Quest 2, Which WiFi6 Router?

ScoobyDoo · 20 Oct 2020 at 22:43

ssmacc said:
How is your set up wired, are you PC direct to the Honor 3?

Cheers,

Yes pc wired directly to the router with ethernet

gradyhawks · 21 Oct 2020 at 09:31

Picked up the Honor 3, easiest set up I've ever done. Getting 20ms latency when using the Quest in the room next door to the router. Not tried any shooters but played some games and can't notice any lag.

PC is upstairs wired in via ethernet. VR room (living room) is downstairs. Might look at moving the router into the same room as the VR as I might be able to get a decent signal out to the garden and a 10x10m open gaming space.

chroniclard · 21 Oct 2020 at 09:45

Unseul said:
You can get a wifi 6 router for about £40. I wouldn't bother comparing it to g2, since g2 cannot do wireless.

Got a link to the £40 wifi 6 router?

andybird123 · 21 Oct 2020 at 10:25

chroniclard said:
Got a link to the £40 wifi 6 router?

It's the honor3 router, linking it might fall foul of competitor linking, they also pop up for sale a bit cheaper sometimes as they come free with certain phones and laptops

Reppyboyo · 21 Oct 2020 at 10:40

Currently £50 on the official site.

chroniclard · 21 Oct 2020 at 11:01

andybird123 said:
It's the honor3 router, linking it might fall foul of competitor linking, they also pop up for sale a bit cheaper sometimes as they come free with certain phones and laptops

Thanks, interesting router for the price! Tempting but think I will go all out on a higher end router for WiFi 6.

ScoobyDoo · 21 Oct 2020 at 11:25

Reppyboyo said:
Currently £50 on the official site.

Typical I paid £69 the other day.
Cracking little router though

andybird123 · 21 Oct 2020 at 11:42

chroniclard said:
Thanks, interesting router for the price! Tempting but think I will go all out on a higher end router for WiFi 6.

If you are going to dedicate the 5ghz to a quest there's really no point, the honor 3 will do everything you need.

If you want to make use of WiFi 6 then all the devices connecting to it need to be WiFi 6 as well, otherwise it falls back on wifi5

chroniclard · 21 Oct 2020 at 11:48

andybird123 said:
If you are going to dedicate the 5ghz to a quest there's really no point, the honor 3 will do everything you need.

If you want to make use of WiFi 6 then all the devices connecting to it need to be WiFi 6 as well, otherwise it falls back on wifi5

Yes, I am unable to wire my PC as its too far/convoluted to reach the router. I currently use 802.11ac which is actually fine, however I am going to upgrade that to a WiFi 6 PCIe card and a WiFi 6 router, just because. So while the Honor seems quite good I think a beefy WiFi 6 router would suit me better.

CrackDown · 21 Oct 2020 at 12:29

CrackDown said:
Little update on my set up. It seems my AX6000 bridging the Wifi from the downstairs Virgin router works, but it reduces the internet speed by half. My USB Netgear adapter in my PC however, when connecting to the Virgin router downstairs, can get max internet speeds. There's obviously some sort of issue on the router that's causing the constriction, but for now I'll just live with it, and if I need max speeds on my PC (for downloading big games) then I'll just disable the ethernet (connected to the AX6000) and enable my wifi (connected to the Virgin router downstairs). And then switch back when I want to use Virtual Desktop with the Quest 2.

Another update, but I think I've sorted this. I logged into the Virgin router interface and could see that the PC Netgear Wifi adapter (which gets me full internet speed) was connecting to the Virgin hub downstairs via 5ghz... which I thought was odd being in a different room in the house. The AX6000 was bridged to the Virgin hub on 2.4ghz, so I switched that and bridged it by 5ghz. Bada bing, internet speed back to full throttle through the AX6000, so I can now ethernet into that from the PC and get rid of the Netgear adapter

melmac · 21 Oct 2020 at 12:58

CrackDown said:
Another update, but I think I've sorted this. I logged into the Virgin router interface and could see that the PC Netgear Wifi adapter (which gets me full internet speed) was connecting to the Virgin hub downstairs via 5ghz... which I thought was odd being in a different room in the house. The AX6000 was bridged to the Virgin hub on 2.4ghz, so I switched that and bridged it by 5ghz. Bada bing, internet speed back to full throttle through the AX6000, so I can now ethernet into that from the PC and get rid of the Netgear adapter

How is your latency in games now using Virtual Desktop? We recommended connecting using 2.4Ghz because it's best if you only have the Quest 2 on the 5Ghz network. O

YMMV of course, but on that fancy AX6000 Router you have, it will probably be fine.

gradyhawks · 21 Oct 2020 at 13:30

ScoobyDoo said:
Typical I paid £69 the other day.
Cracking little router though

Get the one for £50, return the other with the new one that arrives. I'm in the same boat! Router really is nice though, set up was the easiest I've ever had.

Moved the router now to the VR room, getting 18ms latency

. The way I've got it only the Quest is connected to the 5ghz, everything else is on 2.4ghz.

johnw100 · 21 Oct 2020 at 13:55

Hey All, just came across this thread, some good info on here.

Just wondering if anyone who has virtual desktop has also tried ALVR, its a free equivalent? I`ve tried it and it runs fine with steam games (Alyx, Project cars), but getting around 60m/s on a 5ghz wifi. Not sure if virtual desktop may do a better job. Thanks

CrackDown · 21 Oct 2020 at 14:34

melmac said:
How is your latency in games now using Virtual Desktop? We recommended connecting using 2.4Ghz because it's best if you only have the Quest 2 on the 5Ghz network. O

YMMV of course, but on that fancy AX6000 Router you have, it will probably be fine.

I spoke too soon. Turns out using WDS means it can bridge on that frequency, but not serve clients at the same time. So I'm snookered. Looks like I'll have to live with it the other way, enabling the USB wifi on my PC when I want to download stuff at max speeds.

Kashinoda · 21 Oct 2020 at 14:50

johnw100 said:
Hey All, just came across this thread, some good info on here.

Just wondering if anyone who has virtual desktop has also tried ALVR, its a free equivalent? I`ve tried it and it runs fine with steam games (Alyx, Project cars), but getting around 60m/s on a 5ghz wifi. Not sure if virtual desktop may do a better job. Thanks

Virtual Desktop is much more refined at this point.

Reppyboyo · 21 Oct 2020 at 16:37

Received and tested my Honor 3 router which arrived today, its a cracking router for the price.

Using it as only an access point for my Quest 2 has eliminated all stutter and hitches for me.
Getting About 25ms in game with HEVC and 30 with x264.

melmac · 21 Oct 2020 at 17:33

CrackDown said:
I spoke too soon. Turns out using WDS means it can bridge on that frequency, but not serve clients at the same time. So I'm snookered. Looks like I'll have to live with it the other way, enabling the USB wifi on my PC when I want to download stuff at max speeds.

Ahh, there is always a catch!! It's been a real adventure for you getting this all up and running

andybird123 · 21 Oct 2020 at 17:50

melmac said:
Ahh, there is always a catch!! It's been a real adventure for you getting this all up and running

this is why I gave in a year or so ago and drilled holes in walls and pulled up carpet to run a flat ethernet cable from the dining room to the games room

we're planning on moving next year and it'll be the first thing on the list before we move in

melmac · 21 Oct 2020 at 17:53

andybird123 said:
this is why I gave in a year or so ago and drilled holes in walls and pulled up carpet to run a flat ethernet cable from the dining room to the games room

we're planning on moving next year and it'll be the first thing on the list before we move in

Me too, I always run cable!!

CrackDown · 21 Oct 2020 at 19:03

melmac said:
Ahh, there is always a catch!! It's been a real adventure for you getting this all up and running

An adventure I've bored my wife half to death with, yeah