wifi 6? wifi 6E? wifi 7? OFDMA? my head is spinning

what about these 3 packs of mesh wifi APs with wired backhaul

  • Terrarium [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    My primary requirement is that it can run an aftermarket oprn source firmware well. Like one of the WRTe or similar. I would find whatever is new and reliable that fits that requirement.

  • FumpyAer [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    I mean honestly it depends on your network speed and the distance you need it to go. 6 has been more than enough for me at 300 Mbps and I only switched because my ISP provided one was ass and it crashed and required a power cycle weekly.

    Mesh is only required if your living space is sprawling (two story + basement duplex) or has weird brick/concrete interference from an addition.

    I can vouch for the TP-Link Archer AX3000 Pro in terms of stability and range.

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      6ghz is a game changer. The latency is so much lower that I actually don’t mind using wifi.

      Normally I stick to ethernet whenever possible, but the latency is almost the same as ethernet, and >2gbps over wifi is killer.

      However 6ghz is currently ass on Linux (at least with Intel wifi) so if you have a 6ghz device and use Linus then turn it off.

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        yeah after further research I really want to splurge to go 6E or triband 7 because of the whole new chunk of spectrum it can use

        they can try to fool you on 7 apparently, some 7 equipment is only “dual band” and doesn’t have 6 ghz radio

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          they can try to fool you on 7 apparently, some 7 equipment is only “dual band” and doesn’t have 6 ghz radio

          WTF why does this exist? Same with USB 4 20gbps. Thank god Microsoft told manufacturers they can’t call a 20gbps USB port USB 4 and ship it with windows. MS doing a rare good thing.