Weapons-grade home WiFi suggestions

[wibble cb]

I had 2x tp link deco mesh units but the router had to be on the 3rd floor, so even with a satellite unit downstairs the speed was not great, I have just replaced the deco mesh system with a singular tp link BE11000 wifi 7 router, things have improved

Old deco speed



New BE11000 speed



The new one has such a strong signal only one unit seems to be needed!

[Acuity31]

Blown2CV said:

i thought 'proper' gamers never used wi-fi for the gaming machines?

I gamed over wifi for years without any serious issues unless I was uploading something at the same time, then ping would go to over 200. I've now switched to wired and I wish I did it sooner. I thought the cable would be too bulky and ugly along the skirting board but its barely detectable and very flat and flexible.

[silentbrown]

Blown2CV said:

but most domestic usage scenarios don't heavily use simultaneous duplex, hence pre-fibre connections being designed for asymmetry. Even video calls don't heavily saturate connections and don't use that much bi-di constantly.

Even when you're just downloading there's a steady stream of packets heading back to the server, acknowledging the receipt of packets FROM the server.

Bandwidth-wise, it's a tiny fraction, but it's still enough to have an impact on a half-duplex link as you've got the issue of multiple devices all trying to shout on the network at the same time, and the inevitable packet collisions/retries that occur.

Older Ethernet system (thinwire, 10Base T with hubs, etc.) were also half duplex. Now that switches are ubiquitous, it's effectively a full duplex system.

[theboss]

It doesn’t even have to be bandwidth intensive.

Any client dropping frames on the network ends up having a detrimental effect on the shared spectrum. Plus management and control frames are sent at legacy transmission speeds which means they eat a disproportionate amount of airtime.

Therefore just having clients associated with the network is negative. That’s why somebody with 200 lightbulbs really wants them ringfenced on their own 2.4ghz only IoT SSID and VLAN

[Gary C]

arrrrrrrrrrg

Gone from FTTP 1gbps using hard wired backhaul mesh

to 40mbps FTTC VDSL with a BT home hub V2...

and guess what, it works fine. Watching sky stream for TV while using my laptop and the wife on her iPad, no glitches, speed is good.

Must be the lack of kids on youtube...