Comment on Which is better for my network, an extender or another router?

• SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m living in WiFi 5 world so this is new info to me. Neat.

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  • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wifi 5 vs 6, 6E and 7 are worlds different. A LOT has changed in that time.

    It was either 6 or 7 that was designed with mesh/extenders in mind, and it actually works really well if you have good hardware.

    Also even in the wifi 5 days they made mesh/extenders explicitly with duplex issues in mind. Just about every high end wifi 5 system had at least dual band wifi, with most having 3.

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• rekabis@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  His router is tri-band though meaning it has 2 5ghz transceivers.

  Unfortunately, for many models - like the Linksys WRT 3200ACM - that second antenna (technically the third one) doesn’t function at all without the manufacturer’s firmware. It’s a dead stick with any third-party firmware, and is 100% software-enabled.

  I have found this fact to be reliable whether it is DD-WRT or OpenWRT, and across several different manufacturers including Asus and D-Link.

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  • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This thread is just full of super useful info. Cheers and thanks!

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