I currently have my standard Arris wifi gateway from Cox. I am not getting great upload speeds to my xbox but I am getting almost 100% download speeds and signal strength on wifi. I am looking to upgrade my router but here is the issue. I can not hardwire the xbox for location reasons and it is also in a sperate room give or take about 40 feet from the gateways location.
I know the XR500 is for gaming and all, but to be honest signal strength is more important to me. What is the point for all the gaming options if I cant get the signal to the device I am gaming on?
My question to anyone who may be able to give me an answer is, which router will give me the best wifi signal strength through walls/kind of far away?
Due to government regulations no manufacturer can build a router that exceeds transmit power specifications so you will not see a big increase with a particular router over another.
Beyond, both the XR500 and the R9000 make use of the very same Qualcomm QCA9984 radio controllers and Skyworks (2.4 GHz) resp. RFMD/Quovo (5 GHz) power amps.
