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May 19, 2025 9:27 AM
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popular Posted by ItsSoCheap | Staff • Yesterday
May 19, 2025 9:27 AM
ARRIS Surfboard Thruster Wi-Fi 6E Gaming Router Acceleration Kit $36.99 + Free Shipping w/ Prime
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You can just buy a wireless wifi 6E adapter external for around $30 and save yourself all the trouble. Internals are as cheap as $20. If it had at least 2 or 3 ports to hook up multiple I would say worth it, but single port meh...
Note this thing does consume > 7 watts per device (175Wh / 24 hours, from the review below), so > 14 watts total. That would translate to >$40 per year (rough number), in my area (with very high electricity rate), which is more than the price of the equipment.
https://dongknows.com/arris-w6b-s...it-review/
If I were to upgrade the wireless backhaul to wired backhaul, but with low power consumption, I would consider using a thin, clear optical cable, which is nearly invisible when I run them on the wall (near crown molding and alike). The switches that support optical port have generally very low power consumption, similar to copper cable ethernet switch.
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I placed the satellite in the same location I have a linksys ln1301 satellite which uses a 5ghz backhaul. Connected an ethernet cable to a laptop to test the speeds on each. On the linksys I was getting around 400-500 mbps. On the arris 6e it was maxing out my 1 gigabit internet connection.