I know dozens of people that don’t know what the router is and sure didn’t know how to change the configuration. I’m going to say 99% of users don’t. Ask the homeowner what ghz network does the ecobee or nest use? Or MyQ, Meross, camp chef grills, almost all other devices in your home. Most people don’t know and don’t care. They go with what the isp installer says the router has as the default and they have to look at the bottom of the router to get the password.
I have friends (and myself) that didn’t have enough signal for outdoor cameras, or myQ or the smart irrigation controllers that I’ve had for many years. We needed to put a 5th mesh router in my buddies garage to get his outdoor cameras to work. My whole house is automated, and my outdoor grill needs wifi outside of the lanai. My buddy couldn’t get a signal for his outdoor tv or a reliable signal without pixelation or delays until I built his network.
200Mb is very slow, I get over 800Mb in my bedroom closet or outside in my birdcage.
Most people don’t know that when they connect to the internet, you are dealing with 2 different networks: WAN and a LAN. Saying you have 200Mb is snail mail for a LAN, it should be close to 1G if you do it right. The wan part of it gets measured by connecting a device to the routers port (not wifi) to determine if they are getting the speed you are paying for. So for somebody telling me they are getting 200Mb, I’m guessing it’s a wan test and if you are paying for 500Mb or say 1Gb speeds, your speeds are terrible.
Like I said, most people don’t know how to implement a network
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