My goal was to get a usable signal at all areas of my property. I have spectrum 1 gig cable service and the provided router was not cutting it. I purchased the MX8502 Atlas max 6E tri band rated at 6000 sq ft 2 routers package. These routers accomplished my goal. My house is 3000 sq feet single story on a lot that is 200 feet long 66 feet wide. My office is located in the front of the house which is 15 feet from the front of the lot. My garage is separate from the house at the very back of the lot.
I did have difficulty with set up. I was unable to get a internet signal out of the modem (Hitron brand) and to the Linksys router. The set up instructions have you connect your cables then unplug power to the cable modem to reset the connection. They have you connect the internet cat5 cable from modem to Linksys before doing this restart. The trick with spectrum is you don't connect the cat 5 cable during restart of the modem. Since I had already tried many times to set this up I had to start clean. I reset the Linksys to factory spec with the reset button then left the cat 5 cable disconnected during set up until the modem had restarted. and that was it. Both Linksys and spectrum support had me convinced that I could not use this router and modem combination. I usually don't give up easy so I kept calling back till I got the right person which was a tech at spectrum.
I have left my channel selection on auto and have not had any disconnection troubles.
I have no 6E devices so these results are from my 2.4 and 5ghz devices. In the room that the routers are located in I get nice download speeds 650-800 mbps. At the furthest distances I still get very usable internet. I get aprox 200 mbps in my garage and office which are at the furthest ends. So far 1 month I have not had any issues to complain about. I have all the typical stuff connected plus I use internet for all my music and TV streaming. I have not had to restart the router. I like that there is a guest network option. The control panel is easy to set everything you want.
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| Sold By | — | Connected Home Store | Connected Home Store | Amazon.com | Connected Home Store | Amazon.com |
| connectivity tech | Wi-Fi | Wi Fi, Bluetooth | Wi-Fi | Wi Fi, Bluetooth | Wi Fi, Bluetooth | Wi-Fi, Ethernet |
| data transfer rate | 8400 gigabits per second | 3000 megabits per second | 8400 gigabits per second | 3000 megabits per second | 3000 megabits per second | 5400 megabits per second |
| wireless standard | 802 11 AX | 802 11 AX | 802 11 AX | 802 11 AX | 802 11 AX | 802 11 AX, 802 11 AC, 802 11 N, 802 11 B, 802 11 G |
| frequency band class | tri band | dual band | tri band | dual band | dual band | tri band |
| lan port bandwidth | 1 Gbps | Gigabit Ethernet | 5 ghz | Gigabit Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet | 10/100/1000 Mbps |
| security protocol | WPA2-PSK, WPA3 | — | — | WPA3 | — | WPA3-Personal, WPA2-Personal, WPA-Personal |
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Best wifi network I ever had
I bought 3 of them, Amazon was having a great sale $349.95 but it was damaged in transit and I never received it and they wouldn't honor sale price. Then I bought 1 from Crutchfield on sale $399.99, sale ended, wished I bought the 3 pack, Then I bought a 2nd one from ebay $200 seller only had 1, and then a 3rd one direct from linksys on sale $399, should have bought the 3 pack, not knowing I didn't want to buy 3 for $899. Wi Fi mesh works great, it is fast and covers a large area with 3. I wish they worked with Apple Home Kit app like the earlier Lynksys models.I also have the base unit bridged to my 2 Time Capsules
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I bought 3 of them, Amazon was having a great sale $349.95 but it was damaged in transit and I never received it and they wouldn't honor sale price. Then I bought 1 from Crutchfield on sale $399.99, sale ended, wished I bought the 3 pack, Then I bought a 2nd one from ebay $200 seller only had 1, and then a 3rd one direct from linksys on sale $399, should have bought the 3 pack, not knowing I didn't want to buy 3 for $899. Wi Fi mesh works great, it is fast and covers a large area with 3. I wish they worked with Apple Home Kit app like the earlier Lynksys models.I also have the base unit bridged to my 2 Time Capsules
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