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AC1900 vs AX5400 gaming router
I currently have the AC1900 Nighthawk router. A friend told me I should upgrade to the AX5400 gaming router. What differences in performace will I see in the two and what other differences will the...
Is the $ worth it? Depends. You might get some lower latency/ping times. You can also choose gaming servers to help with that.
but is it worth the money? That's a loaded question that usually a significant other is better positioned to help with. :)
If you're streaming/gaming devices aren't hardwired in, you might find a better benefit from hardwiring in devices than upgrading its wireless. since I doubt the tv's or shields are AX devices.
are you having issues? Or just curious?
We aren't really having any problems, so I guess just curious. LOL. We do have an issue with quite high latency.
- What router and modem/gateway do you have
I have Spectrum internet with a Hitreon Docsis 3.1 Modem and the AC1900 Nighthawk router.
The internet speed is suposed to be
- Download speeds from 100-400 Mbps
- Upload speeds from 5-20 Mbps
I ran a speed test on DSL report and got these results....
151 download
23.6 upload
70 ms ping