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Getting the right router for fiber optic cable
We just moved into a new house in rural America. The ISP is a coop which ran fiber optic cable to our house. They said we don't need a modem due to being fiber optic and said we need to supply a ro...
Generally fiber terminates in an ONT ("optical network terminal") that gives you an ethernet internet connection, If the coop includes phone services, there might also be a phone jack.
Do you have something like that? If you do, the Nightwork will work.
Are you a COSTCO member? They have COSTCO only versions of Netgear routers that are a little less expensive.
You will not need all that much for a 25/25 connection. But I am not sure how well you will be able to stream HD movies on 25/25. And the load of a few devices will not require all that much either. A few R7000's will probably suite you just fine. But how many and where they are placed will be determined by your floor plan.
The higher and closer to the center of the house for your main router the better the coverage it will provide and the less likely it is you will need more than one for the house. The farther you are away from the router the slower the wireless network speed will be, but with only 25/25 it won't make much difference as long as you are getting signal.
Recommend you have network cables run throughout the home to every room while you are expanding the home. Also run a network cable out to the workshop. Recommend you use CAT7 cables because they are very high speed, have less signal loss over distances and they are only a little more expensive than CAT6 cables. Also do not use less than CAT6 cables. The cable system should terminate where you place your main router.
You may need only one R7000 for the house and one R7000 for the workshop depending on the house layout. But if your ISP runs your Internet to one side of the house, instead of to the center, and the house becomes spread out you might need one more R7000 run in Access Point (AP) mode connected by network cable running to the opposite side of the house.
There is an additional new piece of hardware that you should consider. Netgear has started making something called Orbi. These are units you spread out in the house and they work together to give you wireless network coverage. One of these could be placed in your workshop. COSTCO sells an exclusive three piece set and two piece sets are available at other retailers.
https://www.costco.com/Netgear-Orbi-AC3000-Tri-band-WiFi-System.product.100318832.html