Orbi Wifi 6 v Google Wifi

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marmel

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#306509 30-Jul-2023 11:58

Looking for some advice.

I’m currently running Google wifi, I have several of the first gen wifi points as well as two of the Google Nest Wifi, one of which is acting as my router from the ONT.

I’ve recently switched to 2Degrees and got sent the Orbi router they supply. I’m wondering if it’s worth installing and getting a couple of the Orbi Wifi 6 mesh devices, AX1800 I believe.

Not sure if I would see much difference or not?

Home is about 240 sqm over one level.

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#3109752 30-Jul-2023 13:22

What speed plan are you on and what speeds were you getting on the Google wifi? Are you also transferring files locally as that Gould likely see the most gain from an upgrade.

No doubt you will see increased performance going up to the AX1800 standard but if you're current bottleneck is the connection to your property upgrading would seem a needless expense.

The other thing to consider first as well, are some things in your wireless able to be wired in even using a switch? If you have tvs anbd consoles that use a lot of data sat next to the router try and stop using the wifi as tmots a avoidable traffic that could get you more performance cheaply. Similarly wiring the nodes of your current system together could see a sizeable improvement by removing the wireless carrying data between the nodes. I'd suggest trying all of these things before upgrading your entire system.

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#3109753 30-Jul-2023 13:27

Currently have fibre max, normally get decent speeds.

I have hard wired as much as possible, including my NAS which supplies movies etc via Plex.

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#3109825 30-Jul-2023 16:06

How many of your wifi devices support AX/Wifi 6? None of the IoT stuff will, so do you have modern (last couple of years) phones, laptops and tablets?

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#3109827 30-Jul-2023 16:28

eonsim:
How many of your wifi devices support AX/Wifi 6? None of the IoT stuff will, so do you have modern (last couple of years) phones, laptops and tablets?

Very few at this stage.

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#3109829 30-Jul-2023 16:36

Then there is very little benefit from switching given you have very few devices that take advantage. All cost with minimal or no advantage.