Where can I get an ERL in Penang?

I want to give it a try!

My current home network is as follows: -

1) 100Mbps TIME Fiber
2) D-Link DIR-850L (came with TIME package) as main router to assign IP & routing. I have the WiFi radio turn off. I don't like the limited feature & cannot use DD-WRT firmware!
3) Use Aztech HomePlug 500Mbps to wire to 3 rooms for 3 APs.
4) Living room - TP-Link Archer C7 v2 as AP (5GHz only).
5) Room one - Linksys EA2700 as AP (5GHZ only).
6) Room two - Apple AirExpress 2012 Gen2 as AP (both 2.4GHZ & 5GHz)

With laptop direct connect to DIR-850L, I can get close to 100Mbps speedtest to time.com. However, thru my iPhone6S connected to Archer C7 with channel 149 at 80MHz channel width, I only roughly get 75+Mbps downlink & 80+Mbps uplink.

I want to try a "better" wired router.

This post has been edited by wafer: Aug 9 2016, 04:52 PM

ERL maybe an over-kill in my home. Let me check more on ER-X.

My biggest problem of the D-Link router is that QoS is not working. The moment I setup QoS, it kills the network speed down to ~8Mbps.



This post has been edited by wafer: Aug 9 2016, 05:32 PM

I have a question on ER-X with SFP.

The TIME.com Fiber comes with a Huawei EchoLife HG8240H ONT. Since ER-X has a SFP port, can I plug the fiber optic directly into ER-X without an ONT & set it up to run?

Hi meh-man,

There is no short answer to your question. If I needed to redo my whole network again, I could: -

1) Plan for >100Mbps fiber boardband,
2) Use Gigabit switch, LAN & CAT6 cables,
3) Use dedicated wired router to manage DCHP, routing traffic, QoS, etc.
4) Use WiFi APs to cover all 3 floors (diff SSID). WiFi-AC at 5GHz channel is rated at 867Mbps, but range is much lower than WiFi-N at 2.4GHz.

Note. It is too early to consider mesh-Wifi (Eero or Luma)! No point paying premium to be their lab rat...!