So, looking to upgrade my home wifi system. With more working from home, Im looking for a bit better setup as my router is a few years old.
I have a Nighthawk R8300 (its been good, but is 2-3 years old now) and an Arris SB8200 with Gigablast from Cox.
Each kid has a PS/Xbox in their room, so, I need to account for their usage as well as usage when I get my new xbox upstairs. The main level stuff is all wired in. Im not overly worried about only having 1-2 ethernet ports on the main base, as I can just get a cheap 4-5 port switch to handle that. Id like ethernet ports on the satellites, so that I can wire in the kids' gaming systems, but also have wired in the office. I like the triband that has dedicated channels for communication between the units.
And yes, I know the wired connections on the satellites are just enhanced wireless, since they is no physical connection to the modem.
Id like to spend less than $500.
Been looking at the Orbi system or the Nighthawk systems at costco. They are both wifi6, but all of our devices, outside of our iphones are wifi5 or lower. I have around 20 connected devices today between the nest, ring, fridge (basically just alerts me it the door doesnt close), tvs, ipads, etc.
I have a Nighthawk R8300 (its been good, but is 2-3 years old now) and an Arris SB8200 with Gigablast from Cox.
Each kid has a PS/Xbox in their room, so, I need to account for their usage as well as usage when I get my new xbox upstairs. The main level stuff is all wired in. Im not overly worried about only having 1-2 ethernet ports on the main base, as I can just get a cheap 4-5 port switch to handle that. Id like ethernet ports on the satellites, so that I can wire in the kids' gaming systems, but also have wired in the office. I like the triband that has dedicated channels for communication between the units.
And yes, I know the wired connections on the satellites are just enhanced wireless, since they is no physical connection to the modem.
Id like to spend less than $500.
Been looking at the Orbi system or the Nighthawk systems at costco. They are both wifi6, but all of our devices, outside of our iphones are wifi5 or lower. I have around 20 connected devices today between the nest, ring, fridge (basically just alerts me it the door doesnt close), tvs, ipads, etc.