Another good deal I think for the price.
D-Link DIR-X5460 EXO AX5400 Wi-Fi 6 Router with Gigabit Ethernet Ports, MU-MIMO, Band Steering, 1024 QAM, OFDMA, WPA3, Firewall, Parental Controls and Speedtest. Works with Alexa/Gooogle Assistant.
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I havent used the nest firmware in a long time; but a few years ago it was woeful to 'tune'.
It felt like it was setup exclusively for the layman with no networking experience.
In that sense; they always worked; but i never did get one to work 'well'.
I had much better experiences with things like AInet by asus; where I can choose channels, adjust the preamble, MTU and other thresholds.
Very true. I think I should have put a little more research into it. Still, performs so poorly. I keep losing wifi to devices that are about 6-7 metres away. Maybe I’m asking too much. I’ll have to see if I can maybe find some sort of cheap extended to give it an extra kick.
Just FYI, because of the WiFi limitations, you will unlikely get gigabits connection over wifi.
Gbps connection over wired connection is more realistic
I'm getting 400 Mbit from a cheap router with two brick walls between me and it.
I get around 600-800 via wifi AX6000. Depending on which room I am in
Yeah, as per the two posters above illustrate, it's very difficult to see 1Gb over WiFi.
If you have more than one device competing for airspace and you can see multiple neighbouring WiFi networks then your speeds will drop precipitously…
Yep I got a lan to my work pc and get 800mbps+ with ABB with the Nest. But wifi is just pathetic at very short ranges. Mesh test shows a great connection but I can’t a Nest Hub 2 or a NUC with wifi 6 to have a connection that doesn’t constantly drop out from about 6-7m away. I’ve read that non Google extenders may work I just need to research a decent one so I can also get wifi in the garage which is maybe 8-9m from a Google extender.
6-7m is a ridiculously short range, even for 5GHz.
I know this is a long shot and will probably sound quite strange, but it couldn’t hurt to share. Do you by any chance have motion sensor lights in your house or garage? I was in a rental property a few years ago that had these odd Verbatim power-saving T8 bulbs, and it turns out the motion sensor they used interfered with the 5GHz band. 2.4GHz was unaffected.
Discovering the issue took me 18 months, multiple returned routers, and a single perfectly timed incident involving a laptop being repeatedly moved between rooms at night-time while simultaneously running a ping test for a completely different issue. Those 18 months certainly tested my sanity, I'll say that much haha.
@[Deactivated]: Interesting. Actually I do, this house is very big and very old and has an ancient security system that’s from I think the early 80s. We don’t use it because we could never figure out the code and how to use it. Appreciate that, I never even considered it. That’s a rabbit hole I’ll have to go down. I’ll have to put my lead paint theory on the back burner lol. The house is 3 stories and it seems vertically it doesn’t have too many issues, lateral signal really, really sucks. Cheers mate.
@[Deactivated]: An old security system actually sounds quite likely. If you have any sensors that look similar to this, and are still powered, then you might have the culprit. They appear to use the same 5.8GHz frequency those Verbatim bulbs used. My old high school had a similar style of sensors littered throughout the campus before they rolled out WiFi. I'm guessing they were pretty common everywhere though.
I hope this helps, and good luck.
@[Deactivated]: Mine look a fair bit older. They are all over the house. This weekend I’m going to try and figure out how to turn it off and see if that helps. Thanks for the tip man. Much appreciated.
Wifi 6/6E mesh systems can reach gigabit speeds, I can get over 800Mbps at each of the nodes of my Wifi 6 RBK753 mesh system linked over a wireless backhaul. But wifi speeds depends on a lot of factors such as internal wall construction of your house, other obstructions between mesh nodes, Wireless interference, capabilities of the mesh system, capabilities of the clients and number of clients etc. So reaching gigabit speeds is not always possible even if technical specs of your system advertises such speeds.
Sorry I wasn’t very clear on what I meant. It’s the wifi dropouts causing issues. I have a very long cat6 cable to a switch for my essentials but anything else wifi like some PCs, laptops etc get really poor signals. I can do a test next to the router and get almost max speeds but move a meter and it’s cut in half or more.
Something about UK routers not having the same bands as Aus routers?
I have a TP LINK Modem Router from the UK (Amazon) without issue.
I would love to know this very much also. I read some comments saying that routers from UK are missing some wifi bands which may cause weak wifi strength.
25.06/antenna - not bad.
3.7 rating is not great though.
Can i use this one in australia?
You can own an atomic bomb if you want.
I have this one, can confirm it's quite stable and doesn't require restarts often, probably only needed it to do it once in the last year.
Does it come with a UK plug?
This or Asus ax86u?
I prefer Asus
If budget isn't a concern then the ax86u. You could even consider a move to something from Ubiquiti.
Can this used as a router with nbn box?
Yep
Thank you.
Damn, Edward scissor hands reincarnated!
Still looking for the right, some what future proof wifi 6.
Going against the grain here. What are the top tier prosumer wifi 6 routers, when budget is not issue? Cause why not 🤷🏻♂️
I've got my eye on the Ubiquiti Amplifi Alien. Just wanting to see if there is something better out there
This appears to be Broadcom kit, based on FCC filings.
It's highly unlikely for any 3rd party firmware to appear.
I'd check if their regional firmware images differed and whether it was cross-flashable, but the EU support site does not even work. Good job.
Notes: Encrypting your firmware images with AES to dissuade research is a dick move, D-Link. Also you've spelt encrypted wrong in your image header. encrpted_img :)
Don't UK routers operate at different freq to ours? I read in past posts about them not being 100% compatable with our signals….
Im sick of my Nest wifi. I have the 3 pack and either it just sucks or I have lead paint. Looking for a replacement. Could this be the one? I have gigabit internet too btw so I’m tempted but unsure if I would be upgrading given the nest 3 pack is so much more expensive.