the forum sub over here have technical sifus that may be able to help
https://forum.lowyat.net/NetworksandBroadband


a good app i find for troubleshoot wifi is wifiman on android, assuming ur client device is android. because then u can roam about ur home and check which has the best signal and throughput.

like others pointed out, even if u get the very latest wifi 7 router/ap, doesnt necessarily mean u can get those top speeds. its also very dependent on your client device wifi capability. maybe ur client device is old and stuck on an older wifi standard.

In that situation, if u got many of those old clients, i think a wifi 6e router is more than enough, because it's cheaper a wifi 7 router/ap last i checked.

then u got dual band, triband, quad band.... the later the most expensive. tri band is usually good enough. there is a whole article here that goes into that
https://dongknows.com/dual-band-vs-tri-band...i-fi-bandwidth/


there is simply just a lot to learn. if u check out dongknows blog he has a lot of articles that enlightens u on these things for wifi networking.


for my own setup, i have a dedicated pfsense router. my wifi is a separate access point which is a tplink eap-773 wifi 7. but for newbie like u, just getting an all in one router/wifi ap combo is ok. Just i rather have the feature of pfsense e.g. pfblocker which is why i went that route instead.

If u want to have multiple ap around the home, tplink has a good easy to configure mesh ap that comes in packs of 1-3 satelite nodes. Asus they have their AI mesh. if you search youtube for pendakwah teknologi, he explains the mesh wifi setup builds. just take note, each satelite note has a power consumption. i get by with 1 wifi ap, so depends on how big is your home for full wifi coverage to have good signal for the entire place.

also check youtube for useful info



This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: May 5 2025, 02:07 PM