Hello everyone,
This is my first post here. Due to the lockdown in my country we are now forced to Work for Home. As a result of that I noticed that the range in my desk is not that good and while working I get micro-cuts while I'm on a video call, which is 70% of my job.
I was very happy with my AC68u that I got in 2013 and never noticed it as normally I only WFH once a week if I don't have calls and I need to do document work. My setup is the following, an AC68u in a 1280 square feet flat (a lot of other WiFi networks around), the router is placed in one side and my desk is in the completely opposite side of the house. Unfortunately I cannot relocate the router to a more center place. I have the following device (not always connected but just in case):
- 2x video-games
- 2x Laptops
- 3x tablets
- 4x other home devices (Netatmo boiler, netatmo weather, xiaomi vacuum, Alexa speaker)
- 2x mobile phones
During the Lockdown we have 2 laptops doing video-calls and one tablet connected almost all time.
As I noticed this cuts on the video calls I was wondering if adding a new router will solve my issues or adding the new one as the main router and using the AC68u as a node of the mesh network. I was deciding between the AX58u (I don't have any WiFi 6 device but...) or the AC86u (I looked at the AC88u but the AC86u seems better with more flash memory, RAM...) so something that is below 200€
What do you think will be the right choice? Will the AX58u or the AC86u have a better range than my current one or should I create a Mesh network?
Thank you in advance!
This is my first post here. Due to the lockdown in my country we are now forced to Work for Home. As a result of that I noticed that the range in my desk is not that good and while working I get micro-cuts while I'm on a video call, which is 70% of my job.
I was very happy with my AC68u that I got in 2013 and never noticed it as normally I only WFH once a week if I don't have calls and I need to do document work. My setup is the following, an AC68u in a 1280 square feet flat (a lot of other WiFi networks around), the router is placed in one side and my desk is in the completely opposite side of the house. Unfortunately I cannot relocate the router to a more center place. I have the following device (not always connected but just in case):
- 2x video-games
- 2x Laptops
- 3x tablets
- 4x other home devices (Netatmo boiler, netatmo weather, xiaomi vacuum, Alexa speaker)
- 2x mobile phones
During the Lockdown we have 2 laptops doing video-calls and one tablet connected almost all time.
As I noticed this cuts on the video calls I was wondering if adding a new router will solve my issues or adding the new one as the main router and using the AC68u as a node of the mesh network. I was deciding between the AX58u (I don't have any WiFi 6 device but...) or the AC86u (I looked at the AC88u but the AC86u seems better with more flash memory, RAM...) so something that is below 200€
What do you think will be the right choice? Will the AX58u or the AC86u have a better range than my current one or should I create a Mesh network?
Thank you in advance!