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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 c...
> [...] 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.
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.
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
- 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 60gbpsnot 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 Routerbut i have my sights on this router NETGEAR Nighthawk X6 AC3000 Dual Band Smart WiFi Router Gigabit Ethernetso what one will be the better one? thanks bp
by subscription speed are you talking about the cable speed that my internet provider is giving me? that is 60gbps
I assume you are talking about download speed when you say 60gbps. Since the cameras are going to the Internet the critcal speed would be the upload speed it would seem to me.
Yes, I would think that NETGEAR Nighthawk X6 AC3000 router should work. I'm sure you would have to put your modem in bybass mode.
I was going to suggest getting a modem that has 16 channels downstream and 4 up but since you wanted to make sure you view the cameras remotely then your modem with 8 chs down and 4 up would be just fine.
I have mine working with a NetGear CM500 modem and the R7800 router. But my cameras are on a DVR connected by ethernet to the router. I try to get away from wifi as much as possible.
thanks i have that router in the mail now and when i getit i will see how it goes and let you know. my uplink speed is 5 to 8 gbps and that is about normal from what the cable modem people tell me. they say uplink is not as fast as that is not what we are asking the internet to do most of the time. but even that uplink seems to me to be plenty fast enough for the cameras.
8 of my camera are connected to a dvr but because of the distance i have them wifi to the modem. maybe now that i have extra ports available i may just plug the dvr into the new router directly and see how it goes? that should take some of the wifi of them. i can't do that now as my ports are all busy with other things to keep the wifi free. again thanks 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.
