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Borrowingsine81
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Is it possible to have a gaming router and another router from let's say one from Sky in the same house?

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7 minutes ago, Borrowingsine81 said:

Is it possible to have a gaming router and another router from let's say one from Sky in the same house?

Yes but there probably wont be much point to that... What are you hoping to accomplish? 

If you are looking for the benefits of a Gaming one while keeping the rest of the network separate I would make the 2.4Ghz frequency as 'Home Main' or whatever and the 5Ghz band 'Home Gaming'

 

Breaking things 1 day at a time

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Gaming routers are mostly marketing BS. All they do is use QoS to prioritize "gaming" devices like consoles. You can achieve the same effect with any router with QoS, which is basically all of them at this point.

 

You can likely still find a better router than what your ISP is providing you, but don't waste your money on the stupidly expensive gaming ones. Just get a good quality WiFI 6 router.

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Just now, Chris Pratt said:

Gaming routers are mostly marketing BS. All they do is use QoS to prioritize "gaming" devices like consoles. You can achieve the same effect with any router with QoS, which is basically all of them at this point.

 

You can likely still find a better router than what your ISP is providing you, but don't waste your money on the stupidly expensive gaming ones. Just get a good quality WiFI 6 router.

Ok

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Just now, Borrowingsine81 said:

Ok

Could u recommend me a WiFi 6 gaming router plz?

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8 hours ago, Borrowingsine81 said:

Is it possible to have a gaming router and another router from let's say one from Sky in the same house?

If you connect a router to a router you will have issue with Double NAT. Also Gaming routers generally prioritize gaming packets, but considering the Sky router will be the one directly connected to the internet, the features of the gaming router really wont be too much help. 

 

You need to see if the Sky router can be put in to bridge mode or pass thru mode. If it can than  your good, if not then I wouldn't waste the money. 

I just want to sit back and watch the world burn. 

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