Home Networking

11 readers

1 users here now

A community to help people learn, install, set up or troubleshoot their home network equipment and solutions.

Rules

Please stay on topic.
Please use the search function to look for keywords related to what you want to ask before posting since most common issues have been answered.
No Ads. This community is for support and discussion. Ads and self promotion are not welcome here.
No product reviews or announcements. If you have a question about a product, be specific about what you want to know.
Be civil. Don't be a jerk. Not being a jerk is surprisingly easy.
No URL shorteners. URL shorteners tend to hide the real use of a link. For this reason, please use normal links, even if they're long.
No affiliate links.
No gatekeeping. With profession shall come professionalism. Extend help without judging others for their ignorance. The same goes for downvoting of comments or posts for "stupid questions" or not being as knowledgeable as others.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

communick@selfhosted.forum

rglullis@communick.news

Upgrade to Wifi 6 now, or wait for 6E price drop? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by An_Professional@alien.top to c/homenetworking@selfhosted.forum

9 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I currently have a Netgear Orbi mesh system with two satellites that I'd like to upgrade. It's the first-gen Orbi, with only 3 ethernet ports and one useless USB port. I've eliminated as many 2.4Ghz devices from my network as possible, and moved as many devices as I can to ethernet. My goals are to move to modern wifi to support things like game future streaming as much as possible.

The Asus RT-AX88U Pro is currently like $230 on amazon, so I was thinking of going with that.

I'd rather go straight to 6E, of course, but it seems like the "best" routers are in the $400 range.

What would you do?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] MaloPescado@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What is your iSP speed wired? Getting a faster wifi setup than your connection to the internet is mostly useless. And what client devices do you have that can do WiFi6?

You could probably just get an access point like a TP link EAP670 ($134 on Amazon) they have wifi6. Set it up with the same SSiD as your network. I have one covering about 1400 sq feet of my upper floor most of the lower plus my garage and yard at 940Mbps on a 1Gbps iSP connection.

[–] An_Professional@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’m on gigabit Ethernet, so realistically 850mbps. Note though that I do a lot of in-home game streaming (although currently just on consoles, which are 1080p/60 but relatively low bitrate) and Plex streaming.

[–] MaloPescado@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Sounds like it would work.