Am about to move houses and new place will have 1000/1000 speeds. Wondering if I should get a Wifi 6 router or not, is it worth the upgrade? Can Wifi 5 and 6 equipment be combined? Or will it then all be ‘downgraded’ to Wifi 5?

Usecase: At home - with 8 or so devices.

Anyway, let me know your experiences with WiFi 6 and wether I should aim to get it.

  • quizno50@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I have Starlink gen 2 which only supports WiFi 5. After getting the Ethernet adapter and putting up a WiFi 6 access point almost all of my WiFi problems went away. I dunno if the problems were because of the Starlink implementation, or the older WiFi version, but for me it was a huge difference.

    • undefined@links.hackliberty.orgEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I’d gamble it’s a combination of both. WiFi 5 seems pretty bad on ISP-supplied routers, but performs well on higher-end routers but at the same time, I’ve seen quite the performance boost moving from Ubiquiti UAP-AC-PRO to U6 Pro.