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2 PS4 in same house, same wifi NOT WORKING
My husband and I are NOT techies and all we want is to both we able to play against either other online on our respective PS4s in the same house - different rooms. We have xfinity, and just firgured our cheap little router they gave us was the problem. So we picked up this nighthawk router. We got the moderately priced option. Fearing the cheapest would be too weak, but we live in a small apartment so we didnt want the heavy duty one either. We got home and hooked it up like it says in the booklet. It is up and running just fine. IT WONT LET US PLAY TOGETHER. It keeps kicking us saying we dont have internet, yet when we run the net work connection test, it looks to be connected at top speed. PLEASE help. This is the only reason we bought the router and it doesn't seem to be helping! Did we get in over our head or can this still be set up to work?Solved4.1KViews0likes2CommentsNetgear R7000 and R8500 comparison for gaming
I'm considering to buy a new Router-only. I need it to have a very strong signal for a very large house and I want it to be specifically though for gaming (QoS, low lag etc...) And the worst issue I currently have is that when I'm gaming I have to ask everyone else in the house to avoid using the internet or I start lagging very high. So I would like the new router to mitigate this as much as possible! To compare the two I've used the comparison feature here: https://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/?cid=wmt_netgear_organic In the R700 I can see things like these that are not available in the R8500: Advanced features for lag-free gaming Upstream & downstream QoS for best gaming & video streaming experience Airtime fairness prevents network lag when slower devices connect I do not know what those features actually are and how effective they are for gaming. Also the R700 specifically talk about gaming while the R8500 doesn't. Can you tell me which of these is the best suited for gaming and why / how? (or if there are other models that are even better?) I'm aware there's a big price difference. I just want to get the best device I can for my two needs (WiFi for big house + best gaming experience possible) and I'm fairly ignorant of these things and need advice. Thank youSolved6.7KViews0likes13Comments