On Jul 13, 2023, at 8:37 AM, Beth Phillips <beth.phillips@...> wrote:
Based on your recommendations we may give the AT&T equipment a try first, then go from there if we feel it¡¯s not giving us the signal strength or speed expected.
That¡¯s what I did. The only reason I changed was the WiFi didn¡¯t give a good signal out on the deck and at the farthest side of the master bedroom where we have a TV+Roku.
AT&T gave me a rebranded Arris BGW210 router. The box is annoyingly large, probably because it supports both Ethernet and POTS. (We don¡¯t have POTS.) ?My son got a different, smaller, nicer, POTS-less Arris when he signed up for AT&T fiber a couple of years ago.
Our router is old enough that they no longer push out updates, so if we do end up needing one, it¡¯s probably time to upgrade.
That¡¯s reason enough to get an upgrade. Old routers are a juicy target for malefactors setting up botnets, and many of the older ones had terribly insecure firmware.
L^2
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Lee Larson
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