After moving house I have FTTP (Australian NBN) getting me 800Mbps on the modem itself.

I brought my ~4yo Deco M5 mesh wifi’s from my old house and unfortunately they get me ~300Mpbs on the ground floor and ~80Mbps upstairs - I assume this is because they are WiFi5 (not WiFi6) and old.

Unfortunately I have no good options for running Ethernet to the top floor.

What is my best bet (around $500-600 AUD) for maximing the bandwidth on the top floor?

A sales rep at JB Hifi suggested one of:

Questions:

  1. Is Wifi6 likely to give be a boost over Wifi5?
  2. Does the AX value (1800 vs 3200) matter since the modem itself is only 800Mpbs - or does higher AX value also imply better power through the roof?
  3. Would a directional Wifi system where I can point the antenna at the other unit help?
  4. Any advice on how to choose between these two devices, or recommendations for others?

  • ElevenNotesB
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    11 months ago
    1. No. you mean Wi-Fi 6E, which introduces 6GHz, which travels even less far than 5GHz does, so it would only be fast in the same room as the access point.
    2. No idea what an AX value is.
    3. No, directional systems only work with line of sight, you should not mesh Wi-Fi at all but always connect all access points via ethernet.
    4. Use Unifi. Get two U6 access points (doesn’t matter which ones) and connect them via ethernet.