Our AVR that we use for our router has given up on us. At this point, we have no choice but to plug it directly to the socket and the bad side to it is that I will not have an instant connection if the router has been opened before my laptop. In some instances, I need to open the desktop where the router is directly connected which is time consuming. I asked my sister to check on tm-t88iv if this will help solve my internet connection problem.