Recommended WiFi 6 hotspot to put behind the Firewalla Gold?
Is there recommendations for WiFi 6 hotspots pair up with the Firewalla Gold?
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If you plan to run the Gold in Router mode
- Any router that does Access Point or Bridge Mode will work perfectly with the Firewalla Router Mode. (Mesh or no Mesh, doesn't matter wifi 6 or no wifi 6). Avoid Google Wifi, it doesn't have AP mode when hookup in mesh mode.
- In general, you do not need a really powerful wifi 6 router; The gold does have a pretty powerful CPU + 4GB of RAM, which is likely far more powerful than your wifi router. By offloading the routing/switching function to it, your wifi router will likely perform better.
Now, all of us here at firewalla like mesh routers, and recently we tested two of these.
TPlink Wifi 6 X60 (around $200 if you get it from Costco)
This unit here performs really well, when paired with the Gold Router Mode in Access Point / Bridge mode. The coverage is decent, speed is also faster than the none wifi 6 routers. The price point is perfect ... (This router doesn't work in Simple or DHCP mode)
Eero Pro Wifi 6 ($500 to $600 Amazon)
This is a fancier unit, the coverage is a little bit better than the TPLink, Signal is a bit stronger than the TPLink. And when run in Bridge mode + Firewalla Gold in Router Mode... it is really fast. (we are still testing this unit in simple mode, and DHCP mode does work)
So, it depends on your taste. we think the TPLink is enough (at least for our setting), and the price point is good. Will it work at your place or not ... it is your call. :)
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There is a newer Netgear Wifi 6 AP, that may work https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Wireless-Access-Point-WAX610/dp/B08D3693SV according to the Q&A, it should have VLAN to SSID mapping. The price is pretty decent. (<== we have not tested this)
We have the none wifi 6 version, which can do the mapping.
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