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Trying to understand benefit of upgrading?
Current setup: 400MB plan with my ISP and run an RBR50 with 2 satellites and an RBW30 as well. I routinely have between 30 and 50 devices connected. I was going to add another satellite to help wi...
For me the benefits were:
1. Future-proofing device connections (wifi 6), and Xfinity keeps boosting my internet speed.
2. Enchancing the maximum number of connected devices. Heck, even my hot pot, kitchen fan, doorbells, and two year old scale have wifi connections.
3. The 802.11ax backhaul. I can have a NAS connected to the RBR850 and a Mac on the RBS850 and get 62 MB/sec. The RBR53 only gave me twenty-something.
Sure wish it was a tad cheaper though.