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Zimzamzom's avatar
Zimzamzom
Aspirant
Oct 02, 2016

EX7300 (WALLPLUG) vs EX7000 (DESKTOP) ? Which one is overall better? Which one to buy?

Hello nice community people..

 

I have a question.. 

 

I own these 2 products, its more of like.. which one should I return?

 

First, I bought EX7300 (WALL PLUG) without knowing advantages or whatever it is, im new to this. I had disconnection issues with the wall plug everytime.. and it is starting to get annoying..

So I bought the Desktop version the EX7000... 

 

Now I put them together 

 

I can see the EX7300 outputting only 580mbps on 5GHZ, the EX7000 outputting 780mbps.. why is that?

Now when me and my girlfriend use speedtest on how well these 2 perform.. With EX7300.. we get equal 30mbps each at the same time..   with EX7000 I get 60mbps and my girlfriend 15mbps... Why is that? (Sorry im noob) 

 

Is it because of the MU-MIMO feature? 

 

Now with signal...

My EX7300 gets 45% signal from the 5Ghz.... while my EX7000 gets only 28% signal from the 5Ghz.

 

But how is it that my EX7000 is outputting 780mbps vs the 580mbps EX7300??? is it because of the EX7000 have dual core processors??  how many processors does EX73000 have?? 

 

 

What are the actual specs of EX7300? vs the EX7000?

 

What are the differences in features and performance?  (Sorry I am just too noob)

 

Will the Desktop version have MU-MIMO?? better signal??  I am very stupid please understand im new.

 

If you guys could let me know what should I do??

 

Should I get a replacement of EX7300 + Ethernet switch??  or Keep the EX7000 DESKTOP and return the Wallplug EX7300???

 

Please I really need help to understand..

 

Last but not the least..

 

Why does my EX7300 keep randomly disconnecting? is it because of bandwidth overload?? 

 

 

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2 Replies

    • TheEther's avatar
      TheEther
      Guru
      Oct 02, 2016

      It's very unlikely that anyone will be able to give you a definitive answer.  When it comes to Wi-Fi, the dominating factor that determines performance is the environment.  The placement of the extender, the layout and construction of your residence and the presence of other radio signals (both Wi-Fi and non-Wi-Fi) will all affect speeds.

       

      On paper, the EX7300 should be faster than the EX7000 but other factors come into play.  If you are putting the EX7300 in a different location than the EX7000, then that will matter.  The EX7000 has external antennas, which could give it better range and might explain why you are getting better results.  The EX7300 supports quad-stream 802.11ac, so it can hit a higher link speed (1733 Mbps) than the EX7000 (1300 Mbps).  But this requires a client with quad-stream support.  AFAIK, no mobile device or laptop supports quad-streams.  MU-MIMO should also result more efficient usage of the 5 GHz band but clients must also support MU-MIMO.