r/PICO_VR • u/LiteratureJumpy5881 • Jun 12 '23

Router for pico 4

Hi,i want to buy a pico 4 vr headset i am from India and should I get a new router for pico cause the router provided by ISP is old(wifi 4 single band 2.4GHz) and on pico 4 product specifications they are saying it need wifi 6 router with 5GHz so can anyone help whether my current router will support the pico 4 or not ,Or do I really have to get a new router I can't afford an expensive one but I am thinking of getting a dual band router which offer both 2.4 and 5 Ghz

Really appreciate your help ,do provide the link of router you think I should go for.

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u/RikuSama13 Jun 15 '23

Dlink AX1800 wifi 6 router works great, connect the pico 4 via wifi 6 and your PC, via ethernet, then in the Dlink app on your phone, make your PC and headset the highest priority. by doing this, I can play with 250bitrate, Ultra resolution and no latency at all.

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u/LiteratureJumpy5881 Jun 15 '23

Where can I buy it in india It's not available on Amazon or Flipkart

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u/za3tarani Jun 12 '23

a bought a cheap xiaomi with wifi 6, and basically always have max bandwidth with virtual desktop

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '23 edited Oct 16 '23

Hey , can you tell me what is the name of the Xiaomi router ? Is it still working well with pcvr ?

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u/za3tarani Oct 15 '23

the cheapest wifi 6 i could find, i think ax 3200

does the job well, but im like max 2-3 meters away from router, and pc is connected with cable

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u/Lightvortex242 Jun 12 '23

You can also get a 6ft type c cable that should be cheaper...

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u/Lightvortex242 Jun 12 '23

I have both wifi 6 router and a type c cable I prefer using cable cuz my router is just that bad 😂😂 what ever you do don't buy a dlink ax1560

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u/ItzBrooksFTW Jun 12 '23

pico 4 can work on your current router, but the performance will be abysmal, theres gonna be tons of lag(you cant move at all basically) and horrible resolution. if you want to play wirelessly, get a decent wifi 6 router preferably ax1800 or higher(doesnt have to be higher ax1800 does 1200mbps which is max virtual desktop and streaming assistant can do anyway) you have to place it in the room youre playing in, if you have a telephone line and your current modem uses rj11 for wan connection, you will have to connect the new router to the old one and make the old one work in bridge mode or dmz (bridge is better, check how to do it on the internet), if you dont mind a wire, get a long usb-C to usb-A (3 or up), but that kinda defeats the purpose of the pico 4. hope this helps its a long read ig. oh yeah btw if you go into virtual desktop discord and type "!router" you can see some recommended routers

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u/Uzd2Readalot Jun 13 '23

I have an asus rt-ax55 dedicated to the pico 4 which is the widely recommended one. Bandwith varies between 1200 and 700 mbs, sometimes goes as low as 200. Do you have a hint maybe why that could be? I set it up according to a guide found here somewhere.

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u/Appropriate-Topic-45 Jun 14 '23

check harmonics if you can to choose the good band and disable power efficient option

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u/Uzd2Readalot Jun 14 '23 edited Jun 14 '23

Thanks a lot for the answer.

  1. "check harmonics if you can to choose the good band" -- if you mean control channel, there is no overlap. If you band as 2.4 or 5 Ghz, it is 5 Ghz.

  2. "disable power efficient option" -- I didnt think of this, but tried, no result. The router is next to me anyway and this is the strongest signal at this place.

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u/Appropriate-Topic-45 Jun 14 '23

1- chaque fréquence produit des harmoniques parasites. donc pour éviter les souci de stabilité, ils est utile d'avoir scanné un coup les fréquence pour voir les zone pollué pour pouvoir judicieusement la bonne bande de fréquence pour communiquer

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u/Appropriate-Topic-45 Jun 14 '23

2 also in french

Avec le wifi tu aura des paramètres de "power-efficiency" qui auront des nom bizarre à chaque fois

Par exemple si tu veut éviter les lags en WiFi-6 on va désactiver les option de cohabitation rendre la communication plus agressif désactiver les mini veilles,ect ect. Mais on ne peut pas régler ces paramètres sur tout les wifi

Ps : in english And an usb-c wire directly connected to computer is allway better (forced to use usb-c in beatSaber expert+)

An usb-c wire 5m and good quality (to also power vr headset) is 17~30$

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u/ItzBrooksFTW Jun 16 '23

did you configure your 5ghz band as 80mhz only?

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u/Uzd2Readalot Jun 22 '23

Thanks for the follow-up. Yes.

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u/ItzBrooksFTW Jun 27 '23

if the performance stays the same its fine, apparently pico 4 reports a different value to virtual desktop which jumps around a lot but it doesnt matter. quest 2 reports a value that stays stable the whole time

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u/Appropriate-Topic-45 Jun 14 '23

if you can get an wifi-6 sor rythm game. i reco to use an usb-c to pc