Originally Posted by
LIH Prem
What speed is your FIOS connection rated at? (What speeds do they promise at your service tier?)
-David
Per my bill from Verizon I'm on a 50 Up/50 Down plan. But, somewhere, likely during a chat with Verizon, I vaguely recall being told that I'm on a 75/75 plan. Either way, I've NEVER seen speeds approaching 50 or 75 on these two laptops. On other devices, I get all over the map. I suspect that's due to volume/use by multiple devices around the house
2020-08-31 Mid-Morning Update. Upon further review of my FIOS bill, I see I have a 75/75 free "upgrade" on my account. So, I suppose I'm at 75/75.
Originally Posted by
LIH Prem
Good idea to get a separate router.
If the TP-link travel router solves your connectivity problems, you might want something faster/better with a gigabit ethernet port. The travel ones are best for travel in a hotel room or to cover a small area. Also the one you bought doesn't support 802.11ac, there's a version of it that does, but if this works better, please consider something better with a gigabit ethernet port and multiple antennas for home use. Keep the travel one for travel.
-David
I'm rarely told that I have a good idea. Thanks.
Based on it's approx. $25 price, I figured this was a good "tester" to attempt to "fix" this problem. I could have sworn I had a 10+ year old Apple Airport Express lying around somewhere but couldn't find it. Perhaps that is a good thing as the Airport Express would have been so old, it would not have been a good tester for this situation. This travel router will at least give me some help/indication of a potential possible fix/workaround.
I appreciate the guidance on getting a non-travel router. I'm at Costco every once and a while and will check (and of course, Amazon ...). I really don't want to spend upwards of $100-$200 on some gaming rig speed/cast a signal all over the neighborhood behemoth. Just something that "works" with these two machines.
I was discussing all of this with a tech saavy neighbor (who was actually an installer for a major company, many moons ago). He couldn't think of why that would be the case. He also said I should just get on FIOS chat and demand a newer/better router/modem from them. Sign a "contract" sure. But, get a newer/better one for free.
Anywho, travel one arrives Tuesday. Until then....
Continued thanks for all advice and ideas.