I am trying to find an alternative to the very poor DSL service I currently have. There are no wired/cable/fiber options aside from the 1.5Mbps DSL which often drops below .4 Mbps download speed.
I have a complex home network 15+ wired devices and 10+ wireless devices. I have an ASUS RT-N66U router with private and guest 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz wireless networks. I have several smart switches downstream from the ASUS router to provide connectivity to all of the wired devices. I have a Windows 2012 Server that I use as a Media Server and to do nightly backups on the various Windows devices. The Windows Server needs to be the DHCP host for my home network.
So I have been looking at Verizon LTE internet service - I originally thought I could install the LTE service in place of the DSL modem and use the same functionality with my ASUS router - I would just have a different pipe to the internet. As I have investigated the Verizon option I'm finding that this does not seem all that straightforward - there are device limits and requirements to use a Verizon LTE router that may preclude keeping my home network as-is.
The staff at the local Verizon store could not say if or how I might accomplish this...
Any expertise from this forum would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks in advance!
I have a complex home network 15+ wired devices and 10+ wireless devices. I have an ASUS RT-N66U router with private and guest 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz wireless networks. I have several smart switches downstream from the ASUS router to provide connectivity to all of the wired devices. I have a Windows 2012 Server that I use as a Media Server and to do nightly backups on the various Windows devices. The Windows Server needs to be the DHCP host for my home network.
So I have been looking at Verizon LTE internet service - I originally thought I could install the LTE service in place of the DSL modem and use the same functionality with my ASUS router - I would just have a different pipe to the internet. As I have investigated the Verizon option I'm finding that this does not seem all that straightforward - there are device limits and requirements to use a Verizon LTE router that may preclude keeping my home network as-is.
The staff at the local Verizon store could not say if or how I might accomplish this...
Any expertise from this forum would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks in advance!