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So I'm finding out my rather expensive Linksys EA8500 Smart wi-fi router, is NOT blocking websites I have blocked, and is NOT blocking internet access to computers I have blocked. Nada. ALL my XP's and my '98 are blocked, but all of 'em have no problem accessing the 'net. My TV's are blocked but haven't checked them yet, but I'm betting they're not. No firmware updates available, everything seems fine in the settings, but I'm not a net protocol (or any other) genius ...
I've always been happy with connectivity, connects to everything in the house- speaking of everything, with just the 2 of us here, at the moment there's 18 devices connected, 6 are hardwired, 12 are wireless, one is 5 gig, the rest are 2.4 gig; computers, ipads, TV's, sec. cams, playstation, weather station, etc... When the BIL shows up in the morning he adds another 6 devices, and every grandkid's cell phone when they show up... Am I just overloading the thing? The router I had before this, forget the brand, was always giving me 'high traffic!' alerts, never get that with this one. However, while it connects good, it seems to run a glacial speed, 72mps on my garage shop computer here.
Anyway, the not-blocking thing, can't have that. Also, I'm using Ooma for my landline, which is set up in front of the router to prioritize phone calls. And IT'S been acting up at times.
Not sure what to do here? I can troubleshoot by disconnecting stuff, I can replace the thing, but with what? This one was a bit shy of $300, but I'm not against buying a better router, I realize I'm asking a lot of it. Could I run 2 routers, and split up the bandwidth?