QUOTE(AVFAN @ Dec 9 2018, 10:46 PM)
he said:
currently using Unifi 500Mbps. need WiFi to cover a 50feet x 70feet, double storey area (with brick wall rooms). the router have to be place at one corner so the WiFi will have to cover until 85feet (diagonal)u suggested he get a certain "beast" router, no repeater.
i asked what results he will get with that router.
becos wifi 85ft is difficult... will he get 20, 50, 100, 200 mbps with that router?
for 3x3 5ghz devices, 2x2 2.4ghz devices?
becos not everyone has the latest n best devices even if u have the best-best router.
i'm also looking for improvement...
OK. I understood what do you mean.
He will get around 20 - 50 or sometimes up to 70 - 80 Mbps on 2.4GHz with 500Mbps line. ( Only Laptops ).
Phone will be around 15 - 25Mbps because the link speed until 72Mbps only on 5GHz
2.4GHz is congested with radio waves like mouse receivers and bluetooth.
Under 5GHz can get about 100Mbps or above if it is further away from the router.
Mostly every 5GHz are under 2X2 which is up to 866.7Mbps
You may read the pinned post for more info about 5GHz 2X2 and 3X3.
3X3 devices can get up to 800Mbps IRL.
Full Signal = Higher link speed.
If using repeater, won't improve the speed as bro SilentVampire told everyone here.
Stick to one router or lay the cable from main router to an access point.
Since he doesn't want to lay the cables around his house. Extend Wi-Fi Coverage in wireless way won't get exact same speed with the router. The speed will reduce.
New router generally improves the 2.4GHz speed. Before that I was using Wireless N Single Band Router with 10Mbps line.
After got upgraded to 100Mbps. The speed in my room decreases to 5Mbps and below. Then I change to Archer C9 and the speed improves, able to get full 100Mbps under 40MHz in my room. The reason I recommend AC5400X is because the coverage is very big can cover 2 or 3 story house without any problems. Old routers cannot handle higher bandwidth speed and generally will slow down. If 5GHz signal decreases will decrease link speed too. Under 2.4GHz no problem as the coverage is wider than 5GHz.
I'm using Archer C9, when my router kaput. May consider upgrading to TP-Link AC5400X or I will wait for AX Routers.
I'm using TIME 500Mbps and I can get about 70 - 80Mbps on 5GHz now.
Thanks.