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What's the point of having another router? (lemmy.austinwadeheller.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/selfhosted
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I once bought a router to use for my internet when I moved into my new house just to find out that it "wasn't compatible" with Verizon's service. I still have it (because I'm terrible about returning things). Is there any point in keeping it? Is there anything fun or interesting that I could do with it?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When I upgraded to a mesh system a while back, I turned my old router into a dedicated access point just for playing VR games wirelessly on my PC. Performance improved noticably once it didn't have to compete with the regular house WiFi traffic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I assume you had a hardline from the VR router to the central router? Otherwise wouldn't the wireless communication between the VR router and the central router be in the same competition as the VR headset was before?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Most/all of the data transfer in their case wouldn't be hitting the regular router; the spare router would only be acting as a go-between from the PC to the VR headset

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh, so you have a main router for internet traffic (wifi access for extended router and other devices) and another router extended from it that both your VR headset and PC connect to for VR-type data communication, still providing internet to the PC with about half the bandwidth?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

That's how I'd set it up, yeah. Most VR games are gonna be local, not needing a ton of internet bandwidth