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Mesh network for the low signal in where you get lower signal
Omg, I'm so glad to hear where you landed with the TP link. I just ordered this exact model now that I'm fiiinally upgrading my 9 year old modem router and was extremely worried you were going to say it was was a bad investment 😅
for large areas by two identical routers, one interfaces with the WWW in say the living room, while the second router, way down the hall and is connected to the first via ethernet cat8, it is also configured as a 'wifi repeater' (wifi extender)
So, we're in a small apt with said 2/1 att hub and use a tp link extender. There is just something about building construction (brick...) 🤷 and towers.
It's a way to set backdoor nsa into everyone's router. That being said it's easy to setup a mesh net or repeater. You can alter packet size via the mtu to stabilize any spikes or drops..
The 6Gz band on the netgear is a must for VR. You can use it as a dedicated WiFi lane and the latency is even less than a direct cable connection on the Quest 3.
Another nicely done video. I just love your style.
I have the nighthawk m, changing wifi channel makes a big difference, mine is at channel 160 in settings
Good info! Thanks for "taking one for the team". Now, what about travel routers? I use a GL-iNet unit that I've had for years and I'm fairly happy with it. The little thing works with openwrt, has wireguard & OpenVPN! However, I'm sure that there are many improvements in the travel router class that I'm probably unaware of.
LOL, you showed the router I have the TP-Link BE9300 / BE550 Wifi 7 router. Great router.
Not current or second hand market ones though, but firmware updates could be a problem
It would have been interesting to see the placement of the routers. How high up were they? Were the antennae's orientation changed? Was there a test between the 2.4 and 5Ghz frequencies? How did the 6Ghz compare to the 2.4 and 5Ghz? I have a triband TP-Link (AXE5400). I use the 6Ghz for my streaming that is next to the router. I use the 2.4Ghz to link with my existing TP-Link Mesh system for coverage across the house. It was nice that my new router connected to the Mesh system I all ready had. It would make for a pretty long video though. I have a weight machine in my office that really interfered with the wifi signals. Once I moved the router to a more centralized location it made a huge difference.
When prevented buying the next advanced WiFi upgrade in a router, it probably won't prevent getting a simple wireless access point, since that's not a "router", and plugging that into an existing router. When WiFi was new, and still today for pro/power networking, routers and wireless access points were separate devices, not all in one, allowing either to be upgraded as needed. To future-proof the router side, consider an open-source-friendly router, maybe even with open source already installed.
9:00 in case of home router swap you just set the SSID and password on the new device to be the same as it is on the old one. Noone at home will notice there is a new router managing the network.
Great video! Just a small note on the percentages — going from 13mbps to 27mbps is just over a 100% increase (a little more than double), not 209%. A 100% increase means something doubles, so 209% would mean the speed was over 3 times faster. The actual calculation is (27-13)/13 x 100 = ~108%. Keep up the great content!
Great review, was wondering the same things. And your thorough reviews are fun to watch because of your enthusiasm!
I went old school and hard wired my house. Modest home so not that difficult. But eliminates security issues and has the speed everywhere. And I have a cool server rack in the basement. We only use Wi-Fi for phones.
In the video you mentioned all the time and hassle involved when everyone in the house has to reconnect to a new router’s Wi‑Fi—especially during testing. I’ve run into this problem many times myself. With a lot of Wi‑Fi clients at home (including plenty of IoT devices), switching everything over becomes a huge chore. To get around it, I use a simple trick that’s worked reliably for me: I set the new router’s SSID and password to exactly match the old one. As long as the old router is powered off, all the devices reconnect automatically without noticing anything has changed. It’s saved me a lot of time and frustration. I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on this approach.
I would like to see a band test per room. That would show really what the routers could do.