3mo ago

it's time to upgrade the wifi access points, what's your current go-to WiFi AP

wifi 6? wifi 6E? wifi 7? OFDMA? my head is spinning

what about these 3 packs of mesh wifi APs with wired backhaul

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Run ethernet instead
- i'm not running ethernet to the bathtub
  
  PoE directly to the bathtub
My primary requirement is that it can run an aftermarket oprn source firmware well. Like one of the WRTe or similar. I would find whatever is new and reliable that fits that requirement.
ones I got used off of FB marketplace
i've been looking at openwrt support page, but my little ac router still chugs along so
I mean honestly it depends on your network speed and the distance you need it to go. 6 has been more than enough for me at 300 Mbps and I only switched because my ISP provided one was ass and it crashed and required a power cycle weekly.
Mesh is only required if your living space is sprawling (two story + basement duplex) or has weird brick/concrete interference from an addition.
I can vouch for the TP-Link Archer AX3000 Pro in terms of stability and range.
- 6ghz is a game changer. The latency is so much lower that I actually don't mind using wifi.
  Normally I stick to ethernet whenever possible, but the latency is almost the same as ethernet, and >2gbps over wifi is killer.
  However 6ghz is currently ass on Linux (at least with Intel wifi) so if you have a 6ghz device and use Linus then turn it off.
  
  yeah after further research I really want to splurge to go 6E or triband 7 because of the whole new chunk of spectrum it can use
  they can try to fool you on 7 apparently, some 7 equipment is only "dual band" and doesn't have 6 ghz radio
i cant afford fast internet anyway so i just got one that was cheap

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