Wifi 6 Card & Router

What has Wifi6 got to do with range?
Currently most cheap Wifi 6 options aren't really that good. Most of them have skimped out on radios for other bands making them overall weaker than Wave 2 Wifi 5 devices.
You haven't mentioned what speeds and distance you are looking to cover and with what type of obstacles in between.
 
rdst_1 said:
What has Wifi6 got to do with range?
Currently most cheap Wifi 6 options aren't really that good. Most of them have skimped out on radios for other bands making them overall weaker than Wave 2 Wifi 5 devices.
You haven't mentioned what speeds and distance you are looking to cover and with what type of obstacles in between.
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by range i mean distance
my house has 2 floors and each room is separated by concrete walls, so the speed reduces massively compared sitting beside the router
 
Don't think u will get range with 5ghz band.....range may be a bit good than low end routers otherwise don't expect much in case of range that too across concrete walls....even a thick wooden door stops the 5ghz band....for range 2.4ghz band is what you will have to use or a mesh network.
 
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ToroVolante said:
by range i mean distance
my house has 2 floors and each room is separated by concrete walls, so the speed reduces massively compared sitting beside the router
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You need to read and learn a lot of things it seems. First go and read what all these bands mean and what their range are. Why do you think Wifi 6 will solve your issue?
 
I don't know if this is practically possible, haven't tried it yet, have been meaning to do for my own setup.
Why not buy a old WiFi adapter and replace the onboard card with a AX210 from Intel? Should cost about the same and you'll have WiFi 6E capability!

Also, it looks like what you need is a repeater / mesh setup, rather than higher WiFi bandwidth.
 
JMP said:
I don't know if this is practically possible, haven't tried it yet, have been meaning to do for my own setup.
Why not buy a old WiFi adapter and replace the onboard card with a AX210 from Intel? Should cost about the same and you'll have WiFi 6E capability!

Also, it looks like what you need is a repeater / mesh setup, rather than higher WiFi bandwidth.
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i dont think i will be using 6E speeds any time soon

i guess i will use a mesh setup
does this have mesh setup- https://www.amazon.in/TP-Link-Archer-AX10-Triple-Core-Wireless/dp/B07YP3T5H7.
or do i have to look at asus routers
 
FYI, I recently upgraded to a good dual-band router which has decent range on the 5Ghz band and it can barely cover 1000 sq ft. I paired it with a TP-link AC1200 adapter and it just shows a link speed of 433Mbps for that. With my phone it shows a link speed of 866Mbps because of 3x3 MU-MIMO radios in the phone. But link speed is not equal to actual speed ever. The best speed I saw between the adaptor and phone was 100Mbps despite both of them having 433 and 866 Mbps link speeds respectively.
If you can, then just run a Cat6 ethernet cable to your PC. That will give you the best possible solution to your issue and the best speeds. Same for your TV. Otherwise you are looking to spend quite a lot of money at tri-band mesh router systems, which have a dedicated band for backhaul and even then there is no guarantee of getting best speeds.
 
If you have a house with two floors I think it's better to spend your budget on Ethernet Cables and Cabling than routers.

You will have to get multiple routers to get proper coverage and honestly your ping along with latency will increase. Not to mention the Extra cost of getting multiple routers.
 
I just got mine from theitdepot
Yet to install. Next need to hunt for an ax router.
 

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rdst_1 said:
FYI, I recently upgraded to a good dual-band router which has decent range on the 5Ghz band and it can barely cover 1000 sq ft. I paired it with a TP-link AC1200 adapter and it just shows a link speed of 433Mbps for that. With my phone it shows a link speed of 866Mbps because of 3x3 MU-MIMO radios in the phone. But link speed is not equal to actual speed ever. The best speed I saw between the adaptor and phone was 100Mbps despite both of them having 433 and 866 Mbps link speeds respectively.
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That's not because of MU-MIMO rather that's because of channel bonding. Devices that don't support channel bonding will show you half the theoretical speed = 433/866 in your case.
 
ToroVolante said:
by range i mean distance
my house has 2 floors and each room is separated by concrete walls, so the speed reduces massively compared sitting beside the router
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If your walls are concrete steel (unlike brick n mortar) then no matter what wifi you use, you are never going to get enough range. You better route some CAT cables upto your PC/TV.
 
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