I'm thinking about upgrading my W-Fi and I was curious what wireless access points (WAP) people are using. I'm currently using a Netgear R7800 running OpenWRT.

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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

My access points are AC Lite and and U6 Lite. Those are discontinued though.

If I get more for inside, I would probably get the U6+. I am also thinking about getting one of the AC Mesh access points for outside. I'm not too worried about speed since anything that needs high speed is wired. I don't have any neighbors, so I have all the bands to myself. If you are in an urban area, you should probably consider one with 6GHz support.

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    The U6+ will nearly max out gigabit with a 160MHz channel. The U7 Pro can provide higher speeds, but keep in mind there is only room for a single 240MHz channel on 5GHz. You will need 2.5G ethernet to take advantage of the higher speeds.

    Interference from any other WiFi networks within your channel will slow things down a lot though. That makes running with channels wider than 80MHz difficult if there are any other networks in range.

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