Speaker 2
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Speaker 1
Hi. I have, I just called technical support. I have an old router and I'm looking to replace it actually. I'm just having some other issues with it that are, I mean, it's working right now, but the issue is I couldn't even just log into the thing. It's like from 2013. So, what I'd like is some support help on purchasing a a new router. I mean, a recommendation. Do you guys do that? Yes. Correct. Yeah, yeah. I mean, so I have at least six devices. I'm just, I'm not good in the networking. I'm a software engineer turned electrical engineer.
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Speaker 2
Thank you for calling. Link sys My name is Gerald. Now recommendation We can suggest a peer reader if you give us like the information, like how many devices you have.
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Speaker 1
[silence]. [silence] So I do have some sense about things, but just not much when it comes to network for whatever reason. So it always went over my head. Uh but anyway, um I have six, currently right now, six devices directly connected to the router. It's a Wi-Fi router of course. And um it's on my second floor. So I purchased uh some time ago a device that um takes the router and feeds it in through my electrical wiring within the house, so I could get direct connection in the basement through an electrical outlet. So I get my internet through an electrical outlet because it couldn't reach from the second floor into the basement and I didn't want to move it to the middle floor. I didn't want to move my router anywhere because I've got - being an electrical engineer, I've got a lot of direct connect devices to it. Um I also have a Wi-Fi extender, um, so I can get, um, access when I'm outside and such. So, so I guess high priorities and requirements would be, be great if I could trash that electrical connection that I've got in my house. So for a router that would actually reach down into my basement, um, one. Two, have to handle, I'd say minimum of, I don't even know, this might be beyond, uh, reasonable, but handle a minimum of eight direct connect ports on it. And, um, and as far as other items connected to it via Wi-Fi, at least, at least say a dozen to two dozen. We're heavily, heavily, heavily use a router in this house. It's amazing we got away with this one for so long. square footage of the house is 3320 square feet. Yeah. Up and down is probably, well, flour. So you got 10 foot ceiling on the first floor. This is up by middle of the ceiling here. I don't know. I'll say at least 20 25 feet from router to basement floor. [silence]
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Speaker 2
800, 1,200, 3,000, 200. Up and down. okay. All right. Got it. All right. So, what I'm going to suggest is that get the MX 207. That's the model number currently.
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Speaker 1
OK, so let me, uh, can you please repeat that number again? M X 2 0 M. Did you say M S? Oh, M S. S as in Sam or F as in Frank? OK. M X 2 0 M S. Yep. M X 2 0 and I'm sorry, what at the end? OK, now I'm just going to repeat it one more time. So it's, uh, Mary X 2 0 M e a r y S a m 3.
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Speaker 2
that's a Wi-Fi 6 router cover 6,000 square feet because it come with a two extender sure that's MX20M3 number three. number two. Three at the end. number three. So MX20M number three.
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Speaker 1
Okay. All right, I will go. Yeah. In mesh router compared to other things. Yeah, no, no, there's other questions. What is a mesh router compared to any other Wi-Fi router? Okay. Okay. So final question is, when I go and purchase this router, will there be someone there to help me set it up? I mean, if I call.
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Speaker 2
You got it right. Yes. That's the one. The good thing about this one is this is a mesh router. Um, okay. You have other questions now? No, no other questions? Oh, okay. I see. So the mesh router is that, this again comes with it two extenders so that two extenders will work in the same network. You don't have to configure the name, the setting unlike with extender or another router. You'll have to configure their settings. This one have one settings. One single figure as a mesh router. So it the other two will just an extension of the um the main tower. Um main router.
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Speaker 1
and just go through the settings. okay. okay good good very good thank you so very much appreciate all your help. i usually stick by linksys products i always have so that's my second a third linksys router up there so this would be my fourth. i had a uh a little switch network switch as well that handle adding on the additional ports as i was talking about. um so yeah all all good stuff so i really appreciate your time and uh have a great day. Thank you. okay bye-bye. [silence]
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Speaker 2
Yes, uh, this comes with three years pre-support and three years warranty. Currently, I think it's, um, before it was $300, but this one is $129.99 on Amazon, and it's still in stock. [silence] You too, have a great day. Thanks so much. Take care.
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