this may be the wrong board but here goes. i have 13 cameras connected to my cable modem the n600 3700 model and that modem has 22 devices total connected to it total to get out to the internet. my cameras seem to be loseing a lot of frames and dropping the feed, so i'm thinking this is a lot of traffic and what i would like to ask is this. will iit be better if i was to get a different type modem or router and connect my cameras to that and then connect my camera software to that device. and then somehow connect that router to my cable modem for the internet so i can then view the cameras when i'm gone? if this would make it better to help keep the camera on and the traffic off the cable modem is there a setup somewhere i can get to help with doing this? or will thes just not wrok and i may as well leave well enough alone? thanks for any ideas and help. bp

> [...] maybe now that i have extra ports available i may just plug the> dvr into the new router directly [...] Adding a cheap Ethernet switch would provide more Ethernet ports.

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aa3815ea
Aspirant
Aug 06, 2018
Its too bad they don't have a way to check your LAN connection to see if errors are occurring on any of the ports. I need to find one that does because I am also having problems with connections to my DVR and streaming video.
- corvairbob
  Tutor
  Aug 08, 2018
  so can anyone tell me if this model will be good for connecting the cameras on and then to the n600 3700 modem?
  
  NETGEAR Nighthawk X6 AC3000 Dual Band Smart WiFi Router
  
  i see that i can connect this to my n600 with a cable and then the n600 is connected to the internet. and then i have the x6 with my cameras connected to that unit. does this sound like it will help my dropped out frames on my cameras? and then when the x6 is connected via the cable to the n600 i shoel get faster speed becasue the n600 is at 60 gbps speed on the internet.
  
  that is about all i know so far. thanks bp
  - corvairbob
    Tutor
    Aug 08, 2018
    1. How are you viewing your cameras (locally or over the Internet)?
    
    2. What is your subscription speed?
    
    3. Adding a router to the existing setup may not help since the C3700 may still end up as a bottleneck. You may be better off using a stand-alone modem and a separate router with better bandwidth.
    
    Regards,
    
    Dexter. i view my cameras at home and away from home.
    
    by subscription speed are you talking about the cable speed that my internet provider is giving me? that is 60gbps
    
    not quite sure about #3 i was hoping i could connect the cameras to the new router by wifi and then connect the tablet i view them on to the new router and get the cameras off the n600. but then connect the new router to the n600 via a lan cable and be able to view the cameras when away from home. and if they are a bit slower when away that should not be a big deal but when i'm home i would like them to not be dropping out all the time. i look at them more at home than i do away.
    
    i hoping that the lan cable and the connections will be able to handle faster speeds so the n600 may be able to get the signal out to the internet faset than just using wifi from the n600 then to the internet.
    
    i think i have to many wifi devices on that n600 so that if is having trouble keeping all of them streaming good.
    
    does this sound about right to you? then router i just got is a Netgear WNR2500-100NAS IEEE 802.11n 450 Mbps Wireless Router
    
    but i have my sights on this router NETGEAR Nighthawk X6 AC3000 Dual Band Smart WiFi Router Gigabit Ethernet
    
    so what one will be the better one? thanks bp

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