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The router upgrade tag collects WindowsForum.com discussion about replacing aging networking hardware to improve real-world connectivity, especially where the internet plan itself is not the bottleneck. The tagged thread follows a home office scenario in which a five-year-old ISP-provided Wi-Fi 5 router was swapped for a Wi-Fi 6 model, lifting throughput in a distant room from roughly 4.5 Mbps to 36 Mbps on an unchanged 200 Mbps plan, with reported latency and congestion improvements. It is a practical look at how router generation, placement, and growing device and 4K streaming loads affect Windows users' day-to-day network performance.
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    Wi-Fi 6 Router Upgrade: Fix Slow Windows Home Office Speeds Without Faster Internet

    A faster internet plan would not have fixed Tanveer Singh’s problem. In his account for XDA, the connection was already adequate near the router; the trouble began after he moved his home office farther away, added devices and started streaming large 4K files from a Plex server to his TV. His...