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Wifi 6E router with 5gbs or faster ethernet outputs? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Gatecrasher3@alien.top to c/homenetworking@selfhosted.forum

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So I'm planning on replacing my aging wifi 5 routers (three in my house) with wifi 6E routers, as I now have enough wireless devices that could take advantage of the upgraded speeds. I figured that I would also like to find wifi 6E routers that have 5gbs ethernet or faster outputs so I could also upgrade the NICs on my wired devices and one day increase the speed that my ISP offers, as due to my current wifi routers are preventing me from upgrading from my current 1gbs speeds.

Anyways, do any of you know of wifi 6E routers that have 5gbs or faster ethernet outputs?
All I can seem to find is one or two wifi 6E routers that offer 2.5gbs.

Thanks.

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

I mean just grab TP-Link's WiFi 7 router.

https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/wifi-router/archer-be900/

4x2.5Gbps LAN port, 2x10Gbps WAN/LAN ports, SFP, and another 1Gbps LAN port.

For a serious, future proof upgrade... i'd not look at anything else right now.

[–] Gatecrasher3@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

haha wifi 7 might be overkill for me for the next 10 years or so, but I do like the port options.

[–] b3542@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

5 Gbps is overkill.

[–] Flyer888@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

6E is just WiFi6 with additional 6GHz band, while WiFi7 brings new features such as MLO. With current prices it just doesn’t make sense to get a 6E router now.

[–] vrtigo1@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

If you're looking to increase your wired LAN speeds, it will probably be cheaper and easier to get an mGig-capable switch that is separate from the router. This will handle all of your LAN devices at up to 10 Gb/s, and you can uplink the switch to one of the ports on your router. For the most part, your router really only needs to support the speed of your Internet connection. Any local traffic between wired devices on the LAN will never traverse the router.

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

make sure first off.

its not draft version of wifi 6.

seeing wifi 5 had a awful thing with this.

their a reason 3 or 4 version of speed in wifi 5 routers.

[–] nataku411@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Honestly you're better off getting a non-wireless router and switch with sfp+ ports and back hauling them with 10gb transceivers, then just get a wifi6e AP. Microtik makes a real nice set of switches with dual sfp+ and multiple 2.5gbe ports.

Negotiating 5 gigabits was widely skipped to 10gb, which has more support than even 2.5gb.

Or skip learning what that all means and just get a wifi6e router with a 2.5gbe wan.