Ive had this AC68P for a few years or so, cant remember exactly. The 5ghz range on it has always been terrible and its always had trouble when a lot of devices connect to it on wifi. I loaded Merlin onto it and its been mostly ok, but still its starting to show its age a little bit I think. Ive moved the router around a bit and now its more or less centrally located in the house, in the living room, because I had some connection issues while the kids were on tablets. I dont always get stable speeds in the back bedroom of the house. Ive tried messing with channels, moving the antennas, etc and nothing really helps too much.
House is 1500 sq feet with a full basement. We have the full compliment of 2 phones connected, 2 tablets for the kids, fire stick on the main TV and one in the bedroom. All on wifi. Work computer in the basement on wifi and main computer wired. Ive never had an issue with wifi speeds in the basement, but where I am Im almost directly under the router. Internet is 500mb.
So 5ghz again never worked great on this, if I try to connect to 5ghz on anything thats not sitting basically right next to the router the connection is poor and I get disconnects.
Do I need wifi 6? I have no wifi 6 devices currently but should I try to hedge for the future because I tend to hold onto things for a while if I get something that works well for me?
Would be really nice if whatever I get the 5ghz actually works on it when I get more than 2 feet from the router or go into another room.
I am strongly considering a mesh setup, with the size of my house and number of devices is that where I should be looking?
Ive seen the AC86U recommended a lot here as a single box solution. Would that work for my purposes with the size of the house and amount of connected devices?
For mesh Im looking at the Orbi. 200 dollar difference for the wifi 6 version than one with out...is it worth it?
The RBK853 is too much money and is way overkill for my purposes anyway.
the 753 fits the bill....499 at costco it has wifi 6
ac3000 for 319, no wifi 6.
Then there is the nighthawk? wifi 6 and cheap? Whats the deal with these?
mk63 is 229 at costco
or the mk86 for 399.
So whats the difference between the Nighthawks and the orbis that make the nighthawks so much cheaper?
Anyone have any recommendation on what would be the best for my situation?
House is 1500 sq feet with a full basement. We have the full compliment of 2 phones connected, 2 tablets for the kids, fire stick on the main TV and one in the bedroom. All on wifi. Work computer in the basement on wifi and main computer wired. Ive never had an issue with wifi speeds in the basement, but where I am Im almost directly under the router. Internet is 500mb.
So 5ghz again never worked great on this, if I try to connect to 5ghz on anything thats not sitting basically right next to the router the connection is poor and I get disconnects.
Do I need wifi 6? I have no wifi 6 devices currently but should I try to hedge for the future because I tend to hold onto things for a while if I get something that works well for me?
Would be really nice if whatever I get the 5ghz actually works on it when I get more than 2 feet from the router or go into another room.
I am strongly considering a mesh setup, with the size of my house and number of devices is that where I should be looking?
Ive seen the AC86U recommended a lot here as a single box solution. Would that work for my purposes with the size of the house and amount of connected devices?
For mesh Im looking at the Orbi. 200 dollar difference for the wifi 6 version than one with out...is it worth it?
The RBK853 is too much money and is way overkill for my purposes anyway.
the 753 fits the bill....499 at costco it has wifi 6
ac3000 for 319, no wifi 6.
Then there is the nighthawk? wifi 6 and cheap? Whats the deal with these?
mk63 is 229 at costco
or the mk86 for 399.
So whats the difference between the Nighthawks and the orbis that make the nighthawks so much cheaper?
Anyone have any recommendation on what would be the best for my situation?