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Orb Mesh 50 Questions (newbie)
I am switching from the Nighthawk and looking at my options for a Mesh Network. I have a one-floor 4,000 sq foot home which is hard to cover. I currently have a repeater plus lots of deadspots not ...
I would hold off buying a wifi 6 router now that wifi 6E has been approved. A wifi 6 router will not have the new 6 ghz band.
Jetdrive wrote:I would hold off buying a wifi 6 router now that wifi 6E has been approved. A wifi 6 router will not have the new 6 ghz band.
This is indeed the constant quandry with regard to electronics. At some point, a person simply "has to make a decision." WiFi 6 is "here now" and devices that use it are already for sale. WiFi 6E will be a reality (when???) and devices that take advantage of it will be on the market (when???). I'd say a year from now is optimistic. (Sort of like that Virus Vaccine.)
Meanwhile, all the "things we already own" are pretty happy with the (affordable) WiFi 5 systems. I am certainly glad that I am not in the market for a new WiFi system right now.