Anyone running a 6Ghz, or 6E 6Ghz router for VD PCVR, please help.

[💎 Andy 💎]

If you are running one of the above routers, plugged into your PC motherboard, streaming through Virtual Desktop to either a Pico 4, or Quest3.
And it works well. Low latency etc.

Could you please link what router you are using?

Because I am going round and round trying to find the right router.
And I cant buy the HMD, or the router until I find out a good one to use.

The 3 Iv been looking at are.

NETGEAR Nighthawk WiFi 6E Router (RAXE300) | AXE7800

Which looks great, specks and looks. but Ive asked all over the place and cant find if this work for what I want.

This, and as much as I love ASUS, its not really the look I wanted, and its VERY pricey, but Id stretch to it if its the only option.

ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000 Tri-band WiFi 6E Extendable Gaming Router, 6GHz

And this.

TP-Link AXE5400 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6E Router, Wi-Fi

Which I see is 6E, but this one is not 6Ghz.

But it does not have to be any of these, I just want the right 6E 6Ghz router.

I have a gaming VR ready PC.

Please help.
Thanks.

[💎 Andy 💎]

Any help really appreciated.

Iv deleted the LONG links, and put the names in blue, trying to make the OP more easily readable.

I figure there must be one of you guys out there running a Quest 3, or Pico 4, streaming from a 6E 6Ghz router to the headset.

Who can let me know what router you are using.
I hope anyway. 🤞

[KillZoneGB]

What I did was phone up your ISP, Complain that your equipment uses WiFi6 and threaten to leave for a different ISP if they could not rectify the problem by replacing the Router to a more up to date WiFi 6.

Worked like a charm, got to keep your customers happy.

When/If you do go Quest, Buy VirtualDesktop on the meta store not the Steam Store Version also install the streamer app for the PC to communicate with the Headset.
https://www.vrdesktop.net/

No lag or stutters Enjoying the Quest 3, only gripes are the jockstrap and 2hr batteries life span, do I brought the BoBoVR add on, Better Headband also Magnetic batteries for hot swapping. Good Bye Cable.

[💎 Andy 💎]

Originally posted by KillZoneGB:

What I did was phone up your ISP, Complain that your equipment uses WiFi6 and threaten to leave for a different ISP if they could not rectify the problem by replacing the Router to a more up to date WiFi 6.

Worked like a charm, got to keep your customers happy.

When/If you do go Quest, Buy VirtualDesktop on the meta store not the Steam Store Version also install the streamer app for the PC to communicate with the Headset.
https://www.vrdesktop.net/

No lag or stutters Enjoying the Quest 3, only gripes are the jockstrap and 2hr batteries life span, do I brought the BoBoVR add on, Better Headband also Magnetic batteries for hot swapping. Good Bye Cable.

HI and thanks for the superb reply.

Couple of points.
I already have Virgin hub 5 which is WIFI 6, as my old one broke about 5 months ago, and was replaced wit this one.

But do you also have a separate router, something like this.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B431KCRW?tag=avf-post-widget-21
or this.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B42GCD76?tag=avf-post-widget-21

and if so is it connected into your PC? via the Ethernet RJ45 port?


This is a question I cant seem to get an answer to. Most people seem to say. "Get a 6Ghz router, and plug it directly into your PC, with Ethernet cable. So your PC is receiving the WI-FI signal form the Virgin hub.
And the new router plugged into the PC,, is just streaming the games to the headset, with low latency.

But others I have seen say, the new router (not the Virgin hub) connect's into the Virgin hub.
Which doesn't seem to make sense.

What is the correct way please.

Also thanks for the link. Much appreciated. Also the confirmation of where to get VD.


And finally.
I herd the Bobo M3 for the Quest 3 was imminently dropping in the UK.
But I cant see it yet.
Even though I haven't bought the router / quest or VD.

But I couldn't see the M2 head strap to M3 upgrade available either.
That is definitely THE way to go, with the changeable batteries.

Thank you again for any help, and the awesome post.

[KillZoneGB]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0CJWXZS9V/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

^^^^M2 head strap to M3 upgrade^^^^
This is the link for the converter link, currently out of stock.
I was lucky to order one before it went out of stock, so keep an eye out for when it comes available again, must be a best seller.

as for my router its hardwired to the network port of the PC (Rj45) no need to get an extra Repeater unless you thinking of extending the WiFi signal to all around the house or using your VR in a different room.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B7BZLVCQ?ref=emc_p_m_5_i_n

^^^ If you want to get a repeater this might be a good one, 5400 Megabits Per Second.

Hope this is of any help.

[💎 Andy 💎]

Hey I just noticed this, and will be looking though it a little later.

Thank you so much.

One thing I wanted to ask, when you said your "router" was hardwired into your RJ45 port on your PC, are you referring to your Virgin Hub as the router?

You mean your hub has an Ethernet cable into your PC motherboard?

[ymo1965]

I'm using this TP-Link AXE5400 Tri-Band 6e router with Quest 3 on VD. And yes it IS 6ghz. Works like a charm. Pees all over the VM Hub3.

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B42GCD76?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

[DmAnd]

I never had good results using wireless pcvr with quest 2. I have tried Air link and VD. The latency is just to much for me.

You could always just get a link cable if you don't mind being tethered.

I have the TP link AX5400 Wi-Fi 6 Router

[Weird Potato]

I'm using TP-Link AXE5400. Works great.

[💎 Andy 💎]

Originally posted by DmAnd:

I never had good results using wireless pcvr with quest 2. I have tried Air link and VD. The latency is just to much for me.

You could always just get a link cable if you don't mind being tethered.

I have the TP link AX5400 Wi-Fi 6 Router

Originally posted by Weird Potato:

I'm using TP-Link AXE5400. Works great.

Hey DmAnd and Weird Potato.

Can you guys please put me out of my misery.

How are yo connecting these routers to your Virgin network to give low latency gaming to the headsets.

This is my setup so you know what I'm trying to do.

All of the equipment will e in the same room, its 23 foot long lounge.
The Virgin hub 5 (WI-FI 6) is at one end, the PC is t the other end, along the same wall.
I cant move either.
And cant hardwired Ethernet the Virgin hub to the PC, because in between is a fixed fireplace. So a cable between the two is impractical.

But I get about 960mbps from the Virgin Hub to the PC wireless, about 20 ping, so ots not necessary to hardwired them.

Okay.
I am looking to buy a Quest 3 today, but don't know if I need to buy a router, as I have asked on various forums, also Amazon, and looked on YouTube, and I cant get a definitive answer.

Option 1.

Some say leave the Virgin Hub as it is,
And then plug (Ethernet) via the RJ45 port, directly into the PC motherboard, the new purchased router.
Install Virtual Desktop, and off you go.

For fast no artefacts, low latency VRWI-FI gamning.

Option 2.

Others have said to.
Put the Virgin Hub into "modem bridge mode."
And then plug (Ethernet) via the RJ45 port, the new purchased router into the back of the Virgin hub. So that is the Wi-Fi receiver, and signal sender.
Without touching the PC Ethernet port.
Then install Virtual Desktop.

So which is it that you guys are doing??

I would be looking to get a 6E 6Ghz router, now they have dropped in price.

Is your TP-Link AXE5400 plugged directly into your PC with Ethernet cable?

Or is it plugged with Ethernet cable into your Virgin (or whoever provides your broadband) Hub?

OI really hope you can give feedback please.

As wired link on the Quest 3, has such bad reviews, So I need to go Wireless.

Thanks for any help.
It is very much appreciated.

[DmAnd]

Hi Andy
I'm not the best person to ask because i am usually tethered to my PC with a link cable i don't like the added latency that air link adds.
Plus you will need a more powerfull PC compared to a real PCVR headset if you use a wireless solution.

I have my router connected to my PC and it is still pretty bad. Compared to my wired connection i notice a huge loss in visual quality and added latency.

Good luck, hope you find what you need.

EDIT.
I'm not sure what a virgin hub is. Sounds like something from Epstein island.

ok joking aside...
I have all my equipment shoved into a corner. Cable comes into the house and connects to modem witch connects to router and straight to PC a few feet away. Like i said though, it still sucks.

[💎 Andy 💎]

Originally posted by DmAnd:

Hi Andy
I'm not the best person to ask because i am usually tethered to my PC with a link cable i don't like the added latency that air link adds.
Plus you will need a more powerfull PC compared to a real PCVR headset if you use a wireless solution.

I have my router connected to my PC and it is still pretty bad. Compared to my wired connection i notice a huge loss in visual quality and added latency.

Good luck, hope you find what you need.

EDIT.
I'm not sure what a virgin hub is. Sounds like something from Epstein island.

ok joking aside...
I have all my equipment shoved into a corner. Cable comes into the house and connects to modem witch connects to router and straight to PC a few feet away. Like i said though, it still sucks.

I DmANd

And thanks for the great post, and the laugh about Epstein Island. 😂
Ok a few things.
The Virgin hub is the modem that you get (from Virgin Media) the same company that runs Virgin Airlines.
It is both (I learned this form some brilliant guys on a VR forum Im talking on.)
A modem, and a router. The one I have is WI-FI 6.

My PC is. a new build, specifically for games, VR, and Blender. As my old one is OLD!
Intel i9-13900k CPU
Asus rog strix z790-e gaming wifi with 6E support.
Asus rog strix 4080 oc (I went 4080, as 4090 is 50% more cost to run, for about 20% ish more performance)
64GB DDR 5 6400Mhz 32CL
2 x WD SN850X 2TB M.2 Gen4 NVMe 7300 MB/s SSD's
be quiet! BN309 Straight Power 11 Platinum 1000W
Lian-Li Boitier O11D XL ROG Certified (Noir)
Air cooled, Noctua PWM fans throughout. As Im not a "Water-cooling fan" <Pun intended.

I have just ordered my Quest 3 today for Saturday delivery from Amazon.

Couple of points might help.

This video is for Pico 4, but it may help with Quest as well, if playing with link cable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWBgq7J3FHw

Also I only read today, and might be worth doing some research.
I have been LOOKING for when the BoboVR M3 headset is coming to the UK Amazon.
But as they are not yet available over here.

And everywhere people are complaining about the lousy 2 hour battery life
of the Quest 3.
And apparently there is no cable (even the ones with the side port for charging) That actually charges the battery while playing. Some "slow it down from depleting, but dont charge. <-- what most people say.

But after hours of research and looking at endless Reddit's, and Amazon cables, it looks like different people have different results.
Then I read someone say its all about powering the headset (while playing) from a USB PD fast charger port. On the Motherboard.
I never heard of it before.
PD 3.0.
I looked and my mobo has one, but exactly which USB port it is, I have yet to find out.
But..
(again,) apparently, if you use that PD USB port while playing, its specifically designed to give a greater / faster charging, as the Quest 3 is so power hungry.

But having said that, with a cable say like this one.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0B2QPSWSF/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

That used to say Quest 3, but now doesn't., even though there are reviews saying they can charge their Quest 3 while playing, with it plugged in.
They must be using a DP port I suppose.
But the thing I dont get is, if it charges from one of these PD ports, why wouldnt it charge from a mains socket with a USB plug?

Okay last point, and this may be worth your while trying.
On the VR forum two of the moderators got involved, and have been giving some awesome advice, and they both said. Dont plug (Ethernet) the router into the PC.

Instead, Switch the Virgin hub. In your case it would be the modem that receives your broadband signal from whoever your provider is over there.
You can Google your modem and how to switch it to "modem / bridge" mode.

Effectively disabling it as a "router, and just using it as a modem to receive the signal.
Then plug (Ethernet) your TP-Link AXE5400 router. (Which is a 6E 6Ghz router into your now modem, and run it from there.
As the TP-Link AXE5400 should be way faster than your providers hub/modem.

Im not sure if this will work for you, if you modem is hard-lined into the PC, or what mbps Broadband your on. But that's what they said.
They both said, as well as another guy on there, "don't Ethernet the purchased router into the PC.
Which surprised the heck out of me, as thats what I though was the correct way.

Im not saying this is the right way.
As Im doing my best, and cant believe how difficult it is to find out what I should do.

But It may be worth your while. trying it though.

As my Virgin hub (modem, and router) is quite new, as mine broke, and so its
already WI-FI 6, and Im on 1gb download, and I get about 960mbps wireless with a ping of about 20.
They said to try without a purchased router, But as the Virgin hub doent work well, I may find I need a purchased router, but then to plug it into the hub not the PC.

If any of that makes sense.

Might be worth a try, if you have bad WI-Fi PCVR using that powerful router you have.

Forgive typos, and repeats.

[💎 Andy 💎]

Weird Potato

So you do connect the external router directly into your PC?

I cant see where you live, as your private, but if in the UK do you have a Virgin hub?

And still connect the TP-Link AXE5400?

Because if you do, then you will be helping my (seemingly) endless quest to where the heck you plug the router in. to a conclusion.

Hope you come back with some info.

Thanks.
Andy.

[Weird Potato]

Modem----router------PC
(Router has modem and PC plugged into it)

No idea what a Virgin hub is.

[💎 Andy 💎]

The Virgin hub is the "modem /router) that comes with the internet provider. I'm assuming you have a similar thing (in your home) from your internet provider in whatever country your in.

Its basically what recieves your broadband.

Its the same "Virgin" company that own the Virgin Airlines started by Richard Branson.

But I gotta telkl you, this is really interesting news.

Because the giuys on the VR forum were saying "Noooo, dont plug (the new router) directly into your PC, because thats going to do nothing."

You plug it into the existing "hub/router/modem you get form your broadband provider. then put that one into "modem bridge mode, so your broadband is then distributed (for want of a better word) to your home,
Because the "new router" whatever it is, the TP-Link AXE5400 in your case will be better / faster than the one installed by your broadband provider, it will do a better job, and give lower latency.

But yo are saying that you have the TP-Link AXE5400 directly into your PC sand it works great.

Hmm.
When I get my Quest tomorrow, Ill be trying it first on my existing "Hub" Virgin router/modem. And if that isn't any good, Ill buy a router, and try both ways.

[DmAnd]

Originally posted by 💎 Andy 💎:

The Virgin hub is the "modem /router) that comes with the internet provider. I'm assuming you have a similar thing (in your home) from your internet provider in whatever country your in.

Its basically what recieves your broadband.

Its the same "Virgin" company that own the Virgin Airlines started by Richard Branson.

But I gotta telkl you, this is really interesting news.

Because the giuys on the VR forum were saying "Noooo, dont plug (the new router) directly into your PC, because thats going to do nothing."

You plug it into the existing "hub/router/modem you get form your broadband provider. then put that one into "modem bridge mode, so your broadband is then distributed (for want of a better word) to your home,
Because the "new router" whatever it is, the TP-Link AXE5400 in your case will be better / faster than the one installed by your broadband provider, it will do a better job, and give lower latency.

But yo are saying that you have the TP-Link AXE5400 directly into your PC sand it works great.

Hmm.
When I get my Quest tomorrow, Ill be trying it first on my existing "Hub" Virgin router/modem. And if that isn't any good, Ill buy a router, and try both ways.

I'll be very interested to know how this works out for you.
I was always told to use eithernet and plug wireless router straight to PC so it goes like this...

Cable coming in from street goes to modem ISP provided that connects to wireless router TP link thing that goes straight to my PC

This never worked good at all for me, so if folks are telling you to do it a different way and it works good then perhaps i have been doing it wrong.