Linksys - Hydra Pro 6E

Netgear R6700AX – Budget-friendly, WiFi 6, great for gaming and streaming with zero fuss. Linksys Hydra 6 – Sleek, fast, easy setup, and handles multiple devices like a champ. Both will save you cash long-term and give you way better performance than typical ISP gear. Once you switch, you won’t look back.

gigabit ethernet is plenty (1G).. 6Ghz is not essential, at least 5Ghz is though.. you aren’t going to get much distance out of 5 or 6Ghz anyway, they’re high bandwidth signals but have low range, ideally you need to be within line of sight of the router.. i spent $90 on a Linksys WiFi 6E and get a 2400mbps connection to the headset, but like you said my PC’s ethernet is only Gigabit.. but having the overhead, especially in the WiFi connection, doesn’t hurt anything

I had plume pods which worked really well but they had a device limit and I far exceeded that. I tried obi for about 4 days and had nothing but problems then I went to the Linksys 6e (wired backhaul) setup which worked well for a while until one day it didn’t. I even reset everything and HomeKit devices were still dropping. The worst part is that I invested so much time and money into everything. Now i dropped about 1300 on my unifi setup which worked well is slowly expanding and costing even more haha. I’m done with AP’s (3 U6E) cameras are up next but I need to upgrade my 16 lite switch to a pro switch due to power consumption. I’ll slowly be adding 4 more cameras and possibly a doorbell

I highly recommend Linksys. I myself have used Linksys (off and on, admittedly non-exclusively, I am a sucker for a Good Deal, and while I *can* absolutely be a Brand Whore, I can also be very much like, Well you know, I like McDonald's, Burger King, & Wendy's, and even Hardee's, Carl Jr.'s, Sonic's, and one of them is having a particularly-sweet deal, so I'm going with THAT one...) But I bought a Linksys WiFi 6E Mesh Router system last year, on a great deal from Best Buy, and we absolutely love it. Don't get a TP-Link , if you can avoid it, it came out last year that they come from the factory with Chinese spy stuff on it, like hardwired. (and certainly I have used TPLink stuff , but not at the moment IIRC) As much as I want to recommend a Mesh WiFi Router setup to you, it sounds like you don't need it ... If you're really on Spectrum 1 Gig, and only a PC & Phone, you really wouldn't need it... You can probably use a WiFI 6, I myself would probably want to go with a 6E just so you're not buying a new one in a year or two or three if things change. IMHO you *definitely* don't need a WiFi 7 router, why spend $350-$500-$750 bucks to handle speeds you don't even have and hundreds & hundreds of devices across a big-ass house full of people connecting to it that you don't have, right?

Usually, I'm the guy answering these questions but I've hit an impasse.. We have 2 gb Fibre and looking to optimize and utilize that speed across 4000 square ft. I've seen the netgear 970 (pricey) and asus zen... Just looking for a decent mesh which is secure and customizable for my home. Currently running linksys mesh wifi 6 which isn't great and maxes out at 1gb Wan port..

Hardwired backhaul seems to always be the answer that is pushed on here but sometimes it's just not an option and/or not worth the hassle. I have been using a Linksys wifi6 mesh in my 3400 sq foot house for several years and never had a problem. Get a solid connection everywhere in the house with good throughput. The construction of my house would make it difficult to run wires but it's just not worth the hassle even if I could.