Noticed that one of my (newer) computers was downloading games way faster than the others and ended up updating all of my PC's WIFI chips from WIFI 5 chips to WIFI 6 and 6e chips. However, this has me thinking that I might have a bottleneck elsewhere so i'd like a second set of eyes on it before I upgrade to gigabit internet and end up disappointed.
My current router is a TP-link AX1800 (Archer AX21 V5) and in theory it can push 1200 Mbps on the 5ghz band that I mostly use, which is plenty fast for me. I know it doesn't support the 6ghz band and that's alright for now. I have 2 TP-Link AC1200 range extenders (RE315) as well that i've been using to try and extend that 5ghz band a bit more but i'm not too sure how those work with the AX1800 (does it downgrade to the WIFI 5 protocol to work with the AC 1200's?).
TLDR: Is a AX1800 router strong enough to handle a entire gigabit internet connection without bottleneck in real world/are AC1200 extenders bottlenecking the signal from the AX1800?
I'm alright with buying a new WIFI 6E or WIFI 7 router if they can push signals further without speed degrading, just trying to have something that I can leave alone for the next 10 years until some crazy new technology comes out.