Suggestion for Router
Thinking about buying a new router since my old one is dying and I moved.
My budget is around 4k, the router will be placed non-ideally (in a corner room) in a 1600 sq.ft apartment. I would love something with high penetration since my grandma lives in the apartment one floor below. So, is that anything in the market that fits my needs?
I tried the tp-link wr941hp but it's coverage and quality of wifi were utter crap.
TP-link Archer C6
TP Link is good, and long lasting in this budget..
Thanks. But after Tp-link wr941hp I feel betrayed by them so I'm kinda apprehensive about buying tp-link. Will C6 actually fit my needs? Btw, someone recommended me Tenda f9, any idea about the brand and the router?Originally Posted by Sybaris Caesar
Using Mi Router 3(R3), not bad
tplink er somossa hoite 5ghrz range e channel joto gula ase sob gula bangladesh e ban . ami ei dhora ta khaisi tplink archar series kine
What do you mean by Bangladesh e banned? A friend of mine uses the Archer C7 and is using both the 2.4 and 5GHz channels.
Last edited by dipanzan; August 26th, 2019 at 01:03.
Tplink archer series uses channels which are less than 50 width range and for some weird reason bangladesh government banned all channels less than 50 range for 5ghrz . which means mobility is limited specially for mobile devices (xiaomi and huawei specially but some samsung devices works). I personally mailed tplink about this issue and they have replied it is something which can't be changed with any firmware upgrade or smt because country restriction. Though you can use 5ghrz range on laptops
Can BD govt. enforce it though? No mobile and router company shouldn't be producing BD-specific products.
I can only foresee this being a problem if govt. banned those bands for mobile networks. A mobile may support bands under 50 but since govt. restricts bands under 50 the mobile towers won't output them per regulation.
Or if router maker or mobile maker puts out country-specific firmware as per regulation (if there are any). Cause how can the govt. enforce WiFi bands that is direct linked (router to device)?
Can you please share some more info on this?
Last edited by Sybaris Caesar; August 26th, 2019 at 09:39.
He's using his phone(iPhone 10) and a Mac, and they both work fine. But my Samsung doesn't connect to it for some reason, but all the iDevices connect just fine. Weird, didn't know about this restriction ban.
the solution is using custom firmware like openwrt or dwrt which have good support on some routers and other's don't. the solution i came with xiaomi phone is changing the region to India helps me to recognize the channel and works pretty fine but other than that i think you need a rooted phone to work with the restrictions.
Which phone do you have?
Samsung Galaxy A7
That phone should be connecting just fine. You sure he isn't maintaining a white-list for devices?
I doubt it's about BD government banning anything. More like it's the restrictions from EU, China (both has crap ton of channels blocked) and US.
Nah, i have tested uk and us firmware both shows same problem and my phone was only able to connect from indian resion even when the firmware is from uk . just like how drones are ban in Bangladesh , this is one of the same case
That's because most of the wlan channel in India are open/indoor only, while China and Israel blocked most of the channel from 100 to 196.
EU and US on the other hand, requires DFS/TPC (so that they wont cause issue with radar systems). If your access point + client don't support DFS then you wont be able to use 5ghz.
*I'm talking about channels over 50 range by the way. Under 50 is fine on most of the country.
Last edited by Dracu_JeF; August 27th, 2019 at 15:05.
Im selling a Tenda F3 at 1k. Lemme know if it makes you horny
So, basically there's no point in buying a tp-link 5ghz router unless I'm willing to mess around with settings and/or firmware?
Neh.
TBH I'm quite disappointed with 5Ghz. The throughput it great, makes copying files from my PC to iPhone/iPad super fast, but once LOS is interrupted and there's something in between, the signal strength drops quite a bit.
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