Wifi recomendations

[Morphex]

 

My current zone is CLUTERED with other wifi hotspots, and there is no free channel available, I am already using the one with less overlap but no luck :(.
 

So I am trying to sort this out.  I currently own a `Asus RT-AC86U` - standard firmware -  it has served me well but it seems its not powerfull enough, near the router I get around 400MBS ( I have a 1GBS connection) (but 3-5 meters of it, and I can barely do a ZOOM/Teams call - constant freezes, people complaining that they cant hear me, etc).
I am looking for a non bank breaking upgrade if possible, and something that I can carry around with me from flat to flat - house.  I willing to pay for a Long term solution I can use and expand later on.

Things I have looked into so far:

• Ubiquiti UniFi 6 Pro Acces Point Wifi 6 AP 5.3Gbps 300+ clients (U6-PRO), dual band

 

The flat is 1300 SQF, I would love to have a one AP thingy, but would be willing to mesh it out if no other solution, I honestly don`t care if its overkill setup, I really just want to have wireless across the flat with good stable connections. Most of the wifi is being take by admin/local/guest ap on the complex which is rarelly used.

Any suggestions on what to look into?

Thank you!~

 

[seanondemand]

If your computer doesn’t have wifi6, you probably won’t see a difference. If you’re in a really congested area, that’s what wifi6 (and especially wifi 6e) is meant to help with. But even better would be a wire. 

[Falcon1986]

1 hour ago, Morphex said:

Any suggestions on what to look into?

If your wireless environment is already congested, mesh will not make anything better. Actually, you might make things worse for yourself and your neighbours.

 

Please run a wireless survey using WiFi Analyzer (PC) or WiFiman (Android) so we can see what your 2.4GHz and 5GHz spectra look like.

[Morphex]

4 hours ago, seanondemand said:

If your computer doesn’t have wifi6, you probably won’t see a difference. If you’re in a really congested area, that’s what wifi6 (and especially wifi 6e) is meant to help with. But even better would be a wire. 

The desktop is wire connected and has 0 issues, mobile and the laptops are the ones struggling.

4 hours ago, Falcon1986 said:

If your wireless environment is already congested, mesh will not make anything better. Actually, you might make things worse for yourself and your neighbours.

 

Please run a wireless survey using WiFi Analyzer (PC) or WiFiman (Android) so we can see what your 2.4GHz and 5GHz spectra look like.

I have run , thats how I know that there isn`t really a "empty channel" to use, so I reckon the only solution is to get a more powerful emitters. I am not worried about the neighbours at all, all the flats have a AP from the building that is beaming Wifi everywhere, but the wifi is just 5 - 10mb, there is 1 or 2 AP that are no the standard flat ones, which are really weak.

So that said, can would getting a more powerfull AP solve/help the issue? I reckon I don`t really need the wifi 6, but its a nice to have (the desktop actually has wifi 6,but its currently wired). Right not, it makes the wireless devices pretty much useless unless I am sitting on top of the router sadly.

Honestly right now, even a overkill powerful setup would be something I would look into.

[Falcon1986]

1 hour ago, Morphex said:

...so I reckon the only solution is to get a more powerful emitters.

No.

 

1 hour ago, Morphex said:

I am not worried about the neighbours at all, all the flats have a AP from the building that is beaming Wifi everywhere, but the wifi is just 5 - 10mb, there is 1 or 2 AP that are no the standard flat ones, which are really weak.

This is like going to a sports event with loud cheering spectators. You can try shouting louder than the crowd to communicate with another person, but by then it's just noise; nobody will be able to understand each other.

 

1 hour ago, Morphex said:

So that said, can would getting a more powerfull AP solve/help the issue?

Again, no.

 

1 hour ago, Morphex said:

I reckon I don`t really need the wifi 6, but its a nice to have

It's not about how "powerful" the APs are. It's about the new optimizations that are designed to work better in congested WiFi environments. I'd even recommend WiFi 6E if your spectrum is that congested.

 

1 hour ago, Morphex said:

I have run , thats how I know that there isn`t really a "empty channel" to use

May we see it for ourselves? There might be something we can see that you might have missed.

[Morphex]

16 hours ago, Falcon1986 said:

No.

 

This is like going to a sports event with loud cheering spectators. You can try shouting louder than the crowd to communicate with another person, but by then it's just noise; nobody will be able to understand each other.

 

Again, no.

 

It's not about how "powerful" the APs are. It's about the new optimizations that are designed to work better in congested WiFi environments. I'd even recommend WiFi 6E if your spectrum is that congested.

 

May we see it for ourselves? There might be something we can see that you might have missed.

Sure, once I back at the flat I will grab a screenshot.