Currently have a LinkSys EA8500 WiFi 5 router that I have had for 8 years, which does use downlink MU-MIMO and 4x4. We have it centralized in a 2 story house with basement and coverage is good. We have 4 people that could be on the network at the same time, but its only web browsing, productivity and streaming. There is no heavy file sharing or gaming over WiFi, those tasks are hard wired. 600 symmetrical internet connection and would likley never need to go past 1Gbps in the future. The clients are a mix of a 3 WiFi 5 phones/tablets, 2 WiFi 6 phones, 1 WiFi 7 laptop, a few IoT 2.4 devices.
If I move to something like the RT-BE92U that has 2x2 5/6Ghz, will I notice anything with clients losing the 2 extra spatial streams? My thought was that with the new WiFi 6 and 7 technology like OFDMA, MLO, more QAM and channel width, better latency, BSS, TWT, etc, that it would still be better than having an older WiFi 5 router with 4x4. Anything else that I am not thinking about?
If I move to something like the RT-BE92U that has 2x2 5/6Ghz, will I notice anything with clients losing the 2 extra spatial streams? My thought was that with the new WiFi 6 and 7 technology like OFDMA, MLO, more QAM and channel width, better latency, BSS, TWT, etc, that it would still be better than having an older WiFi 5 router with 4x4. Anything else that I am not thinking about?
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