D-Link EXO AX1500 Mesh Wi-Fi 6 Router - $129 + Free Shipping @ Centre Com (Officeworks Price Match $122.55)

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Ldepecid on 22/11/2020 - 10:10 centrecom.com.au (473 clicks)
Last edited 23/11/2020 - 13:19 by 3 other users

I was looking for an AX router to use with my oculus quest 2 for virtual desktop and found this. Officeworks price matched for $122.55! Cheaper than a range extender.

*Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) technology provides faster speeds, greater capacity and less network congestion
*Next-gen speeds up to 1.5 Gbps (1200 Mbps on the 5 GHz band and 300 Mbps on the 2.4 GHz band)
*Dual-band Wi-Fi with up to 4 simultaneous streams makes 4K streaming, gaming or video chatting a breeze
*OFDMA and MU-MIMO technology communicate more data to more devices while simultaneously reducing latency
*4 Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports and 1 Gigabit Ethernet WAN port provide optional wired connectivity
*Intelligent Quality of Service (QoS) prioritizes network traffic to minimize the impact of busy bandwidth
*Backwards compatibility ensures support for previous Wi-Fi standards and all Wi-Fi devices
*Increased battery life of connected devices with Target Wake Time (TWT) technology
*Supports the latest 128-bit industry-standard Wi-Fi encryption
*Voice Control for an even easier home Wi-Fi networking experience
*Works with the D-Link Wi-Fi App for easy setup and enhanced parental control

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  Jimothy Wongingtons on 22/11/2020 - 11:12

  +1

  Networking gurus: I have an Ethernet over power extender In lounge with Ethernet out (gigabit) can I just hook this router to that?

  I also want to use this as just a dedicated router for Virtual Desktop

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  Devils Advocate on 22/11/2020 - 12:02

  I’ve currently got the below D-Link router, but I’m having range and drop out issues in a small two story townhouse.

  http://www.google.com.au/shopping/product/353100301681600753…

  Would OP’s router fix those issues, considering most of my devices aren’t Wifi 6 compatible?

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    MambaZone on 22/11/2020 - 16:02

    +2

    I have this router and live in a smallish 2 storey townhouse. I have connection issues on 2nd level in spots. The standard Huawei ISP router I had before this I had no issues.

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    Twix on 22/11/2020 - 17:21

    +1

    Wait for a sale on the TP-Link Deco M5 2-Pack Mesh Router. Maybe this Friday.

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  [Deactivated] on 22/11/2020 - 12:11

  No OpenWRT support, how is the bloatware on D-Link routers?

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    whats up skip on 22/11/2020 - 12:55

    +4

    It isn't the bloatware you have to worry about, it is the poor reliability of the hardware and the poor performance of the software. D-link warranty department seem to find reasons to dismiss complaints for any random reason, like you connected an Ethernet device that worked fine on other switches, but it is clearly a problem on this D-link one.

    By the way, none of the open source firmware support WiFi 6, or even some of the more advanced parts of 802.6ac, as these use closed source code. Essentially if you want to run open source firmware, as I do, then do it just on a device that is only a router or disable the WiFi part of the router. I do the later and use dedicated UniFi access points.

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      Stalins Moustache on 23/11/2020 - 21:30

      As above.

      In my 15 years in IT I can't think of a good thing to say about D-Link.

      Hardware, Firmware, support/warranty and price of D-Link are all crap.

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  MambaZone on 22/11/2020 - 16:18

  +4

  I have had this router for about 4 months and have had some issues.

  I was getting up to 70 dropouts of 1-20 seconds each in a 24 hour period. It was absolute hell trying to work from home and have video calls. Talked to D-Link support and I had to manually update the firmware as for some reason the router wasn't auto updating.

  For the most part, it seems to have fixed the issue, but I'm still tracking the connection, have had a couple dropouts and am still dealing with D-Link support.

  I also have connection issues on the 2nd level of my smallish 2 storey townhouse.
  I didn't have any issues previously with my Huawei ISP supplied router.

  TBH if I had my time again, I would've bought something different as I've never had this much stuffing around with a router.

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    jnguy54 on 22/11/2020 - 18:16

    +1

    I've also had this same issue, such frequent drop outs with wireless devices stuck in "connection limbo". I replaced this one with a TP-Link. I spent ages on the phone with dlink and even submit error logs to Samsung who said it was a dns issue on the router side. I'm glad that the firmware update fixed it for you, as when I had it there was no update.

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  depecid on 22/11/2020 - 17:07

  +2

  Fair call. I've just fired it up and tried it with Virtual Desktop and it was flawless, although i can't vouch for it's long term usage.
  I tried the TP-Link AX50 first and it had better features, but was crashing my Virtual Desktop every time i started a new connection and then would cause stuttering in game that made it unplayable.

  For what i want it seems like it should be capable enough as a switch/wifi with DHCP disabled.