Windows 10: I just upgraded to fiber optic internet...

I have an 8.1 still and just upgraded to fiber optic internet. The internet works fine with a cable but that is not really the best situation for me.

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How to Set up for Fiber Optic Internet

Excluding the nighthawk line of netgear routers mainly for the pricing, what brand of gaming routers do you or anyone here recommend for fiber optic internet; I took a look at some asus ones, but if there's others at a slightly lower price but still performs just as good for fiber optic internet, that'd be mighty appreciated

 

How to Set up for Fiber Optic Internet

From what I researched and remember, ethernet switches parse the internet evenly between connected devices on said switch so no one computer/device gets a leg up over the other, but it has no firewall capabilities like some routers do (unless there are switches with firewalls in them, then please tell me so)

Routers give the function of wifi channels so wireless devices with no ethernet capabilities can use the internet, and of course use LAN over WAN, and they have firewall capabilities to protect what they can internet connection wise

My house may be gearing up to switch from wireless internet ala this janky piece of crud Greenpacket Router/Modem (our ISP is Plateau), to their Fiber-Optic Internet (same ISP). I had a chance to test this internet when I went to a motel for a possible job and wow its fast. Problem is: me and my dad can't figure out if we want the nighthawk router (the xr700 mainly for extra ethernet ports), or the nighthawk switch. Can anyone tell me which nighthawk product I will truly need to have a functioning fiber optic internet setup for casual-to mid-heavy gaming and other non-gaming stuff?

 

How to Set up for Fiber Optic Internet

I don't think you need to put fiber **in** your house. The fiber is outside.

The ISP will install a fiber-to-cable box (Google fiber calls it the "fiber jack") in your home. That connects to the modem/router over conventional Ethernet cable.

We got Google fiber two years ago. All I had to do was click to order and click to pay.

The outside installer put a box on the back of the house for the fiber junction.

The inside installer put the fiber jack inside, installed the router in a closet (Google calls it the "network box"), installed a "cable box" at each TV, programmed the Google TV remotes, connected two LAN-side cables for the wired computers ... and done.

With four Google cable TV boxes plus the "network box" ... we have five wifi access points in the house.

I provided no equipment of any kind.

What does your provider offer?