is this a good router for a livestreamer and youtuber or should i stick with the one my internet provider gave me it works good
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The router works fine on youtube. As far as livestreaming goes; I don't know.
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The simple answer is yes. For a longer explanation though, your router doesn't have much effect on either of those. Generally speaking, all routers do is help you secure and control how your home network functions. What will actually determine how well you can do such activities is the internet package you have with your internet service provider. Higher maximum download speeds will make sure most problems with using those services, if any issues do arise, are not on your end.Basically, if everything's already working fine, no you don't need it.
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This was a router that was recommended that I use with the company Strongvpn.com. I also lived overseas and they provided me with a US IP address. It made my life very comfortable. I was able to get US satellite channels. They also have IP addresses in a bunch of other first world countries. check them out. for me they were worth every penny (BTW, they weren't very expensive).
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This unit is no good when it comes to internet content filter, it is impossible to configure. The wireless router and vpn features work as they are supposed to. The RV04 is a solid router, all features work properly.
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This router does not have qos as far as I am aware. I am currently using the router and getting a fair amount of buffer bloat. I looked for any qos information for it and was unable to find any.
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That depends on your Internet service provider. I have Hughes net not bad for videos and sometimes download but I can't play games. I like it for what it is but I need one to play games on because of Hughes net.
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I bought it for my living room and all my movies are in my WHS2011 and works great.. if you have 1080p video with 7.1 high quality audio ill recommend upgrading your router to a 1gb speed to avoid any lags and slow connection.
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Hi Kavannah.Online video streaming would not be a problem for both these routers. If you want to know more about differences between our E-Series routers, we'd like to share with you a comparison chart. Please follow this link, http://homekb.cisco.com/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?pid=80&app;=vw&vw;=1&login;=1&json;=1&docid;=e1bb6290d41b4ead817488c288329c3f_Product_Comparison_between_E1200__E1500__E1550__E2500__and_E.xmlThanks.Cisco-Linksys Supporthttp://homesupport.cisco.com
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I have the older model of this router and it works fairly well except it doesn't offer good reception throughout my whole house so if you have a fairly large home I wouldn't recommend you buy it. You should also check to see how many devices in your house even support dual band. Because if they don't you would be better off just buying a cheaper 2.4ghz router instead. My phone is the only device that supports dual band in my home so I wish I would have just gotten a cheaper router.
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If you're familiar with Belkin entry level routers its about the same. I live in a two story house with solid concrete walls. The router is downstairs and I get good signal on the side of the upper floor above the router. On the other side of the upper floor I have to use a repeater.
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Betty: I'm not sure what a "universal" router is but I've had this router working perfectly for about 3 months then it started acting up. I had to constantly reboot it. If you are strictly shopping price then go with a another name brand ie. Netgear. In the long run spending a few dollars more will save you headaches later. My review is listed here. I did not care for this router at all. It was made for VISIO tv sets and did not last. Good luck.
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Hi W.B., performance will vary depending on the wireless environment in your home, interference, construction of the home, but this router should work well for you. We would also recommend taking a look at some of our routers with enhanced signal transmission given the size of your home, such as the R7000 or R8000.
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I use the livestream broadcaster. I had issues using the application. It kept overheating the proccesor. But it all depends what you are going to use to broadcast. They are supposed to tell you what you need.
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Hmm I wish I had gotten this one then.Belkin N+ is a good router though and we haven't had any problems with it whatsoever.I would recommend it. But I'm thinking the version2 of this linksys is better.
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i use i phones but had no problems speeds where fine i hooked this up as a second router to use HMA and was very happy with speeds as i use it mostly for video streaming
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Yes I have! I have a 6 year old Netgear router (need to get a newer one) and a $30-40 CISCO USB wireless adapter plugged into the WD Media Player. My computer is in the back of the house connected to the router/internet. My video streams perfectly, no skipping or buffering, just continuous uninterrupted streaming. I don't know what I can say to help.. You tried the automatic detection? Must be that your network has an issue. Is the YouTube software working but not able to see files on your computer?
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probably. this router is junk, imo. look into the asus or netgear as alternatives
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As with any router it will work with streaming video, but this is NOT a very good extender. My previous reviews put this extender as junk as it really doesn't extend very far.