Model with the strongest wifi signal?

[1ceLaz0r]

Somewhere along the line they're gonna need to consider upgrading the speed of their service. (The detail of their service speed seems to have been lost in the merge of threads)...

That is the fastest cable internet speed available. Too remote for DSL service. Welcome to rural America

 

[jzchen]

Cable is actually better than DSL, at least per my experience. When I spoke with my AT&T fiber installer last January 11 he noted they still install DSL in some areas. I was shocked, (here in So Cal).

How about what their friends/neighbors, maybe they have similar experience and can share?

 

[RandomUser777]

My beloved parents have been on a Netgear AC1750 since 2019 which amazingly has worked stable these past years. However my parents have upgraded their phones 3 times from s4 to now s23s and my mom is getting a new iPad and the routers 5ghz signal just isn't strong enough to penetrate the multiple walls from the router location upstairs to downstairs and 2.3ghz is just too slow. I'm not able to run a cable downstairs at all so doing a wired bsckhaul mesh isn't possible and the walls will make any wifi backhaul useless.

So that leaves me with upgrading the router to something thst can broadcast a stronger 5ghz 80mhz channel to downstairs area, so what Asus model would get best results for that? Ax86u pro? 88u pro?
?
Or something more basic like the RT ax57u, RT Ax3000 or maybe even the expertwifi Ebr63?

Why is the 2.4 too slow now, when it wasn't before?

 

[L&LD]

2.4GHz was always slow. Not just now.

 

[RandomUser777]

2.4GHz was always slow. Not just now.

Exactly. But OP seems to be implying that all other things being considered, when 2.4 worked for building penetration and throughput, now all of a sudden the throughput isn't enough?

 

[L&LD]

No, that is not how I read it.

I read that 5GHz was fast enough, before upgrading the phones, three times. 2.4GHz wasn't in the running ever. But, I could be wrong.

 

[RandomUser777]

No, that is not how I read it.

I read that 5GHz was fast enough, before upgrading the phones, three times. 2.4GHz wasn't in the running ever. But, I could be wrong.

Gotcha. But even so, nothing changed regarding the bandwidth on either frequency. Sounds to me like "I was happy with my v4 1.6 liter automobile engine, but once I upgraded to a v12 Viper the highway is now way too slow."

 

[Tech9]

overnighted Deco x55 2x mesh set and will call it good enough

This one creates single SSID for both bands and has easy phone App control with remote management. Install the app on your phone when setting it up and this will allow you to help your parents manage it remotely if needed. Once up and running they don't need to touch it.

 

[jzchen]

This one creates single SSID for both bands and has easy phone App control with remote management. Install the app on your phone when setting it up and this will allow you to help your parents manage it remotely if needed. Once up and running they don't need to touch it.

Crossing my fingers on signal strength...

 

[sfx2000]

2.4GHz was always slow. Not just now.

2.4GHz on a 802.11n 2:2*2 config can stream 4K video with current codecs...

So maybe not so slow...

 

[Tech9]

Crossing my fingers on signal strength...

Two newer AX-class "mesh" units will be better than single old AC-class AIO router for sure.

 

[1ceLaz0r]

Edit: Nvm, did some more research in regards to TPs data usage and requesting an actual account to even setup the mesh and the dashboard without the app is nerfed. Screw that Chinese monitoring BS, cancelled TP link and ordered ExpertWifi EBR63 since it should have long support being brand new and in theory be more stable

 

[L&LD]

2.4GHz on a 802.11n 2:2*2 config can stream 4K video with current codecs...

So maybe not so slow...

If your neighbors are cows. Channel Utilization matters. And 2.4GHz fills up very fast.

 

[Tech9]

ordered ExpertWifi EBR63

This single router is unlikely to improve the range much. It's the same hardware as the budget category RT-AX58U V2.

 

[sfx2000]

If your neighbors are cows. Channel Utilization matters. And 2.4GHz fills up very fast.

Sure - but you'd be surprised sometimes - it's probably a separate thead, but 2.4 is still pretty useful...

WiFi6 in 2.4 can be a game changer - as it inherits most of the WiFi5 stuff that was available in 5GHz (as 11ac was 5G only), and pulls in a lot of the benefits for WiFi6.

The most significant problem I find with 2.4GHz these days is the backwards compatibility to the Legacy 802.11b modes - if you can disable that, and run in 11g/n/ax mode, performance can be surprisingly good, even in a noisy environment - noise floor not withstanding, but it's better that most would consider...

It's like the old saying - the best camera is the one you have handy - could be a DLSR, a point and shoot, or a mobile phone...