Your internet connection speed

[thephantom]

Hindi ko na makita kung aling thread ung may discussion about Wifi 6 modem having no effect if your gadgets are not ready? Don't really know kaya hinahanap ko, may new offer kasi si Globe na WiFi 6 modem, di ko alam kung worth it ba

I've a wifii 6 mesh in the condo. I use Deco X50. I came from using an old mesh Deco M5. I'll just share what I was told regarding wifi 6. You get better speeds, less bandwidth congestion and more optimized for both 2.5Ghz and 5Ghz. Kinda technical but when I was told about better optimization then I upgraded ours. So far so good.

[Dr.Kamiya]

Is it a lot faster than your old Deco M5?

Far as I know the main difference between WiFi-AC and WiFi 6 (AX) is the 2.4GHz band.
AC uses newer signaling tech but only in the 5GHz band, so 2.4GHz devices run using the old WiFi N.
WiFi 6 (AX) extends the new signaling methods to the 2.4GHz band.

[kisshmet]

5 Reasons You Should Consider Upgrading to a WiFi 6 Router - NETGEAR Hub.

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[papi smith]

My Globe Fiber 1,799 (200 Mbps )will be installed tomorrow, it comes with a WiFi 6 router so I don't know if I can still use my Deco M4. It says on the specs Wifi 5 and speed of more than 300 Mbps.

[thephantom]

Is it a lot faster than your old Deco M5?

Far as I know the main difference between WiFi-AC and WiFi 6 (AX) is the 2.4GHz band.
AC uses newer signaling tech but only in the 5GHz band, so 2.4GHz devices run using the old WiFi N.
WiFi 6 (AX) extends the new signaling methods to the 2.4GHz band.

Sorry for the late response. I can only share what I saw using speedtest app. Seems to have a good 200Mbps increase when I test it. If before using the M5 I would average 400Mbps, now I get 600Mbps.

My average using the Deco M5



Here's with the Deco X50



It's not Gigabit speed since I don't have that with the plan but it's good enough for us.

[kisshmet]

My Globe Fiber 1,799 (200 Mbps )will be installed tomorrow, it comes with a WiFi 6 router so I don't know if I can still use my Deco M4. It says on the specs Wifi 5 and speed of more than 300 Mbps.

wifi6 is designed to be backward compatible with wifi5, so theoretically your M4 should work with the new device that is wifi6 capable, unless globe tweaked their devices not to work with other devices that they didnt sell

wifi6 has a 3rd frequency band (6GHz) that will work only with gadgets that have 6GHz radios

if all your IoT devices are up to 5GHz only then the additional 6GHz available from the new wifi6 router will be pretty much useless

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[papi smith]

Thanks Kisshmet, I'll work on the M4 later, right now my problem is I can't connect my Tapo C210 cams. My Tapo C310WS is fine because it's connected via LAN cable to the router. The router has separate connections for 5G and 2.4.

[papi smith]

Finally was able to get my IP cams working, ayaw ng simpleng unplug replug, gusto talaga press ung reboot button sa cam.

[kisshmet]

^new network name and password requires reconfiguration for the wifi

ethernet connection typically requires no password

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[papi smith]

For 3 years tiniis ko ang 25 Mbps lock in contract, now naka 200 Mbps na ako, I don't really feel any difference, kaya I don't really care if my subscribe speed goes down to half.