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N300 WNR2000v3 Firmware upgrade - will I need to reconfigure router?
I haven't updated the firmware on my N300 WNR2000v3 router since I first set it up in 2013. The router has been working just fine. All I have connected is one Surface laptop, one printer and one ip...
> [...] I guess I was unnecessarily concerned about my old router and
> slow internet.Digital TV uses digital compression to cram a higher information rate
into less bandwidth. Old analog TV (US, NTSC) used a 6MHz channel.
Nowadays, with computers at both ends, that same bandwidth can
accommodate much better picture and sound. Happy viewing.
The DSL modem is a VisonNet model M405E.
I'll wait and see on doing the router firmware upgrade ... and I'll check out the release notes before I upgrade.
I read that older routers do not support the "ac wifi standard" and that "ac wifi" helps with speed?
I'm guessing that my WNR2000v3 doesn't do the "ac wifi"?
I also read that routers with 5 GHz (a dual band router) also help with speed?
So, with only 10 mbps available from my ISP, I'm just trying to get every bit of that 10 mbps to support the Fire TV Stick.
I appreciate your advice.
Thanks!
> I read that older routers do not support the "ac wifi standard" and that
> "ac wifi" helps with speed?
>
> I'm guessing that my WNR2000v3 doesn't do the "ac wifi"?
All true. Might all be irrelevant, too.
> So, with only 10 mbps available from my ISP, I'm just trying to get
> every bit of that 10 mbps to support the Fire TV Stick.
Sure, but a bottleneck is still a bottleneck. With a new router,
your wireless stuff could be "ac" on 5GHz (instead "n" on 2.4GHz), but,
for communication with the outside world, I'd still expect your (slow)
DSL service to be your bottleneck. Infinitely fast wireless speed
wouldn't change the speed of your ISP connection.
I set up my Fire TV Stick 4k device and it's working great with my WNR2000v3 router and my 10 mbps DSL internet.
I didn't do the router's firmware upgrade and see no reason to do it now.
I'm surprised that I don't have any issues with the video streaming. I guess I was unnecessarily concerned about my old router and slow internet.
I appreciate your answers to all my questions.
Thanks!
> [...] I guess I was unnecessarily concerned about my old router and
> slow internet.Digital TV uses digital compression to cram a higher information rate
into less bandwidth. Old analog TV (US, NTSC) used a 6MHz channel.
Nowadays, with computers at both ends, that same bandwidth can
accommodate much better picture and sound. Happy viewing.Thank you for your advice.