TP-Link - TL-WR1502X AX1500 Wi-Fi 6 Travel Router

You can use the travel router to connect to the hotel or public wifi with the hotel/public wifi acting as a WISP (wireless ISP server) and you capturing it as a WISP (client) which gives you a firewall between you and the otherwise public internet. That's as much security as you need. You don't need a VPN.

The TL-WR1502X is still actively receiving firmware updates.

Ehh... you will have to do your initial setup through http, but once you put in your TP-Link login credentials you can use the Tether app from your smart phone to connect it. The latest TP-Link smart routers have some things that can be useful like having a night mode that turns off the LED lights, and being able to prioritise the router for different modes, i.e. packet handling for gaming.

You don't need a 6e router, 6 is fine. You get a dedicated router to free up the **router CPU** to only process VR streaming. People think it's the wifi signal that's the issue, but more often than not it's congestion in the router itself. When the router is doing other things like downloading files and streaming videos, its CPU gets congested and causes your VR to hiccup. You really just need a simple, cheap, flexible travel router for this as they can all handle the mbs needed to stream VR. Extend your network with the router, wire your PC to it, and only connect your Quest to its wifi. I use an [AX3000 Asus](https://a.co/d/8D05qGU) one, but a cheaper [AX1500](https://a.co/d/5pmVHLg) should work fine as well.

I tried 3 different routers with Wi-Fi 5/6 and got a stable 500 Mbit with H.264+ codec only with Puppis. old TP-Link AX1500 with Intel CPU was shitty, hot and had problems with throttling. TP-Link C6U was able to work stable only with \~120 Mbit with AV-1 10-bit codec. Puppis S1 became perfect for me. now I use C6U with OpenWRT for Wi-Fi in our flat and Puppis for VR only. the router from my ISP doesn't even have 5 GHz Wi-Fi, so I turned off the wireless network on it. guys from VD discord had a list of recommended routers not because they are geeks or something, but because there are a lot of problems with wireless VR with a giant amount of devices. and if you don't want to spend weeks and hundreds of bucks on experiments, you really want to get one from that list.

People here aren't suggesting affordable. Affordable at $50 is an TPLink AX1500. Affordable mesh would be $85/node TPLink Deco XE75 (6Ghz WiFi 6e is much better than anything 5Ghz). As soon as you go above those price points Ubnt makes sense. People overpaying for stuff like Flint2 are being fleeced. Buying yesterdays tech at yesterdays prices!

TPLink routers are the "best performance per dollar" on average. I have an AX1500 I bought for $55 that is still going strong. But these days 6Ghz is more important and intelligent mesh also. So the DECO XE75 is amazing for the price ($85/node when buying two) as most people with bigger houses or plaster walls can see big performance improvements with a mesh setup. Once you go above those price points, consider Ubiquiti all the way!

Do you need WireGuard VPN? Honestly most people even if they love DDWRT just want to setup a router and have it work. I used DDWRT for years. Honestly these days the TPLink stuff is hard to beat for the price. The AX1500 is $50 and for the average smaller home or apartment with 500mbps or slower Internet it will be just as rock solid and reliable as DDWRT on average as long as you don't need crazy features (like WireGuard VPN @ 900mbps or whatever they claim). If you have a friend who needs a "wireless router" right now but really a mesh router will work for that also ... the TPLink Deco XE75 is a great piece of kit for $85 (off Amazon when bought in a 2-pack) that does 5Ghz & 6Ghz and routes 1Gbps fiber Internet at full speed on wifi and wired. *(the upgraded XE75+ that has 2.5Gbps Ethernet gets me 1.6Gbps via wifi to my cellphone on 2Gbps fiber).* The whole point is WiFi 6 is old at this point, 6e or 7 (find one w/6Ghz radio) is a much better buy for he same or little bit more money.

Mesh is the way to go, I have TP link AX1500 and it’s done a great job eliminating poor speeds and coverage

I put my ISP modem on bridge mode and used TPlink as my main router. Then connect it with other tplink router via EASYMESH as it allows us to create mesh with wired backhaul. Below are the 2 links you need. I can’t tell you exactly what to do since ISPs might have different needs but below articles may give you an idea. I have BE550 and AX1500 on the Ethernet backhaul. https://www.tp-link.com/uk/easymesh/product-list/ https://www.tp-link.com/ae/support/faq/3731/

Spectrum's modems are quite good so just buy your own router. I have a TP Link AX 1500 and it has worked great.