My ceros have been spotty, so I'm contemplating upgrading to wifi 6. Considering Linksys Velop and Netgear Orbing. Wondering if there are any early adopters out there who might share their experiences. Our house has two floors and a basement, so total sq footage is around 7500 sq ft. Ideally could put one unit in the basement (where the ethernet comes in via the ONT) and another in the master bedroom on the second floor, which is diametrically opposed to the unit which would be in the basement. TIA.
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Any wifi 6 adopters?
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Posting here to bump the thread and get notifications. I am hoping to have my iMac ( 2019 ) finally unlocked and fixed within a week or two and I am in the process of looking to upgrade the house WiFi and I am in a similar situation. I have Gen 1 Google Wifi pucks spread throughout our two floors but my room still tends to not get a strong signal once everything else is using internet.
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I appreciate you sharing that. Maybe I’ll stick with the Google Mesh Gen 1 pucks or go with some Apple Airport Extremes until WiFi 6 price comes down.Wi-Fi 6 Performance Roundup: Five Routers Tested - SmallNetBuilder
We take a look at how five Wi-Fi 6 routers perform with a Wi-Fi 6 client.
Smallnetbuilder did a test of five new wifi6 products and their conclusion was they are not yet ready for prime time.
I have an Orbi AX Wifi 6 mesh system with 2 satellites - pretty happy with the strength and stability of wifi coverage.
Something I didn't know: I upgraded to Gig Internet shortly after, 940 down, 40 up from Spectrum and assumed I would get those speeds on my iPhone 11 Pro.... not exactly... turns out my hardwired ethernet gets 940 down and 40 up no problem, but the iphone 11 gets about 66% on average of the download speed -- this is apparently perfectly normal and a 'good' outcome.
The other thing I found was the latest iPad Mini also gets the same wifi speeds as the iPhone 11 -- so I think that unless you have 2.5G coming into your home you're not going to see any advantages beyond strength and coverage.
Mesh and getting a Docsis 3.1 modem were definitely worth it.
Something I didn't know: I upgraded to Gig Internet shortly after, 940 down, 40 up from Spectrum and assumed I would get those speeds on my iPhone 11 Pro.... not exactly... turns out my hardwired ethernet gets 940 down and 40 up no problem, but the iphone 11 gets about 66% on average of the download speed -- this is apparently perfectly normal and a 'good' outcome.
The other thing I found was the latest iPad Mini also gets the same wifi speeds as the iPhone 11 -- so I think that unless you have 2.5G coming into your home you're not going to see any advantages beyond strength and coverage.
Mesh and getting a Docsis 3.1 modem were definitely worth it.
I actually updated to the orbi mesh system as well. Range is great, and my speed results are similar to yours. Coming from Eero, I like the orbi admin panel a lot more, and has better integration with DDNS, etc. Not earth-shattering, but better.
