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I have had a Linksys EA9500 router feeding the house for a few years. I have a ~2500 square foot 2-story house plus basement that it feeds from the 1st floor. I also currently have a couple of MoCA 2.5 adapters (1 behind the router and cable modem and the other in my upstairs office) that feeds a couple of TiVo Mini Vox boxes. Many other wireless devices in the household between laptops, iPhones, iPads, cameras, PS4, streaming sticks, etc. We really don't have terrible signal issues from the current EA9500 router. But in the upper kids rooms they sometimes switch to the 2.4 GHz band from the 5 GHz to get a better connection. Speed is slightly slower, but not terrible.
Anyway, I was looking at one of these new Velop Mesh AX5300 WiFi 6 setups. Seeing it has a newer and faster standard, I was wondering if I would notice much of a difference in the further points in the house. I would place 1 where my current router is and the other likely in my office. I was thinking, and wondering, if I could connect that 2nd mesh device to my MoCA device that sits on my desk. That way I know for sure that the upstairs would get a great signal. Thinking maybe over a MoCA connection to ethernet to Velop could be faster than just over the air. But maybe not? Has anyone done this?
Or really, should I just stand pat with what I have since the EA9500 I think is still a good WiFi 5 router. Thanks!
EA9500: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/linksys-ac5400-tri-band-wifi-5-router-black/5171100.p?skuId=5171100
AX5300: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/linksy...i-system-2-pack-white/6373231.p?skuId=6373231
Anyway, I was looking at one of these new Velop Mesh AX5300 WiFi 6 setups. Seeing it has a newer and faster standard, I was wondering if I would notice much of a difference in the further points in the house. I would place 1 where my current router is and the other likely in my office. I was thinking, and wondering, if I could connect that 2nd mesh device to my MoCA device that sits on my desk. That way I know for sure that the upstairs would get a great signal. Thinking maybe over a MoCA connection to ethernet to Velop could be faster than just over the air. But maybe not? Has anyone done this?
Or really, should I just stand pat with what I have since the EA9500 I think is still a good WiFi 5 router. Thanks!
EA9500: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/linksys-ac5400-tri-band-wifi-5-router-black/5171100.p?skuId=5171100
AX5300: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/linksy...i-system-2-pack-white/6373231.p?skuId=6373231
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