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Went on to Community Fibre's technical help page today and noticed a new section Linksys MX5500 Wifi 6 Router. Has anyone has had this router installed recently? I've got my installation next week and wondering if i'll get the MX5500 or the previous WIFI 6 router they offer. I suppose i'll have to wait and see.
 
I had mine installed last month and they left the MX4200. The installer did say that they were struggling to source these routers and in particular the 10g version as well for the 3Gb plan which was why they stopped discounting the 3Gb plan.
 
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Hopefully i'll get an MX5500 for my install...either way it wont make too much of a difference to me...i have a fairly oldish home network setup of an Edgerouter-X router and three bt wholehome wifi discs all connected via ethernet backhaul...im hoping the edgerouter-x is powerful enough to handle a gigabit internet connection as for the bt wholehome discs i know the wifi is only AC i think i'll be good enough for the phone, tablets and IoT devices.
 
I had CF installed yesterday and got the MX5500 - actual product is the MX5400 with a SKU of MX5501

I'm not using it as have an older router running OpenWRT. I've set up a new Deco XE75 mesh but finding the performance thoroughly underwhelming with 99% of devices connecting to the main node but that's another story. No point having 900Mb in both directions when the wifi performance is so bad!
 
Interestingly compared to the MX4200 the "MX5500" is only dual band where as the MX4200 is triband and the MX4200 has a faster 1.4ghz quad core processor and the MX5500 only has a dual-core 1ghz processor.

I think the MX5500 is a downgrade compared to the MX4200

 
Interestingly compared to the MX4200 the "MX5500" is only dual band where as the MX4200 is triband and the MX4200 has a faster 1.4ghz quad core processor and the MX5500 only has a dual-core 1ghz processor.

I think the MX5500 is a downgrade compared to the MX4200

Yeah well that will confirm what my installer said, that they are having trouble getting any kind of router at all.
 
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I had CF installed yesterday and got the MX5500 - actual product is the MX5400 with a SKU of MX5501

I'm not using it as have an older router running OpenWRT. I've set up a new Deco XE75 mesh but finding the performance thoroughly underwhelming with 99% of devices connecting to the main node but that's another story. No point having 900Mb in both directions when the wifi performance is so bad!
Dump the Decos and move to Ubiquiti Unifi, you will not regret it. I bpought my first AC-Pro more than 6 years ago and never looked back. Now I even have an AP at the end of the garden on my shed so I can watch the football while I do some work in the garden. I spent years unable to max my wifi network since my internet connection wasn't big enough to bottleneck my wifi.
 
Dump the Decos and move to Ubiquiti Unifi, you will not regret it. I bpought my first AC-Pro more than 6 years ago and never looked back. Now I even have an AP at the end of the garden on my shed so I can watch the football while I do some work in the garden. I spent years unable to max my wifi network since my internet connection wasn't big enough to bottleneck my
 
I too have the the Unifi-AC-Pro AP bought what seems a long time ago and has outlived any ISP I’ve used. Is it worth upgrading to the newer U6 AP?
 
I too have the the Unifi-AC-Pro AP bought what seems a long time ago and has outlived any ISP I’ve used. Is it worth upgrading to the newer U6 AP?
Personally I am happy with what I got and I see little point in upgrading. I get 200-400Mb anywhere in the house and while WiFi 6 could certainly improve that it will be extremely hard to notice the difference in a mobile device. Also all the main computers of the house and stream boxes are wired so won't get any benefit. And the house laptop has a gigabit dongle if we need more speed for downloads etc. On top of this the U6 products don't appeal to me. They don't support 6E which has been out for a while and now WiFi 7 is out as well so why not wait for U7 devices. Finally even looking at WiFi 6 the U6 Pro claims 5.3 Gbps aggregate throughput rate (573.5 Mbps over 2.4 GHz and 4.8 Gbps over 5 GHz) yet it has a 1Gb port. Of course I am not delusional in thinking it could really route 5.3 Gbps but if it wants any chance of at least having the posibility of getting half of that it would certainly need a 2.5Gb internet backhaul port. So I will wait for U7 and see if Ubiquiti comes out with something more leading edge, they seem to be unable to innovate like they used to be.
 
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Well looks like I didn't research this properly. Ubiquiti does have a 6E Unifi AP, the Access Point U6 Enterprise. This does have a 2.5GbE port and will be able to give you above GbE WiFi 6E speeds. LTT covered this AP recently when Linus upgraded his house WiFi (see video here). This AP currently retails at about £300 so it's very salty. On top of that you will need to add a 2.5GbE PoE+ injector (here is one for £ 40) since most reasonably priced PoE switches will only have Gb ports and 2.5GbE PoE switches tend to be very expensive. And then again all of this to get over Gb speeds over WiFi when I only pay for 920Mb. So not really worth it unless you are already on the 3Gb plan and want crazy speeds.
 
Hi all,

I have community fibre installed recently with the 920mb plan,I am provided with 2 MX4200 (Triband) and 1 NX5500 (Dualband)
I have connected the node with ethernet backbone.

The MX4200 have 3 wifi bands with speed 600, 2400 and 2400.
The MX5500 has 2 wifi bands 600 and 4800

After the speed test with the 5Ghz wifi. The MX5500 reach 850MB up and down, and the MX4200 is about 650MB up down.

I believe if you are using WiFi backbone, the MX4200 may work better, otherwise if you can cable the main and nodes, MX5500 surprisingly a better choice Supporting faster wifi
 
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I know this is an old thread but kept coming across this one when I was trying to find the answer to my problem. I couldn't find the answers I was looking for anywhere, but found it via my own trial and error. Apologies if this has been answered elsewhere, but thought I should post it somewhere in case someone else finds themselves in the same boat as me.

I'm going try and keep a long story short, and keep it simple. Apart from the parent router connected to the modem, EVERYTHING else in my house is wireless (you don't need to tell me wired is better). I reset everything and did not

I just joined Community Fibre from Virgin Media, both 1Gb plans. CF provided the Linksys SPNMX56 (also known as AX5400) router, and connected it to the modem and I had an extra node. I used to have an Orbi mesh and the VM mesh (on separate occasions) and both worked well. However the AX5400/SPNMX56 Coverage is poor, and they couldn't cover my extended 3 bed semi with a loft conversion.

After some research I bought CF branded AX4200, a non branded AX4200 from eBay sellers and one more CF branded AX5400/SPNMX56. I'm sure I tested every possible combination and location of these routers, as both parent nodes and child nodes, and these are my findings.

The AX/MX4200 is a little slower than the SPNMX56 in close proximity (about at 100mbps), however extends coverage far at much higher speeds. For instance the external garden security camera connected to the parent MX4200 in the front of the house, but couldn't on the SPNMX56.
Having the AX/MX4200 as the parent node (no point using the AX5400), but the AX5400/SPNMX56 as child node upstairs, I had download speeds of 200-220, and upload speeds of 100-130 on the PS5 in the room next to it. Using the MX4200 as the child node I had download speeds of 400-450 and upload speeds of 180-200.
In this set up I had download speeds of 200+ in the loft with both routers so I don't need another one.
Non CF branded only worked as a child node, but worked fine as a child node.

So for my conclusion. If you are going to use a completely wireless mesh, the older AX/MX4200 router is far better than the new SPNMX56 router that CF now provides. Try and grab the older ones if you can.
 
I know this is an old thread but kept coming across this one when I was trying to find the answer to my problem. I couldn't find the answers I was looking for anywhere, but found it via my own trial and error. Apologies if this has been answered elsewhere, but thought I should post it somewhere in case someone else finds themselves in the same boat as me.

I'm going try and keep a long story short, and keep it simple. Apart from the parent router connected to the modem, EVERYTHING else in my house is wireless (you don't need to tell me wired is better). I reset everything and did not

I just joined Community Fibre from Virgin Media, both 1Gb plans. CF provided the Linksys SPNMX56 (also known as AX5400) router, and connected it to the modem and I had an extra node. I used to have an Orbi mesh and the VM mesh (on separate occasions) and both worked well. However the AX5400/SPNMX56 Coverage is poor, and they couldn't cover my extended 3 bed semi with a loft conversion.

After some research I bought CF branded AX4200, a non branded AX4200 from eBay sellers and one more CF branded AX5400/SPNMX56. I'm sure I tested every possible combination and location of these routers, as both parent nodes and child nodes, and these are my findings.

The AX/MX4200 is a little slower than the SPNMX56 in close proximity (about at 100mbps), however extends coverage far at much higher speeds. For instance the external garden security camera connected to the parent MX4200 in the front of the house, but couldn't on the SPNMX56.
Having the AX/MX4200 as the parent node (no point using the AX5400), but the AX5400/SPNMX56 as child node upstairs, I had download speeds of 200-220, and upload speeds of 100-130 on the PS5 in the room next to it. Using the MX4200 as the child node I had download speeds of 400-450 and upload speeds of 180-200.
In this set up I had download speeds of 200+ in the loft with both routers so I don't need another one.
Non CF branded only worked as a child node, but worked fine as a child node.

So for my conclusion. If you are going to use a completely wireless mesh, the older AX/MX4200 router is far better than the new SPNMX56 router that CF now provides. Try and grab the older ones if you can.
So much time used on troubleshooting wifi could easily been used to wire the house and solve the problem once for all. Take the hit and enjoy FULL wifi in every room.
 
Seeing as Linksys haven't released a new firmware for the MX4200 for nearly 2 years. I'm wondering if anyone has tried flashing another firmware onto them? e.g openWRT
 
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So much time used on troubleshooting wifi could easily been used to wire the house and solve the problem once for all. Take the hit and enjoy FULL wifi in every room.
Like I said... I know the results would have been better wired. However I'm fairly certain it would be messier and would have taken me longer to wire the whole house. But it's sorted now, and I'm happy with it the way it is.
 
Seeing as Linksys haven't released a new firmware for the MX4200 for nearly 2 years. I'm wondering if anyone has tried flashing another firmware onto them? e.g openWRT
One of my friends flashed openwrt on their community fibre mx4200, and it worked great. hes been using it for the past few months and not many issues except since openwrt is open source it does not include hardware acceleration for the routers qualcomm chips causing wifi speeds to be slower, from about 700/600 on stock firmware to 400/300 on openwrt. there are plans to include this hardware acceleration but if wifi speed matters to you i wouldnt go for it.
 
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