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stanfrench
Mar 05, 2021Luminary
Benefits of WiFi 6 with older devices
I run around 30+ wifi devices at any time in my home. These devices range from things like smart TV's, Amazon Fire TV's, wifi A/V Amps, smart home devices (thermostat, sprinkler system, cameras, ligh...
stanfrench
Mar 05, 2021Luminary
My house is a wood frame covered by drywall and stucco; typical for California. The wifi signal extends pretty far and I don't have any major problems reaching devices even outside the house. The problem I have seems to be related to having too many devices for the routers capacity. I run between 20-30 at any one time which must be a lot of traffic for the "Wifi Highway" created by ny R9000. What drew my attention to WiFi 6, in particular the RAX200 is the claim it can increase the highway width (maybe not so much its length). In fact the RAXE500 says it can handle up to 60 devices running simultaneously. What I am not clear about though is if that performance depends on using WiFi 6 clients (devices). Most of mine are WiFi 4 and 5 devices. Would I get that same level of bandwidth using Wifi 4 and 5 devices under the RAX200 or RAXE500? That's my main question.
plemans
Mar 06, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Both the R9000 and the EX7500 support up to 32 devices per band per device.
so you could theoretically have up to 128 devices if they were all seperated out properly.
You could try going with a mesh system but if you're current system does provide coverage, you might try optimizing placement of the router/extender as well as what channels they use.