Need coaxial cable router for multiple guests (wifi hotspot)

[thatmoney]

Back story: My boss recently asked me to install this new router he got. Ok, easy like pie plug it in the modem turn it on and configure some settings in the router. I was very wrong, he had an linksys ea6900 which apparently a bad router. It indeed was, the thing some how did not want to connect to the internet through the modem for some unknown reason and the guest feature of the route did not implement the password that was put on it. Lets just say after messing with it for an hour it was infuriating and i was about to chuck it across the room. Eventually I told him that the router sucked(not to bluntly) and that i would recommend him some other ones.


Actual Question: I need a router that can support a decent amount of people but, not too expensive because my boss wants to provide wifi to his customers. Any ideas?

I have looked at some on best buy that Motorola offers they don't have a guest access that you can setup.

 

[navalweaponsofficer]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320091&cm_re=n66u-_-33-320-091-_-Product

 

[thatmoney]

That is not a coaxial cable router. A coaxial cable router requires it to be plugged into a f-type connector on a coaxial cable.

 

[bill001g]

You are extremely limited in router choice when you need a device that contains a cable modem. Almost all the device you will find are made by motorola or under license to motorola so there is not a lot on the market. Their very latest gateway has guest wireless, SBG6782, and run 802.11ac. It is not a cheap device and it not as advanced as only a router at the same price point. You are still best off trying to get a seperate router and modem to work.

Note guest wireless is not what most people call hotspot. The only password control it has is the preshared encryption key you uses for guest wireless ssid. You need a completely different type of system to run a real hotspot and these generally require a server since the router itself does not provide the function.

 

[navalweaponsofficer]

Yes the router I recommended does not have an F connector however either does the router you discussed in your post. You did not address what you needed the coaxial cable to do for you. Coaxial cable can be used as the primary source for your internet connection however it can also be used for and has been in the past used for internal network infrastructure connections such as 10base2 or 10base5 (this is typically very old infrastructure) since you did not convey what you needed the coax to do I figured it was an incorrect title. so do you need the router to have an internal cable modem? if you were trying to hookup a wireless router to a cable modem why do you need a wireless router with a cable modem? or do you need a coax Router (good luck finding that 10base2 or 10base5 are obsolete)? please tell us more about what you are trying to do and what you currently have so that we can provide you useful information.

 

[thatmoney]

The technology in this restaurant is not up to par with the rest of the world. It does have a separate modem and in which I tried to get a regular cat5e router to work through the modem but, for some odd reason I got no internet connection when i plugged in a cat5e cable to the back of the modem and to the router. My boss also had an old arrigs cable router/modem that did get internet connection through cable but, for some really odd reason when I went to turn on the 2.4ghz broadcast it would apply the settings and never actually turn it on. Yep so, now i am here trying to find a cable router for my work.

 

[navalweaponsofficer]

some modems lock themselves to the mac id if the first device connected. I assume their was a non wireless router connected before and that it worked. the modem is likely locked to that mac id. This is why many routers have the ability to clone mac id addresses from the computer. contact the ISP and see if they can release and refresh the mac id that is locked to the modem. I have had to do this twice when changing routers. then I just started cloning mac id's so that I would not have to deal with it anymore. (you just have to remember which computer you used for the clone) you also may be able to manually enter the cloned mac id address if you can do that enter the mac id from the original router the one the worked.

 

[thatmoney]

Ok i will give it a try. Once the mac id is released and refreshed, do i just do a normal setup from there?

Edit: Then the other question would be if this dos work out and that is the problem, what router should I recommend to my boss, that has a guest wifi account?

 

[navalweaponsofficer]

I would reset the router to default settings. Then do the setup. you do not need an AC router for free wifi as that is much faster than the internet connection and USB adaptors can support. the one I recommended is one of the top rated N routers and is plenty fast enough. you can also install custom firmware on it for more customizing however the asus firmware will do everything you need it to do.

 

[thatmoney]

Ok thank you for the suggestions, my boss will be taking the old router back and purchasing one of the Asus ones.