still wondering if a newer router is necessar.

[faye]

Hi

I got a TP-link wr740 wireless router
From a fiber connection 1000 mega bit /sec

I have :
Sony Xperia z
IPhone 5
IPad / mini
IMac
Asus zenbook prime win8

I am wondering if a newer router can boost the speed

 

[ch33zw1z]

Are all those devices connected wirelessly?

Do you have a TP-Link WR740N?

This router is limited to 150Mbps on the 2.4Ghz range for WLAN, and 10/100 on the LAN.

You're not going to find a consumer grade router that will keep up with the 1Gbps link, but a router upgrade to something that has dual band WLAN (2.4Ghz and 5Ghz) may help share the load on the wireless and make it feel "faster". This depends on whether or not your devices can connect to the 5Ghz WLAN.

Something with gigabit LAN would be nice, but since the WAN link on SOHO (small office/home office) devices is 10/100Mbps, it's not neccessary. This changes if you want to stream media between devices on the LAN/WLAN (not streaming from the internet)

Does the internet access feel slow? All devices slow? some devices slow?

 

[AnonymouseUser]

For wireless, your speeds will only be as fast as the slowest client, so upgrade any G clients. Upgrading the router to N300 would also be faster, but any G or N150 clients will slow everyone else down. Dual-band is good if you are able to upgrade the clients as well, and the 5GHz clients will not be slowed by the 2.4GHz clients.

That said, this N300 router does Gigabit WAN and LAN, and can be flashed with DD-WRT or OpenWRT: TP-LINK TL-WR1043ND

 

[AnonymouseUser]

N600 dual-band with Gigabit WAN and LAN and OpenWRT support: TP-LINK TL-WDR3600

 

[azev]

I am so envious, gigabit to home, WOW !!!!