bill001g Again making routers for stupid people who have no clue what the details mean…all they see is some big number and think if they pay money they get it. The silly MLO that uses 2.4,5, and 6ghz radios bonded into a single connection is all smoke and mirrors. There are a number of routers that have this feature but I have seen no end devices. I suppose a second router might be able to act as a client but that is rather expensive way to do it. There likely will never be a cell phone or tablet that supports this. First these device do not actually need alot of bandwidth. Next you have the issues of having 3 radio chips. They take up 3 times the room, use 3 times the power and of course greatly increase the price. I assumed by now someone would have a nic card that goes in a desktop or maybe some very high end motherboard but I have not found any. Reply
Notton I'm not in the market for a new router, but how is the software side of MSI routers? That's the one thing that sets apart Asus routers from the competition. Reply
thestryker bill001g said: The silly MLO that uses 2.4,5, and 6ghz radios bonded into a single connection is all smoke and mirrors. There are a number of routers that have this feature but I have seen no end devices. Uh… iphones since the 16, Samsung since the S24U and Google since Pixel 8… several phones from OnePlus, Motorola, Xiaomi… so on so forth. bill001g said: First these device do not actually need alot of bandwidth. Next you have the issues of having 3 radio chips. They use a single radio and rely on Enhanced Multi-Link Single-Radio for the MLO connection. This has the side effect of not increasing bandwidth but should improve connection stability. I tested it on my P9P and it murdered battery life so off it went. Realistically I don't really need it in the first place, but was curious about how it would go. In specific testing it was better, but I was purposely going further away from the router than I normally would when actually using my phone. This is a good article on it: https://dongknows.com/wi-fi-7-mlo-multi-link-operation-explained/ and I very much agree with the TLDR: In my trial, MLO has proven to be quite fastidious. It’s not as rosy as it’s cracked up to be by hardware vendors. The gist is that this feature is excellent in a wireless mesh system and relatively insignificant, if not a drawback, in serving clients. Reply
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