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Thanks for this... I started on normal broadband and then switched to fibre... without any router upgrade so I suspect I am not getting the most out of my network.
It's connected with a normal phone cable rather than an ethernet cable so should be all good...
chrisbmx116-
I think "fibre" over the phone cable is VDSL or VDSL2 or something. Have a google of those and modems for some ideas.
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Without any router upgrade or without any modem upgrade?
I've got BT fibre and have a combined modem/router. I've switched off the router part of it and switched it to bridging mode with a Nighthawk R7000 doing the routing, wireless etc.
Previously I had Sky fibre. They provided a separate modem and router. So I just used the modem and connected that to the Nighthawk.
Both times the modem was fine to get the quoted speeds (38mb I think)
Anyway. It's unlikely that the supplied modem will be a bottleneck if you're just using it as a modem
What speeds do you get if you connect a PC/laptop via an ethernet cable.
aggi
duncs
If you're planning to use the Airport Extreme as a router then you don't need the EdgeMax router.
There are basically three components:
Modem - takes in the signal from your phone line/fibre and converts it to a web connection and outputs an ethernet port.
Router - sends the traffic around the network, manages the address of everything that's connected, etc.
WiFi access point - allows devices to connect wirelessly and passes them on to the router.
In most cases the box from the ISP does all three (not that well).
Something like an Airport Extreme does the router and wi-fi bit.
An EdgeRouterX just does the router bit
A Unifi AP (favourite of this forum) just does the wi-fi bit
If you have internet through your phone line you can probably (I wouldn't guarantee it) replace the ISP box with one of these http://www.broadbandbuyer.com/store/modems/adsl-modems/ and plug the Airport Extreme into it.
If you're on fibre I'm not sure if you have an alternative to the stock ISP box put into modem mode.