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I-Hate-Hulse · 02-22-2023, 08:56 AM

I’m hoping the CP networking Braintrust can help me here.

I currently have a Linksys Wifi 5 AC2200 Velop system running:

https://www.linksys.com/ca/tri-band-...W0302-CAF.html

4/5 nodes are wired backhaul. Currently I’m pulling about 300mbps on mobile devices of which the major ones are wifi 6 enabled.

I was contemplating upgrading some of the central nodes to a Velop wifi 6 system, as I understand you can run both in a system. This is the one currently for sale:

https://www.linksys.com/ca/dual-band...MX5503-CA.html

Some questions I have are:

1) Given that the latter is dual band - is this a worthwhile upgrade?
2) With 6e starting to trickle out - should I wait?
3) Despite 6e on the horizon, should I just bite the bullet and go to a wifi 6 Unifi UDM based system?

02-22-2023, 08:56 AM	#61
I-Hate-Hulse Franchise Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sector 7-G Exp:	I’m hoping the CP networking Braintrust can help me here. I currently have a Linksys Wifi 5 AC2200 Velop system running: https://www.linksys.com/ca/tri-band-...W0302-CAF.html 4/5 nodes are wired backhaul. Currently I’m pulling about 300mbps on mobile devices of which the major ones are wifi 6 enabled. I was contemplating upgrading some of the central nodes to a Velop wifi 6 system, as I understand you can run both in a system. This is the one currently for sale: https://www.linksys.com/ca/dual-band...MX5503-CA.html Some questions I have are: 1) Given that the latter is dual band - is this a worthwhile upgrade? 2) With 6e starting to trickle out - should I wait? 3) Despite 6e on the horizon, should I just bite the bullet and go to a wifi 6 Unifi UDM based system?