Hi,
A guy from non-tech background and you may consider me a beginner, but not that much. xD
A fair warning: I'm a complete noob in wireless networking. So there are going to be a lot of questions in this thread. You may grab some popcorn & beer and laugh at me.
:cheers:
I recently moved to a place of my own [3000 sq.ft. , 4 bhk] and I want to setup a proper wireless network here. So I need a router with good coverage area. The signal should be strong throughout my house.
(Thinking of getting Asus RT-N66U Dual-Band Wireless-N900 Gigabit Router since it's top of the line and feature packed. But if it's overkill for my requirement, please let me know & suggest a proper setup)
This is my first time getting a WiFi router or going wireless for that matter & have no history related to it. [I just know how to connect to a WiFi network and use the Internet. xD]
To start with, I need WiFi so that I can connect my phones/tabs/laptops/TVs etc. to it for the internet connectivity.
What all I have & wish to connect:-
Samsung Smart TVs x 3
Laptops x 2
Tablets x 2
Phones x 5
Consoles x 2
A gaming rig (will use the ethernet port to connect this)
My current ISP is "YOU Broadband/Telecom" and I'm using their 50mbps plan which has 50GB FUP limit with 1mbps as post speed. They say it's fiber optic. They have their machine/modem/whatever on the rooftop of my building from which the cable comes and connects to my PC's ethernet port. (Explained this so that you'd know what kind of line this is since I don't know sh#t. Please let me know)
I have Movies, TV Shows, Personal Media collection of about 9 TB in total distributed across 3 x 2TB USB3.0 External HDD, 1 x 3TB USB3.0 External HDD and my PCs hard drive. Almost all of the media is of 1080p standard.
What I want to do here is access & stream this media on all my TVs via WiFi. If possible, on my other devices as well.
Please tell me how I can do it.
Now here the questions come:-
My ISP requires me to login (PPPoE) in order to use the internet. This is windows dialogue where I have to put the username & password they provided me with in order to connect to the internet. Sometimes it gets logged out automatically if I'm connected for a long time. In such cases, I have to reconnect manually by putting username & password again.
Q. So I won't have to do this once I setup WiFi, right?
Q. Since I want to watch movies on my TV by streaming over WiFi, does it use my internet data? Or does it stream via the radio signals? As you know I have a very limited data plan (50GB) at 50mbps, I don't want it all gone because of Streaming. So please tell me how it works.
Q. If I want to access my media of 9TB on all my 15 devices, how can I do it?
Q. Is it possible to stream a movie on one of my TVs and simultaneously stream a different movie on my other TV? My point here is can I access different data at the same time on different devices? If yes, please explain how to do it.
Q. I do a lot of online competitive gaming. Mostly CSGO where ping is a big issue. I don't want to f#ck up my ping by using WiFi. Please tell me how I can keep it stable.
Q. Is there any way I can throttle the internet speed for other devices connected to the WiFi when I am gaming so I won't face any ping/lag issues?
Q. Does it affect the ping if someone else is streaming a movie on their TV and at the same time, I am gaming?
I know it's a TL;DR but I'd appreciate your kind answers, explanations, guides and honesty.
One last question,
Q. What came first? Chicken or Egg?
XD. JK.
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
STR-V
A guy from non-tech background and you may consider me a beginner, but not that much. xD
A fair warning: I'm a complete noob in wireless networking. So there are going to be a lot of questions in this thread. You may grab some popcorn & beer and laugh at me.
:cheers:I recently moved to a place of my own [3000 sq.ft. , 4 bhk] and I want to setup a proper wireless network here. So I need a router with good coverage area. The signal should be strong throughout my house.
(Thinking of getting Asus RT-N66U Dual-Band Wireless-N900 Gigabit Router since it's top of the line and feature packed. But if it's overkill for my requirement, please let me know & suggest a proper setup)
This is my first time getting a WiFi router or going wireless for that matter & have no history related to it. [I just know how to connect to a WiFi network and use the Internet. xD]
To start with, I need WiFi so that I can connect my phones/tabs/laptops/TVs etc. to it for the internet connectivity.
What all I have & wish to connect:-
Samsung Smart TVs x 3
Laptops x 2
Tablets x 2
Phones x 5
Consoles x 2
A gaming rig (will use the ethernet port to connect this)
My current ISP is "YOU Broadband/Telecom" and I'm using their 50mbps plan which has 50GB FUP limit with 1mbps as post speed. They say it's fiber optic. They have their machine/modem/whatever on the rooftop of my building from which the cable comes and connects to my PC's ethernet port. (Explained this so that you'd know what kind of line this is since I don't know sh#t. Please let me know)
I have Movies, TV Shows, Personal Media collection of about 9 TB in total distributed across 3 x 2TB USB3.0 External HDD, 1 x 3TB USB3.0 External HDD and my PCs hard drive. Almost all of the media is of 1080p standard.
What I want to do here is access & stream this media on all my TVs via WiFi. If possible, on my other devices as well.
Please tell me how I can do it.
Now here the questions come:-
My ISP requires me to login (PPPoE) in order to use the internet. This is windows dialogue where I have to put the username & password they provided me with in order to connect to the internet. Sometimes it gets logged out automatically if I'm connected for a long time. In such cases, I have to reconnect manually by putting username & password again.
Q. So I won't have to do this once I setup WiFi, right?
Q. Since I want to watch movies on my TV by streaming over WiFi, does it use my internet data? Or does it stream via the radio signals? As you know I have a very limited data plan (50GB) at 50mbps, I don't want it all gone because of Streaming. So please tell me how it works.
Q. If I want to access my media of 9TB on all my 15 devices, how can I do it?
Q. Is it possible to stream a movie on one of my TVs and simultaneously stream a different movie on my other TV? My point here is can I access different data at the same time on different devices? If yes, please explain how to do it.
Q. I do a lot of online competitive gaming. Mostly CSGO where ping is a big issue. I don't want to f#ck up my ping by using WiFi. Please tell me how I can keep it stable.
Q. Is there any way I can throttle the internet speed for other devices connected to the WiFi when I am gaming so I won't face any ping/lag issues?
Q. Does it affect the ping if someone else is streaming a movie on their TV and at the same time, I am gaming?
I know it's a TL;DR but I'd appreciate your kind answers, explanations, guides and honesty.
One last question,
Q. What came first? Chicken or Egg?
XD. JK.
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
STR-V
