Trying to get some info without going through Verizon as they seem to want to sell me everything and I'm not overly tech savvy when it comes to routers so hoping you all can help me figure this out please.
So I have FIOS triple play, two multi-room DVRs, 2 set-top boxes, and 50/50 Mbps with an old router (FIOS installed at least 6 years ago - but probably closer to 8 years). We just recently installed Ring 2, have 4 Nests, plus daughter and hubby use their computers (wirelessly) and 2 more of us use Ipads/Iphones also wirelessly.
Internet in the house is slow, the "signal strength" on my Ring is in the red (RSSI-75 if that means anything to you) and we're having issues with some of our set-top boxes and DVR freezing up which Verizon says is related to the poor WiFi (not sure if that's true or not?).
So Verizon told me I NEED to upgrade to 150/150 Mbps and rent or buy their Gateway router. I really dont want to pay monthly fees to 'rent' a router, and to buy one, I rather buy a NetGear or Cisco (and not sure which one is best to buy for our needs but looking heavily at Orbi) but Verizon said if I buy from a third party then my DVR/TV service wont work.
Can someone please help me figure out what I REALLY need. As mentioned above I'm not very tech savvy so the easier the better. Please and thank you so much!