Getting the FASTEST network connection possible for gaming [ROG Rapture GT6] 

Even with the fastest connection, somehow people would still get disconnected from a Splatoon 3 lobby 😂

Man I didn't have an issue with my internet speeds before, but now I really wanna upgrade my router

Changing your DNS will only speed up the time it takes for the initial connection to be made. It *will not* increase your internet speeds. If you saw an improvement, it is either unrelated or caused by transmitting more data overall because you spent less time initializing.

Those routers do seem really useful but $300-$500 for one is wild. I think I’ll just do the tweaks you mentioned with my current wifi and see how that helps 👍

Thanks for the tips man. I tweaked my Switch settings, as you had suggested, and my download/upload speeds did increase a bit. I can see the difference. I appreciate it.

Be careful with QoS setting. It does sacrifice speed for reliability. So rather than devices getting full bandwidth, it will reduce bandwidth to make sure it obeys the priority list as best as possible. So your gaming session will get a more reliable lets say... 60ms of latency rather than full bandwidth and be bouncing between 45ms and 70ms of latency depending on traffic. Not saying to not use it. It has its pros and cons. You just need to test it our for yourself and see if the setting is right for you.

Great video, Bob You tend to make a sponsored video a bit more informative and thus worth watching 👍 - Would love to see a PC building video like this as I'm currently looking into building one for myself 🙃

This video is just what I needed!!! For a very long time Ive been wanting to enhance my network but theres too much information, and I was not about to spend more than 500 for some random guy on the internet that I dont trust. My boyfriend and I are fans of your content and trust what you say. So now I feel a lot more comfortable to spend my money efficiently by your recomendations. Dont change man! Excellent video, as always!

You actually made that understandable, might need to look into that. As always Zim is a national treasure.

I think this is a really good video to send to beginners. You explain this so well ❤

3:40 ey bruv i love that little desk setup right there, very nice and clean!

Really appreciate this video. Took some great tips from it!

Something I recently discovered is Easymesh, which is the WiFi Alliance's Mesh system that allows for intercompatibility. I upgraded the firmware of my ISP's router, installed some cables over the roof, purchased two new routers, and set up a three-node mesh network in my home. This setup cost me only a quarter of what it would have cost to buy a similar-featured mesh product. I must say, these ASUS routers are truly worth it due to their numerous features and WiFi 6 capability but I'd still recommend you to search for your router's model to see if it supports Easymesh. If it does, you can still enjoy the benefits of a mesh network without spending a fortune.

That does help! I am not a Network Administrator, so I’m going to see if there’s an app that works with my hotspot! Bless you, as always!

That’s impressive to say the least. Def will apply!

I will never unsee that crooked lampshade. I only say this because your "sets" are consistently immaculate. So much so that a microscopically crooked lampshade is like mustard on a white t-shirt. 😅 Thank you for the consistent high-quality, thorough, and down to Earth content fam 👌

Nice tips, appreciate it!

Ayeeee glad ya discovered Asus routers. I remember tweeting you about it after ya mentioned crappy wifi on the wulffden podcast

I am definitely going to try the Google DNS setting when I get home this evening

Changing the MTU from 1400 to 1500 actually slowed my network down (could have just been random so at best, no change) but the DNS server settings gave it a boost!

Banger video as always

Bob out here making better network setup vids than most network focused channels

Wow that thing looks awesome

Cheers from Vegas man

Honestly, I don’t know I could change the settings on my consoles for better Internet connection. THIS IS EXTREMLY HELPFUL.

Just a heads up but 1400 mtu is most likely for compatibilty. in cases where it is over what a device along the line is able to handle it will usually break up the packets which could make speeds slower

I just started renting a new house. I considered a mesh setup, and still might do it, but the fiber in is right in the middle of the house, so the modem is, too. Really the trick is getting flat ethernet cables and adhering them to the baseboards to go through the house; to my bedroom, to the living room, and to the basement. Can't drill holes in this house! Just using flat ethernet cables and white duct tape.

I didn't realize you were in the NY-ish area. If you ever do a meet up, I'd go for sure. Most creators tend to be on the opposite coast so I get excited when creators are on the east coast

Nice video!

@ 2:45 just an FYI it's not safe leaving your car keys hung up on the wall rite by the front door makes it super easy to get the codes from a car key

I use a google mesh router and it's been night and day. The only downside is that it only has one Ethernet port on each node. The main node is in the living room with my consoles, so i bought a TP Link network switch for around $20 on amazon and connected it to the main node and then ran Ethernet cables from the network switch to my consoles and other hardwired devices. Probably not the most efficient network setup, but it's a hell of a lot better than my old "gaming" routers. All of my ping issues and packet loss issues were resolved even when connecting everything to WiFi. I just wanted to run a wired connection to my consoles for peace of mind.

Cute dog. I still use a wireless router N.

4:03 I know this video is old and your probably not going to read this comment. You mentioned punching holes in your wall to run Ethernet. But your house looks newer. Almost all newer houses (late 90s or later) use ethernet cable for the phone lines. Running Ethernet in most newer houses is as easy as buying a crimping tool and changing out the wall plate for Ethernet plates. To check if it’s possible take off a phone jack plate and see if there are 4 twisted pairs. If there is your house has Ethernet cables already in the walls. I watched a random RU-vid video and immediately ran to the basement to check where the phone lines come in before it was even over. Boom.

Personally I'm a fan of Unifi. It's nice separate my routing and WiFi. Means that future upgrades to the Wi-Fi only require swapping out the access point.

7:45 its not about the amount of traffic, but about packet latency

Blindly changing your MTU to 1500 is NOT always going to increase your download speed. If you're in the UK on a PPPoE based connection (so any xDSL or FTTP connection via Openreach) this will lead to packet fragmentation and will SLOW your download speeds as the max MTU should be 1492.. Also switching your DNS to Google is going to have no effect on your download speed whatsoever. It may make your connection more responsive though.

Congrats on the house! It’s wierd realizing that’s your house. I figured you would have a darker color scheme in the castle. I can’t imagine you living in such a bright white space lol 😂🎉🎉🎉

Word to the wise, you’ll want to use Command Prompt for calculating an MTU Value for Ethernet usage. Otherwise, you aren’t letting your Ethernet’s header information pass through, and will cause Packet Bloat. Love you, Wulf. 🎉

this video reminded me i should finally dig out my old asus router and setup that aimesh thing with my newer one. this is how i found out it's a RT-AC66U which doesn't support aimesh. the RT-AC66U B1 version supports aimesh. rip

Probably the closest thing to a house tour we are going to get from bob lol

Is this a router modem combo or do I need a modem as well? I should mention I use Comcast and I'm trying to get rid of as many cables as I can.

Asus also has an equivalent ZenWiFi setup that's just this without all of the ROG branding and gamer lights, if lowkey is more your speed

There's a timestamp for the dog. 10/10

Beautiful

Heeeeey, bob finally left the city. Good for you man.

It's good to see the Zimmy Wimmy is now a Roggy Boggy boi. He needs that fast upload rate for his valorant streams 😍🐕

PLEASE REVIEW THE DOYOKY GAMECUBE JOYCONS. Ive been thinking about getting them but i dont know if thier like the NYXI joycons

Awesome video as always! I was wondering if someone from the community could weigh in on this: Is there a way to directly add a VPN to your router settings? I ask because in Puerto Rico, some services won't work. While I can easily turn on a VPN on my phone to solve the problem, I can't use TV apps on devices like Roku or Google TV.

On the MTU note, it's not totally correct. Less bigger packages gives more speed and the correct value It's a case-by-case thing, you can find out which value is actually the best for you with a ping test with different MTU values until all packages got received. Also we don't use the same network types, PPPoE actually uses 1490 MTU by default. Them setting by default to that value basically covers every network as a whole, since PPPoA etc that use 1500 can also go at 1490. As for ports, usually DHCP automatically opens ports for whatever you are using. Opening your NAT to have NAT 1 might be ok if only to specific games (but then again, you have DHCP that do the same thing so....why?) and is generally a bad idea because it can let you exposed online for hacking attacks etc, it's usually not safe to have (especially when you already know that consoles sometimes got hacked to get your credit card data etc. This shit happens from time to time). But i guess it's just to show what the device can do.

Watching this after the announcement of 30XX for Switch 😍

I think that guy is a real cool guy.

that google public dns boosted my mbps by double.

this is overkill 9GB i'm jealous 😤😤 cute doggo btw

This is great video with amazing info thank you man.

Great video as always, but I would not touch another Asus router after my experience. Every update I get and the router stop working. After that happens (everytime) I have to factory reset the router.

Being a gamer explaining to non family members why you need to runs Ethernet cables clear across the house haha

So if I upgrade to this, I'd need to upgrade my modem provided by my isp?

Why couldn't this video have come out a couple weeks before I bought a bunch of new equipment for my new place lol. Though I did do a mesh network setup so didn't learn too much new stuff.

How’d you get the black joycons?

Bob, did you film this video from a Pottery Barn?

I’m lucky to have Verizon fiber in NYC. Not many do!

If I have GT AXE16000 can I connect these to act as extenders?

what is the song in the beginning?

It's gamer time

i have this router, and i set it up, i want to stay only with the router´s wifi signal,. i tried to put the modem into bridge mode, but it turn off all signal including the wifi, how can i stay only with the router´s wifi signal?

Your dog is so cute 😂

I got this and for some reason both routers won’t recognize my Ethernet Fios connection. It just says no network cable detected. But my previous Google WiFi Pro works just fine.

So glad you made this. I’ve had 1 gig AT&T Fiber for over 2 years now and I feel like I don’t get the speeds I’m supposed to

If you don't wanna reconnect all your devices just make wifi name and PW the same as your old one if you wanna take the easy way.

If I have Spectrum, would this work?

I love when my game lags, it gives me a reason to go outside

This router, node no needs other router? I hve asus ax11000 pro mesh with asus ax11000 . I buy it before know this mesh system 😓

For a second, I thought you are Keanu Reeves

question. I have an ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000 & 2 ROG Rapture GT6s. I have a large area to cover. I was told by ASUS Tech support before I bought them that they will work together. Well I was given the AXE16000 but I bought the 2 GT6s for the extended space. I told them I planned on using the AXE16000 as my main router and the 2 ROG GT6s as 2 nodes or what ever you want to call them. They told me they will work. Today when I called tech support they told me you cannot use them this way. Both devices under their specs say AiMesh capable. Are you familiar with these? If so do you know if they will work like I am hoping they will? If they do where do you recommend I go for quality support to get help setting them up. ASUS customer tech support is terrible. I read my serial number to the guy 10 times and I swear they were just not listening. Also for your info. I plan to have my AXE16000 connected to my ISP modem. My ISP does not have a built in router/wifi. So I will not need to put anything on their equipment in bridge mode. So the AXE16000 will be my router and I will have the 2 GT6s spread out far away on other side of building. My AXE16000 is next to and connected to a 16 port gigabit switch. I have Ethernet ran in the walls all the way out to where both GT6s are located. So the internet will be supplied from my AXE16000 through Cat6 to my GT6s so they will not be receiving WiFi signal from AXE16000 to the GT6s but instead they will be directly connected via Ethernet. I am hoping I can have the 2 GT6s receive wired internet and then broadcast WiFi from there to devices on that side of building. Will this work and how do I go about doing this? Thanks for your help in advance.

thats a good boy

I'm in the USA and I wanted to know if a 200 mb download speed is good?

Might be your house - but it’s 100% Hannah’s. She rules 😂

What sucks is where I live only one internet provider is available cus they block everyone else out and due to this they make it expensive and no matter what I do, new router, new dns, mtu changes etc. I always get around 5mbps down and 213kbps up. I pay for 50 down and 20 up.

These theoretical speeds are just that, theoretical and often combine both the 2.4ghz and 5ghz (or 6ghz band of applicable) into 1 number. Its just for advertising and unrealistic. Plus you cant go faster than the connection running into it, so if you want speed be prepared to pay for faster internet at your ISP. This is way too expensive and overkill for 99.9% of people. Much cheaper systems that don’t have the gamer aesthetic are going to be just as good for a fraction of the price, and if you feel you actually need more performance, Hardwire it with an Ethernet cable to your existing router.

I switched from the Xbox Series S to the Xbox Series X and it doubled my download speed.

Don’t know why but my switch wont let me change the network settings. It just says exit without saving or cancel

Does anyone use powerline network adapters? I love mine. They basically allow you to run ethernet through your house's powerlines so you can have a wired connection anywhere. I'm not sure if the signal is reduced or whatever, but mine work great and I prefer them over trying to super boost my wifi all over the house just to just my playstation.

God, I wish I could keep my house this clean

I was excited to see a possible way of having a better wifi setup for my Portal at the back of the house… then I see the ROG Rapture Gt6 is $250…. 😓

If Zim is in the video its a insta like for me

Our family got ethernet about a year or so ago and it makes a HUGE difference in everything. I went from downloading a game in hours to literal 10 minutes it's crazy.

i was sold on the features but its expensive dog

new house tour ;)

THANKS FOR YOUR OLD ROUTER LOL

3:35 xDDD

the speed isnt important when youre in the game latency is what really matters. games dont use a ton of broadband.. For "gamers" what speed is useful for is downloading things faster. thats it. this is why nobody should want wifi for gaming. the latency is almost always worse (and less stable) than a wired connection.

surprised you didnt mention powerline ethernet at all- for people on a budget it can be a huge improvement

That's a weird looking cat

This video really ended at 1:19

The hell you playing on switch that requires a quick connection? It’s kinda overkill using an Ethernet cord with your switch

Any router that has leds already is a nono.

I just bought these. Instant drop in performance. The connection is spotty. The speeds went from 340mb down and over a 100mb up, to less than 100mp and 7 up. I bought it for the security features that other mesh systems don’t have. It is 100% a waste of money. I moved from googles original mesh network. Going to contact asus support and see what they have to say. If they can see a setting that is eating the bandwidth and fix it I’ll update my comment.

Me with about 10 Mbps: well shit I can't even watch live streams

I have a 200mbps plan that gives me 250 and it gets the job done

All my gaming devices are Ethernet. But I have a lot of devices in general. Thankfully, most of this information doesn’t apply to me😅