New user here, so excuse any ignorance if this has been gone over in detail before.The Spark supplied router (Huawei HG659b) has been complete and total crap for the past 2-3 months. The WiFi dies 10-15 times a day and requires a restart. The WiFi networks (2.4ghz & 5ghz) are both visible but the phones/computers refuse to connect. The moment we reconnect and try to do any video streaming or even any kind of semi-large download, the WiFi would immediately die. I did everything I could think of, constant hard resets, changing the channel, firmware upgrades, factory resets, nothing worked. There's only about 5-6 devices connected to at the same time. I eventually gave up and just went out bought a new router.Now this part is my fault, I didn't do the proper research. I just assumed that most ISPs do the simple dynamic IP address thing, I didn't realize Spark was PPPoE and needs a router with VLAN tagging (10 specifically) until AFTER I'd already gone to PB Tech and bough a TP-Link Archer C2, opened it up and tried to get it working. I found this link (Broadband settings for non-Spark modems), googled a bit and my heart sank as a user on some random forum blatantly said, "The Archer C2 does not support VLAN tagging." Luckily, I discovered I could use the HG659b as a bridge. Finally got it working, huzzah! Oh but wait, now my max download speed has been cut by more than half. Before I would get 100mbps, now I'm lucky to get 35mbps.This is the situation I'm in now. Do I try my luck and try to return an non-faulty, open box item to PB Tech (who is notorious for bad customer service) and spend way more to get a router that supports VLAN tagging? Or is there some workaround to get my download speeds back up to normal when using a bridge? Or was buying a whole new router unnecessary and my HG659b issues can be sorted out somehow?(I know there's custom firmware like DD-WRT and others, but I'd rather not mess with that stuff as I'll probably do something stupid to totally brick the router.)
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