Reddit reviews ASUS (EA-N66) Dual Band N450 Ultra-Fast Wireless 3-In-1 (AP, Repeater, Ethernet Adapter) Adapter With High-Power
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Versatile 3-in-1 Function: Access Point, Wi-Fi Bridge, and Range Extender ModePowerful Dual-band 3x3 Operation Delivers Extreme 450Mbps Wi-Fi SpeedSelectable 2.4GHz/ 5GHz Dual-band Reduces Wi-Fi Interference for HD MultimediaPatent Orthogonal 3 Dual-band Antenna Design for high power and best Wi-Fi coverageQuick and Easy Setup with ASUS New UI
I do not like Netgear products. I consider them to be cheap, and not worth the cash.
My personal choice are Asus routers.
With a large area to cover, I suggest you go with 2 items.
Put your router at the center, or close to the center, and the repeater on the edge of your house nearest your garage.
This combination would put you at $255 total USD and give you some really great coverage.
I have Comcast here. Google just said they are moving in a bit south of my city, so Comcast is shitting bricks. (bricks have been shat)
They upgraded everyones speed for free, but it won't matter.
Oh, the point of this reply was to tell you what to do. Buy a motorola surfboard 6121 (just a recommendation) and call them and say "I have my own modem, I need to activate it." they will ask you for the MAC address which is on the bottom of the modem (sticker) and then activate it. No more rental fee and a much better modem, then get yourself a RT-N66U router and an ASUS usb adapter which is what I have, and I am at 300Mbit connection (max for the adapter) and I download games on Steam at 7 MB/s. Or you can opt for the adapter that is too fast for USB, and it plugs into your Ethernet port - has good reviews but I have not tried it (I think it has realtek cards inside, and shiny ASUS plastic on the outside)
Keep in mind, you set up the 2.5Ghz band then tab to 5Ghz band - I named mine DO NOT WANT and ASUS5G - the usb connector has software that shows the signal level of each band, and it uses them both to achieve 300Mb/s. The router will do 900Mb/s which I don't believe they make adapters for yet. It is an amazing router, and well worth the price.
Let me know if you have questions.
Okay...the router looks pretty sketchy, but at least it's wireless N.
I used this in the past for my desktop, and now that mine is hardlined, it is on my wife's desktop. It is a beast, and will pair well with much nicer equipment when you move out.
Also has a MIR right now it appears. I dunno, I bought it full price.
As far as appearance, just like it looks like in the picture, it is black, gray, and has a blue LED light on it.
An access point is a wireless device that you simply plug into an existing network that already has a router(eg firewall). If the college already has a firewall and is providing you an ethernet port to plug into then you really just need a WAP, not a router.
You can end up with some issues plugging a router in behind another router. Skype probably won't for example.
It doesn't look like the y50 has ethernet.
This would probably do the trick for you:
http://www.amazon.com/EA-N66-Ultra-Fast-Wireless-Repeater-High-Power/dp/B007ZT23ZE
You would want it in access point mode.
The Asus router that I linked above can also be configured to run in access point mode rather than router mode.