I recently got a synology rt1900ac

[G+_Dan Hockey]

I recently got a synology rt1900ac. Within a few hours my 8 yr old qwest dsl modem died and left me with no internet for four days. I couldn't figure out how to usb tether to my S4 and none of the local best buy stores had any 3g/4g usb dongles, all they had were the wifi hot spots.

 

What I came up with was to tether to my S4 with my dell netbook running 14.04lts and then used ICS(internet connection sharing) from eth0 to the wan port of the router.

 

I did this a couple hours a day to ward off any internet withdraw symptoms This worked good enough for every one in my house to get their daily dose of email and every one lived through the outage with no injuries.

[G+_Ben Reese]

Awesome that it worked out! Does the Synology router have a repeater mode? Could have probably used wifi tethering from your phone and repeated the signal with the router... Just a thought.

[G+_Jason howe]

Personally is if I was going to use something in a AC router it wouldn't. Be the type that had ADSL inclusion within the hardware

[G+_Keith Mallett]

Very resourceful Dan Hockey! Did you replace the router yet? Sounds like you have vendor supplied appliance as Jason howe was hinting at that includes a modem, router, switch and access point. I would suggest you get (or have the vendor supply) a basic DSL modem then get a more capable router that you control. This not only opens many doors in controls and options but also prevents the vendor from seeing your network.

[G+_Jason howe]

I believe the best performance you can get out of the wireless router only will be best served not using an y all in 1 routers with ADSL built in because they tend to fail a lot on long line length service and wan/LAN features can cause many issues in themselves ..

[G+_Dan Hockey]

Ben Reese I had to look and it does have a wireless client mode were you can use it to receive a wifi signal to feed wired devices. I never thought about trying to use that.

[G+_Dan Hockey]

Jason howe For the time being I just wanted a working internet. I'm still looking for a plain dsl modem that's compatible with centurylink.

[G+_Jason howe]

Depends of your line length from the exchange you. Are on, is to what ADSL speed you get if you are above 2-2.4 km from the exchange I would advise to with either 1 port modem or 4 port non wireless router for the best connection possible and let a secondary wifi router with 802.11ac to handle, your wifi connected

 

If I was going to wire a whole house with wireless I would likely go with a POE switch and a half a dozen ubiquity wifi kits because you will be looking at atleast 2 or more wifi routers pending on the size the the home you are covering personal I wouldn't look for the penetration value of any wifi standard you intend to use as 9/10 you will be in a open door policy home in deployment otherwise watch your connection value slow...

[G+_Ben Reese]

So, I've got 2 Ubiquiti APs covering an old school building. I've got 1 TP-Link AP covering my whole house. I think 6 Ubiquiti APs in a house would be way overkill, but I guess that depends on the size of the house....

 

CenturyLink offers - in some places - a bonded ADSL service. My brother just upgraded to that and is getting a whopping 20×2 Mbps speed. That's pretty close to the max ADSL can support unless you're right next to the CO (I don't remember the ranges that speeds drop off).

 

They do have a list of supported modems on their website: http://internethelp.centurylink.com/internethelp/modem-compatibility-table.html and I think you have the right idea getting a modem that's separate from the router. And even if you're renting the modem from the carrier, it's nice to have one of your own for backup.

 

Also, if it's available, you'd probably be better off with cable Internet service instead of DSL. I'm getting 10× faster service than my brother and we're paying close to the same amount.

[G+_Jason howe]

same principle applies whether you use adsl or cable based router always bse primary router on wired rather than a all in 1 because they tend to use chipsets of poor quality i was using 6 ubiquiti waps as an example i don't the home layout nor wall density or its size i've only gone from my experience of living in a double brick home where shutting a door or window creates a faraday cage scenario and limit wireless signal, anything thicker than drywall will not penetrate the walls to well get to a thickness of a common  house brick ya be pissing up against the wall to get a signal

 

if you don't have 85-94% signal watching anything worth streaming ain't ging to statically happening

[G+_Dan Hockey]

Jason howe The DSLAM box is one street to the east and it was upgraded to fiber last fall. That's were my sign is coming from. It would be nice if they could string a fiber line from the DSLAM to my house.

[G+_Jason howe]

I don't live in the states so I have no idea how big the block is, and how far your line distance is from the node, pillar or exchange.

 

Neve rely on line of sight distance as that can actually be longer than stated...

[G+_Ben Reese]

In the states, there are typically 10 city blocks in a mile.

... Oh, wait...

 

Edit: http://www.convertunits.com/from/city+block/to/km

[G+_Jason howe]

i know miles to km conversion 

 

i asked about length because line of sight can be shorter than physical line length can be triple the distance to which ever exchange you connect too