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Recommend a good router/modem combo please

Hi All,

So I'm going to ditch the Xfinity gear and buy my own modem/router combo. All brand new to me. I live alone and the only thing I stream for now is music. I have been checking them out and have been eying the Netgear Nighthawk CAX30. I also currently have 3 TPLink adapters and one of them is running my rig for my streamer. Will a new router/modem combo mess with this?

 

Any recommendations on that or any other unit? I should mention my home is just under 2200 sq feet and the signal kinda sucks in my house.

 

Thanks in advance, always appreciate those that take the time to respondsmiley

kingbr

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fastfreight
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Hi @kingbr 

So my digital front end evolved in many ways over about 7 years. I think it all matters and I heard incremental upgrades all along the way.  Today I have a Verizon Modem,  as I agree with some who have said don't fight this issue with the provider.  But, a good LPS on it makes a difference.  I then have a nice switch, again with a nice LPS and then feed my audio.  My wifi Router is separate, an Eero three unit mesh system that works great.  My main systems are wired for audio, but I do run Sonos speakers upstairs off the wifi.

fastfreight
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BTW, I run both the modem and router from linear power supplies connected to a power line that is dedicated to my network gear and music server in a separate room, and only connected to my main system via a fiber optic line that feeds the Roon endpoint/streamer.

+1 @mitch2 !  Very similar for me, except no fiber.  I run a better ethernet cable to my Roon endpoint / streamer.  I run this directly through the walls and avoid cheap wall couplers.  If I do need to couple the ethernet cable I use these from JCAT:

https://jcat.eu/product/net-isolator-gigabit-network-isolator/

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