Question Contracted, slow ISP for apartment complex... will 'TMHI' help this way?

[DFWallace]

We live in an apartment complex in south east CT and unfortunately have a contracted ISP (very slow) for all residents (@$100 for phone, web, & TV). The whole-house router is an Arris Touchstone 'TG2472'.

My son and I have been online PC (FPS) gamers with Cox cable in RI in the past and want to get back into it. We have a new fast PC (Falcon-NW 'Tiki' w/5090 nVidia) with an Asus 'UCDM' 27" OLED monitor.

Would a potential setup be like this:

TMHI 5G Gateway (a 'Sagemcon Fast 5688W'... is this the fastest of their models?) RJ45 cat8 connected to a dedicated gaming router like the Asus Rapture GT-AX6000 and connected to the PC, and NOT to the whole house Arris router? TMHI gateway LAN to the Asus router WAN? In Asus router settings, enable QOS, & prioritize my MAC or IP address. (Or optional, DMZ the router in the TM's gateway settings to possibly reduce NAT issues (no support of full bridge mode)? ).

Other folks here posted that lag improved with a gaming router in the loop.

I don't know much about this at all. So, hope I get suggestions and hand-holding. Thanks.

-Brian

 

[sdifox]

Err gaming router is a gimmick. If you are limited to condo broadband, not much else you can do.

As to TMHI 5GHz, it would depend on your reception at your place. Network congestion on 5G is a concern as well. Latency would be a concern as well.

Have you actually tried playing games with your condo broadband?

 

[mindless1]

If I understand correctly, you want to abandon use of the site wifi and ISP plan, and instead use a cellular data plan? That will have very high pings which is the issue with gaming, not how fast the router is in client-router throughput.

If you then doubled up the ping times by also using a new router connected to it for wifi to the client PCs after the cellular bridge, worse still.

Is there an ethernet run to the apartment? If so, best is use a switch to ethernet connect the two gaming systems. If they must be wireless, then any decent router in the apartment to the gaming systems, and with them being the only traffic on your own wifi network, you shouldn't need the settings you mentioned, though if there are other people also needing to use that wifi, then sure, prioritize your systems on it.

 

[DaaQ]

We live in an apartment complex in south east CT and unfortunately have a contracted ISP (very slow) for all residents (@$100 for phone, web, & TV). The whole-house router is an Arris Touchstone 'TG2472'.

My son and I have been online PC (FPS) gamers with Cox cable in RI in the past and want to get back into it. We have a new fast PC (Falcon-NW 'Tiki' w/5090 nVidia) with an Asus 'UCDM' 27" OLED monitor.

Would a potential setup be like this:

TMHI 5G Gateway (a 'Sagemcon Fast 5688W'... is this the fastest of their models?) RJ45 cat8 connected to a dedicated gaming router like the Asus Rapture GT-AX6000 and connected to the PC, and NOT to the whole house Arris router? TMHI gateway LAN to the Asus router WAN? In Asus router settings, enable QOS, & prioritize my MAC or IP address. (Or optional, DMZ the router in the TM's gateway settings to possibly reduce NAT issues (no support of full bridge mode)? ).

Other folks here posted that lag improved with a gaming router in the loop.

I don't know much about this at all. So, hope I get suggestions and hand-holding. Thanks.

-Brian

If your phone is TM I am assuming T-Mobile, what 5G speeds and latency do you get with it?

I have a coaxial Sagecom gateway, it is in bridge mode, or as my company calls is "baselined" model F@ST 3696 DOCSIS 3.1 modem. It is 3 or 4 years old, has a 2.5G port. Has been very reliable for me and boots up fast.

No Idea how the cellular compare.

 

[DFWallace]

Sorry for the confusion of my post.

Mindless 1, DaaQ, sdifox ... No, we're keeping existing ISP for wife. The T-M 5G Nokia Gateway is strictly for son and I for PC gaming. The Gateway will be connected directly by Cat8 RJ45 into my PC ethernet port. The Gateway will have a WaveForm 4x4 indoor antenna adapter kit to boost the signal. I will shortly check signal strength thru the computer room window. (and no gaming router)

 

[JackMDS]

First thing to do.

Take a laptop (or desktop),,load it with this https://www.highspeedinternet.com/tools/speed-test

Then connect it via cable directly to your house Internet enrtry source.

If the source is too low, then it does matter what you do there after it will not work.