Nighthawk AX6600 Tri-Band WiFi 6 Router

Wi-Fi 7 isn’t automatically “better” than Wi-Fi 6 in every case. Right now, Wi-Fi 7 routers at the low end (like the BE3600) are basically entry-level devices with the new label slapped on. They’ll support the Wi-Fi 7 standard, but with fewer streams, weaker hardware, and lower real-world performance than some of the more mature Wi-Fi 6/6E models you listed. For your use case (WFH, PS5, Quest 2): * AX5400 / AX6600 / AXE75 will likely give you better range and consistency because they have stronger radios and more streams, even if they’re “only” Wi-Fi 6/6E. * The BE3600 will work fine for basic tasks, but don’t expect it to outperform a higher-end Wi-Fi 6 router just because it says Wi-Fi 7. So at \~$140 CAD, the BE3600 is more of a budget router with future branding. If you can stretch a bit, the AX5400 or AXE75 are safer picks for stability and gaming.

Only thing I will add to the wifi statements being made. They're not exactly wrong. Both the 2.4ghz and 5ghz bands are 2x2 streams, in spite of being wifi 6. One of the benefits of some of the slightly more expensive models, will be that you'll get more streams on each band, which helps with the ability to use the bandwidth and achieve higher data throughput and efficiency. This wifi router might be fine for your situation, but I'd do a quick assessment of how many devces you have in your house, which wifi they use (4,5 or 6) and what you plan to use them for and figure out how data hungry they'll be. If it's only a small number of devices, a 4 stream wifi router can still be perfectly fine, but you will benefit from a device with more streams available (3x3, 4x4 would probably be the max you'd have to consider, if you have a pretty standard setup at home). For example, for the upgrade this is what I bought [https://www.netgear.com/au/home/wifi/routers/rax70/](https://www.netgear.com/au/home/wifi/routers/rax70/) managed to find it at a good price (seems to have disappeared everywhere I look atm) which will be fine for my use case, maybe even a little overkill in some ways, but also has the 6ghz band. But this type of spec is also worth considering.

Netgear nighthawk for 6. Using tplink easy mesh for 7 and been happy so far

Definitely 👍. I use a Netgear Nighthawk with WiFi 6.

I dont know about this model but fuck Netgeat Nighthawk. I owned a different one few years ago that was supposed to be a a high spec version, and it caused me infinite problems, which all disappeared when I bought a different one.