What is the fastest wireless bridge?

[kitsvancouver]

I finally got around to cleaning up my home network and have a DLink DIR-890L AC3200 router on the top floor and a Netgear R8000 AC3200 router (in AP mode) in the basement. I'm looking to bridge the Netgear in the basement to a PC gaming room. Previously, I had a DLink DAP-1522 but it doesn't have 802.11ac so I'm looking to upgrade that.

I've noticed a lot of testers use the Netgear R7500 as their wireless bridge for testing, but it looks like SNB uses the Netgear R7000. So, assuming there are no budget constraints, which product will work best as a bridge to the R8000?

Thanks!

 

[netwrks]

The 7000 would be the better choice, especially for stability. Some people have success, some don't. Since you have a 3200 in the basement, can't you run a CAT6 cable off one of the LAN ports, for your gaming room option?

 

[kitsvancouver]

The 7000 would be the better choice, especially for stability. Some people have success, some don't. Since you have a 3200 in the basement, can't you run a CAT6 cable off one of the LAN ports, for your gaming room option?

WFA (Wife Acceptance Factor) is the main reason I can't run the cable because it would traverse a hallway which would be deemed unsightly. The lack of cable run is one of the biggest regrets I have from when we built the house.

I've read online that the Netgear R8000 will support bridging mode by Q3 of this year. Will that be any faster than the R7000 in bridge mode?

Is the R7500 firmware unstable in bridge mode? Or just less stable than the R7000? Since the device doesn't have to do any routing, etc, I wonder if the processor speed in the bridge matters that much and even an R7000 is overkill.