and all across Time Warner cable the modems were not compaitable with the network for 3+ days. I'd recommend trying a different brand.
867788
You should dump all your other AP and use the UniFi as the primary unit connected to your main router. It comes with excellent wireless controller software that is very full featured and one unit per floor should cover an average home. The units load balance and self update automatically.
1622160
To each his own, but in most cases, Belkin is cheap junk and Linksys tends to be better. That said, anyone could easily get a product that is bad from any company. I have had my linksys for 6 years now and I have no plans to upgrade as it has worked nearly flawlessly. Yes sometimes is will go out of sync with my comcast broadband modem but a quick unplug, wait a few seconds and it is back up and running in no time. But considering I very rarely have to do that ever, it is of no concern to me.
1512542
Can tell you that my download speed is 12Mbs and upload speed is 1.5Mbs. If streaming, passing a lot of data so it takes time for buffers to load. The browsers are not the best, they are spongy. Passing text to and from the RPi using Putty is fast. For price and size, it has excellent speed. You have to exercise patience when doing some procedures especially if using Linux. Linux is great OS but runs lots of commands. So it can appear slow. Check Google and Youtube for information. They almost have everything you will need in procedures and programming. Am having trouble with Realtek wifi dongle. Range is very poor. Really enjoy my RPi. Have already bought three. For the money, you can't go wrong. This is the future of streaming. Good luck with the Pi.
1004778
Yes - superior configuration control and superior wireless performance. I'm pulling 887mb/sec over my wireless...
405862
I used a single unit, and to be honest with you I had problems with the 4 wireless units interfering with one another. I think it would be worth spending the extra money to buy something of higher quality. Hope this helped.
948879
According to Arris it should handle better than 300Mbps. No cable providers that I know of provide that speed unless you pony up extra $$$. Of course you'll need a good router that can handle that kind of speed if you are wireless. After a lot of research I grabbed the ASUS RT-AC66U Dual-Band Wireless-AC1750 Gigabit Router. They seem to work happily together feeding 9 wireless devices.
1622151
I agree I tried a Belkin router because for the price it seemed better than linksys. i am constantly restarting the router and looseing connection. I to am returning the belkin to get a lynksys.