House type: Landed
Size of house: 22x75 (Double storey)
Features required: Antivirus, QoS, Bandwidth Limiter, VPN

Number of devices connected to WiFi: 20-30 on average + 1 LAN
- Around 12 of them being smart bulbs
- The rest are mostly phones, tv, laptops, printer
- Around 7 devices are connected to 5ghz and the rest are 2.4ghz

Internet Speed: 800mbps
Budget: preferably RM500 (may consider higher budget or get used)
ISP: TM Unifi

Current router: ASUS RT-AX55

Current concerns:
1. Unable to hit 500mbps even with LAN
2. Wifi usually around 200-300mbps
3. Poor coverage especially on second floor

4. Game high ping after the game server shifted from SG to HK, my ping went from 20-30ms to 110-170ms while my friend who is on TIME 200mbps plan, went from 20ms to 50ms with 6 devices connected. Another friend who is on the same Unfii plan as mine able to hit 50-70ms + better router with 10 connected devices. Both live in condo.

Apparently I am the only one with such poor ping. While it makes to have slower internet due to the amount of devices connected, it is my first time seeing such a huge disparity in ping. I am not sure if this is related to router limitation or related to the routing optimisation in my area.

Please advice! Also let me know if getting Wifi 7 router is a good idea for my usage and budget!

Thanks!

This post has been edited by jasonsaw96: Nov 1 2024, 06:42 PM

Uhm according to TM Unifi's official thread, my router is unable to support my speed, especially when i have many devices connected. As for DNS, do you mean by changign the DNS of the router? I have been using various DNS on my phone, none of them really works