PrismXR Puppis S1 AX3000 WiFi6 Router

You don't need 6E for this, you won't be anywhere near the bandwidth limit of 6 streaming AV1 or any other codec.  I spent a huge amount of time and money trying to find the best VR router for Quest 3 and PCVR. I was fixated on getting one with a 6Ghz band and it was a huge waste of time. It simply doesn't matter for this use case.  100% get the Puppis S1 recommended in another comment. It easily handles 200mbps AV1 and has no weird latency spikes or other issues that every other router/AP I tried did.

I'm not saying AV1 is the best codec, just saying that router can easily handle the bitrate. 6ghz can indeed be good in high congestion areas, however I found the Quest 3 to be really finicky with picking it up and staying on it. It seems a lot happier on 5ghz. 6ghz is also easily obstructed. I found even a chair or a person breaking line of sight with the 6ghz AP could cause issues with the signal, and in VR you notice the tiniest hitches. No such issues with 5ghz. The only device I found that "just worked" was the Puppis. I spent like a year trying to find a stutter free VR experience, it was a saga 😅 Take the advice or leave it, I don't really care, but I'm hoping to save folks some money and headaches by recommending the best tool for the job for the vast majority of people.

100% this. Just save yourself a lot of money and frustration and get this. It's the only one I found that "just works."

You could save $75 and get a Puppis S1, it works fantastic, tailor made for this use case, and half the price of that router even on sale.

I would say you want a 6e router. Put that in the room with your pc and headset. And you don't need to wire it to your main router, just to your pc. It's basically like a giant dongle that uses the fact that Wifi 6e sends a lot of data. 6e can't go through walls very well, so make sure headset and pc are in the same room, and it's not like an L shaped room with a corner blocking it or something. There's lots of youtube videos on setting it up. Also use virtual desktop, it's worth the little cost. Steam link is also okay and getting better. Air link or meta link or facebook brain blast or whatever they are called are not worth your time. Puppis S1 is also a great option. But 6e routers really are nice. If you get one of those make sure you set it up to have a 6ghz channel, and use that for the headset and have NOTHING else on that wifi channel. Heres the router list from the virtual desktop discord. I use the AXE75 cause it was discounted whenever I got it. I think spent like 80 bucks on it? Might have been used. I see one for 110 bucks on amazon right now. Ebay might work too, I'd bet you can find people selling them. I doubt used vs new matters much as long as it works. Heres a list of some others from the discord... yes one of those is literally a minion... yes it's the cheapest wifi 6e router that works well... > Community Tested Routers > The following routers have been reported to work reliably from a number of users: > (Preferred BE/Wifi 7) - TP-Link BE9300/BE550 ($179-$299 US) > (Preferred AXE/Wifi 6E) - TP-Link Archer AXE75/AXE5400 (~$190 US) > (Preferred AXE/Wifi 6E) - Davolink 'Kevin' Minion 6E ($129 US) > (AX/Wifi 6) - GL.iNet Beryl GL-MT3000 ($90 US) > (AX/Wifi 6) - PRISMXR Puppis S1 ($80 US) > (Last Resort AC/Wifi 5) - GL.iNet Opal GL-SFT1200 ($50 US) > (Last Resort AC/Wifi 5) - TP-Link Archer C6 or A6 ($40 US) > Achievable rates are subject to your specific setup, headset, wireless environment and could vary considerably. With a good setup you can expect: > AXE/BE (up to ~600Mbps) > AX (up to ~400Mbps) > AC (up to ~200Mbps)

Yes! I’m using this [dedicated router](https://a.co/d/ceunyIx) Also as much as I love Virtual Desktop I recently switched to using Meta Link instead based on [this video and the results have been fantastic](https://youtu.be/C799qSimMd4?si=b2gFpmq6TDfaIfP6)

YOU. CAN. ALSO. LISTEN. TO. ME. IF. YOU. WANT. IDC. It works fine. The better model, the cheaper ethernet only one didn't work at all for me.

The S1 connects through USB. It doesn’t have ethernet. You can connect to the S1 and your WiFi at the same time. You might have to disable automatic metric under IPv4 properties for the S1 and your WiFi adapter. Otherwise your PC can have problems trying get to the internet through your S1 instead of your WiFi. I had to set interface metric for the WiFi adapter to 10 and the S1 to 500 to make the PC prioritize WiFi for broadband access. Also make sure there is no gateway for the S1 under IPv4 and IPv6 properties. I ended up returning my S1 though. It kept having random disconnects. Using a TP-Link AXE5400 that I got from CostCo for $130. Works great and no disconnects. Same IPv4/6 tweaks for networking.

I used it for streaming MKV movie files off SMB shares from my gaming laptop. Mainly no matter what 5G channels I used, bandwidth choice, static vs dynamic IP, I would get random disconnects from the S1. Even when in the same room just 8 feet away. I even set up my Quest to forget all other wifi connections so it would not scan and roam, but it didn’t help.

I would recommend the Puppis S1. It is ideal in capability and value in an uncongested 5ghz environment.

The Puppis S1 is very good. That price isn't though, mine was £69 about a year ago. If you are fine with HEVC/AV1 encoding, then the Lite is also fine to get.

Puppis S1 can do 160mhz/2400mbps (note that mbps isn't representative of what it can actually do consistently) Puppis S1 Lite works at 80mhz/1200mbps. In practice, the S1 can just about handle the full fat 500mbps of H264 that the Quest 3 can do over Virtual Desktop. This will give you the best quality as far as compression is concerned. The S1 Lite will top out around half that, making HEVC/AV1 the best option, as it will look better than H264 at lower bitrates. This is fine for games that are less sensitive to compression artefacts. If you are just doing VRChat or casual things, the Lite is fine. If you want the best quality in flight/driving sims, then you want the S1.

Have had very good luck with the PrismXR Puppis dedicated VR router: https://www.prismxr.com/products/prismxr-puppis-s1-ax3000-wifi6-router-for-pc-vr-streaming-quest-3-compatible Puppis S1 Specialized Router for PC-VR Streaming – PrismXR Think very likely worth considering other options, cause for sure any dedicated router that wasn’t too complex to setup would have advantages… …but found this to be a perfect/easy solution for me so def wanted to share. 💜