wired / wireless?

if wired, make sure the cable is at least CAT5E and the NIC support Gigabit.

for wireless, test with WIFI 5GHz ac, can reach around 200mbps with 2x2 mimo client.

This post has been edited by Ebony & Ivory: Aug 25 2018, 07:39 PM

How to identify you're in 100mbps or 1gbps cable. Just look into the number pin of your cables.

4 wires = 100mbps cable no matter you're cat5 cat5e or Cat6

8 wires = 1gbps and in even cst5e are 1gbps connection too. Not necessary to cat6. Cat6 is to lower down the latency in long distance. But in distance of few meters cat5eis good too. We're not in mission critical connection actually.

This post has been edited by war3boy: Aug 25 2018, 11:22 PM

Shit man, I give up already... seemed like the cost to upgrade the routers/cards are quite expensive.. will just use as it is for now..

Current setup:
Ground floor:
- Main router TP Link Archer C2
- Wireless AC speed up to 433 Mbps
- 4 Gigabit LAN ports
- TP-LINK TL-WPA4530 KIT AV500 Powerline ac Wi-Fi Kit (LAN endpoint 100Mbps connected to main router Archer C2)

First Floor:
- TP-LINK TL-WPA4530 KIT AV500 Powerline ac Wi-Fi Kit (wireless endpoint)
- Wireless AC speed up to 433 Mbps but capped at 100Mbps because of the LAN port is only 100mbps.

My laptop upstair is running on Intel wireless only with max of 433mbps.. pulling a LAN cable will be damn ugly so it is a no.. buying a good Asus Lyra + good USB wifi that is capable of 500mbps and above will be more than 1000.. it is not worth just for a laptop to use.. haha..

Sounds good, but I would suggest the main route being something more capable than the C2, maybe the Archer C7 v4 or v5.

Feeling wanna upgrade but just worried if pay already and it is still not as good as expected..

Is there any shop that i can loan/rent some wifi routers for testing purpose like:
- Mikrotik hAP AC
- Asus Lyra

Unfortunately not. The Archer C7 v4 or v5 will be stable, unless you want something better, like the Asus RT-AC86U, or cheaper option would be the TP-Link C3150 v2.

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May I know your area pls? still waiting fro my unifi turbo ....

Boss, whats this v4 v5 about? i search on online shopping site all selling Archer C7... no mention v4 v5 etc.

I see the price diff bet C7 and C9 is about RM100, and C7 & Asus RT-AC58U AC1300 is RM60; is the price diff can justify the added stability and speed boost? I am waiting my turbo 300 from unifi, wondering which router to get.

Just call me bro will do lol. Anyway, TP-Link likes to release new versions of their routers, and then abandoning the previous version, and not supporting them anymore, unless you are in the US. Some of the online shops might have v2, some might have v4, and some might have v5. It depends on where you get it from. You have to ask the online shop what version is that, or go buy it in a physical shop, and see the version on the box. V5 and v4 is the newest one, and have hardware and firmware upgrade over the v2. If you want to get the C7, get it from OOKAS. They are reliable and got the latest version usually.

Yes, the price diff can justify the added stability and speed boost. You could get the C9 if you want, and that is what I recommend. But, make sure you get it from OOKAS, or if you want to get it elsewhere, make sure it is v5, which is the newest version, and have the newest firmware and better hardware. I suggest you get it from OOKAS. Be aware that the v5 is using EU firmware, so you will get limited 5GHz channels.

Noted, many thanks Bro

guys, can recommend any budget for the 500mbps unifi upgrade?
was looking at the D-Link AC1200 DualBand Wireless

https://shopee.com.my/D-Link-AC1200-DualBan...8287.1647463613

hi, do any one have issue when your LAN is gigabit ethernet but your speed only can get 300++ Mbps? my plan upgrade to 500Mbps. Use laptop with gigabit ethernet can get 500++Mbps. I suspect my PC issue at either win 10 or network adapter?

funny story though, i disable my kaspersky Internet security and the speed goes out, have u try boot into ubuntu live cd just for the sake of testing

hi not yet try ubuntu but try run safe mode with networking (others software or driver disable and kaspersky disable).....still give same result