Short list : Cudy WR3000P, GL MT3000 or MT6000

Hardware Questions and Recommendations
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Hello,

please help me to decide ! I have to improve the Wifi coverage in my parent’s home so I have specific requirements.

Today there is a fiber router installed at the first floor of their house. It’s WIFI 5. Coverage in the house is almost ok but I guess that speed at the ground floor shouldn’t be the best in some rooms. The outdoor coverage is very poor and limited to the borders of the house which is not surprising.

Requirements:

-Stronger signal: Improve outdoor coverage as much as possible (for outdoor cameras). Cameras are working fine with the existing WIFI but it’s very close to the limits and can disconnect sometimes.

-Get a better speed at the ground floor (TV is using WIFI so I bet the remaining bandwdith shouldn’t be phenomenal)

-Thread border router support (need an USB port to install an OTBR compatible stick)

-Low power device

My plan:

Install a WIFI 6 router or just an AP at the the ground floor (wired to the fiber router). This should increase the outdoor coverage and the indoor speed at the same time. I will keep the existing WIFI alive (same SSID) to cover the first floor (bedrooms).

I found that the Cudy WR3000P (V1) could be the best match for my case:

-WIFI range seems to be strong (220M outdoor according to the manufacturer)

-It has a USB port

-It has 2.5Gb WAN port

-Power consumption is limited to about 4w at idle

-It’s affordable

-It’s supported (even if I have seen some problems regarding the USB support)

I considered first the MT3000 but it’s a travel device therefore range could be too limited (I heard it can do 100M outdoor which is half of what the Cudy is supposed to do). The MT6000 is very popular but is almost twice the price of the Cudy and seems to be more power hungry.

Maybe I missed some candidates ? Thank you.

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Go for 2 cudys wired together for 2 floors, if you want all 2.5GBps you need MT6000 (or eg TUF-AX6000) as the first router.
eg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMgs2XFClaM

TV is of least concern. 8K video is 100Mbps, ie 2.4GHz wifi4 will be tight for it, but smaller screen and bigger pipe would be ok.

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TUF-AX4200 might also be interesting.

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4

If in EU, T-56 is back in stock over at Wifilinks.

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5

The Internet router ports are gigabit only. However it’s good to have some room for the future.

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Thank you, yes but 20€ delivery cost.

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Cheaper than GL-MT6000 and if it's for two devices, still not that bad.

If you're in NL, check out Marktplaats too.

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8

But it's AX6000

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T75

Same price, 10gb ports…

Wait there are 2 RJ11 ports… For phones ? Does this mean I could totally replace my ISP router with that ???

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Full name appears to be EX7501-B0, B as in Broadcom, as in forget it.

RJ11 ports are usually unsupported.

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Yes makes sense. I think I will order the Cudy because the feedback of users regarding coverage are very good which is my first criteria. I don’t need the AX6000 speed, my parents have 1gb modem for now anyway.

But I agree the T-56 is great for the price.

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