Still a good guide two years later. Some things have changed on the Virtual Desktop settings menus, but the key things still apply. I used an older TP Link 5G as an dedicated access point for the Quest 3 and used VD to help me pick the channel with the highest bitrate for streaming VR...went from about 450mb without the dedicated router to 1200....happy. Thanks for making this. Well done.
Excellent. Finally, someone’s video on this subject explained clearly what we need to go wireless efficiently. Clear, articulate presentation even us ancient gamers can follow.
This video has helped me out tremendously. I ended up getting the dedicated router you recommended and used that connected via Ethernet to my PC and the performance is significantly better. The way you explained everything was perfect. Thank you.
The new update on VD makes the barrier to enter pcvr really low, i can even run pcvr games on my low spec laptop with this new updste, this update is extremely amazing
How low speck? Iv'e got an ASUS A15 5800H 16Gb RTX3070 8Gb and for the last 2 months Steam has been disabling my GPU so that I am left with only the performance of the APU. Which while obviously not as good is still pretty impressive. Suspect they are doing it deliberately to test software for whatever this new project is they have in development with AMD?
@@favscripts7680 Absolutely. Thing is that I have both an AMD APU and NVIDIA GPU. The NVIDIA GPU is being disabled in favor of the AMD APU. Been complaining to Steam about it for 2 months straight and all they seem interested in is getting me to report the performance data. Considering that they have a project in development with AMD that's a bit sus?
@@glenrisk5234 Make sure to reference your specific laptop website for how to enable your nvidia gpu for gaming, but in some cases you'll need to enable it through the nvidia control panel or specific laptop software. I think it may be something else besides steam which causes your system to use the amd apu, as it's a common issue for many laptops to revert to the built in apu for power-saving benefits.
Spot on, people dont know this, but 5ghz is a "greenfield" spectrum, as the name implies, it's meant to be used in a clear open field. For best performance put an access point in the room you're using it in
I bought the HUAWEI WiFi AX3 (Quad-Core) and I'm extremely happy and have zero complaints with my experience. And I prefer using Virtual Desktop. And yes AirLink is nice introduction for people wanting to try wireless VR. And then I'd switch to Virtual Desktop, as the quality is better and settings in general just allow for more customization.
Your presentation was excellent, sharp and to the point. I don't usually enjoy these as most do not understand that to say less but mean more is not a realistic concept to them. Thanks again, I've subscribed and look forward to watching a few more... PS: I will be adjusting some settings as this presentation is a wee bit dated as i'm a late bloomer..
I go for visuals over latency. I don't play any pcvr games that really demand too low latency. I usually sit around 60-70ms of latency, but the visuals are nice and crisp. I do have a setup that puts me at 48ms and has good visuals, but I use it less. VD works way better for me than airlink. It also looks more vibrant.
For those who don't have the budget for a monster router, I've got the stock router that comes with my virgin media broadband (Superhub 3) and works fine, doesnt drop frames at all. It's not wifi6 but I use 5ghz on a DFS channel that's meant for radar so theres very low chance of interference.
I was surprised how well the Virgin Hub 3 worked, I can even stream through the floor to the room above and don't get any lag. I also have a Tp link WiFi 6 router and the latency is exactly the same.
My Comcast cable modem/router works great for VD or Airlink. It gives me 855MBPS which is enough for 120fps. My router is in the same room I game in and my PC is hooked up with ethernet.
I also use the hub3 but my VR area is behind a wall with wires and pipes so the signal isnt very strong sadly. I'm gonna need another AP in the VR area :(. Not sure why people keep recommending wifi6 lol its actually overkill for airlink if you're close to the AP.
I find this is really exciting tech from a networking engineer's POV. I have my PC in the living room right now because I have no dedicated room to place it. If I had, I would stream my games by default as I hate the noise of spinning fans. It's the same with VR. Edit: One more thing about H.264 vs HEVC (aka H.265). The latter one does a way better job compressing the Image. That means you can get either get better image quality at the same bandwidth or reduce bandwidth maintaining the same image quality. Reducing the bandwidth us probably to prefer in this case as it will reduce the overall latency. Using it requires a GTX 10 series GPU or later, however. Newer cards usually make better use of this feature due to hardware improvements.
So I have Vd working great. Connect to the designated router and I’m good to go. But I can’t setup airline at all. Just says make sure of and headset are on same network. They are. Don’t get it. Pc is wireless out to a router outside. Designated router is hooked into pc. Doesn’t even show in airline at all. Any idea?
For those of you that have issues with Airlink. Make sure you did not force any of the bitrate settings in your Oculus Debug Tool for when you were using your Oculus Link cable. Airlink use these settings and if you changed this for you Oculus Link cable, it will influence you Airlink experience negatively.
The clip you showed of the ODT performance HUD, you're dropping frames. I've been having issues with these dropped frames also. Any experience in fixing it?
in 2025, this guide still is awesome!! i have been struggling with this for years now. I used to stick to cable vr, not anymore Just plugging in another router is best, fixed all issues I had with streaming. Lets me focus on pc performance. i currently have tplink ac1750. its best at 70-80mbps. Its pretty good in terms of latency and consistency, it just looks kinda meh in visuals. if you are on low end systems, this is the perfect entry point imo. Found it in my closet, i do suggest upgrading with one from amazon, ebay etc. 7800xt 5700x 32gb 600w
Awesome explanation! I also use the dedicated router - ethernet + wi-fi - internet. The only difference is that I enable internet sharing through the adapter properties.
Airlink works perfect for me. albeit I have a high end desktop PC with an i9 10900k and RTX 2080 Ti connected to a $250 AX5700 Asus router with 2.5G Lan. Router same room as my play area. as you can expect, it works flawlessly feels like wired tbh.
What if i only have access to the 2.4GHz connection on my home router but a deticated router with a 5GHz connection. do both my home router and deticated router need to be 5GHz?
ACTUAL GOD TIER you have helped me so much, i was able to find my old router and connect it to my new one, which has to be like 2 rooms away, via ethernet and now i no longer have those annoying stutters with the network spiking in latency!! even if it isnt a gigabit, 300 with downgraded visuals is far more tolerable than beautiful with constant skipping. Im soon to buy a gigabit tho!!!!
All this 100%, awesome video. Got myself a NexusLink Gaming Router Extender and even though it has to go through a wall I can still get at least 90fps easy with no stuttering even with other people using the main router. Costs $90 on Amazon but I am 100% wire free gaming now with everything and don't have to worry about other wifi users. I couldn't be having a better time right now. Follow all the steps in this video and you can too!
litterally spent 2 hours trying to get all these options to work and nothing about ready to throw my headset on the ground and burn this damn pc, this is one of the most annoying things ive ever tried to do
@@pirates9109 played lots of modded games and had a few of my own mod and have most of my vr games atm modded servers dont see how skyrim would be any different never played skyrim though cause it never interested me or looked like something I'd play
I like how I can launch VD from apps, and it gives me a menu with all my PC Oculus and Steam games in one menu. With airlink I'd have to freaking go to my pc, turn on airlink, go into my headset, pair and connect, then launch. Then I get in there and it gives me some trash menu bar with icons. VD is just better lol. Plus the settings really help, with Airlink everything was blurry no matter what for me.
Yea and with the update for beta version where it also uses the performance of the xr2 in the quest 2 helps because I have a laptop with a 1650 so it struggles playing vr games
This has helped me so much as I had no problems with my old router and today I've just been sent a new updated one and I've had nothing but problems so thanks alot !!
Might revisit this video as I'm setting up my PC for Quest2 air link, but it's really hard to watch . I couldn't get through it as one of the worst choices that some youtubers make is to have cartoon avatars instead of their own selves. It's distracting (and not in a good way). It's nice you are helping people out, but this is hard to sit through.
You see I have a 5K wifi router my old pc was able to connect to it instantly but it died and here is the problem I am having, I try to link my headset with a new pc but is not linking or just taking forever to do so what do I do?
I really didn't want to get a dedicated router since it was a fairly significant expense, but ultimately had to since my main router at home was an older crappy non-5ghz router. I don't regret it, because it had a major improvement of performance with game streaming. With a proper router and a good PC, playing PCVR wirelessly is so much better than it was for me before and I use it very frequently. Generally much more preferable to trying a wired setup of some kind.
Thanks for that info! In the same boat - don't really want to pay out for separate router. But sounds like it will make it much more playable so think I will get one!
I have a Netgear RAX20 WiFi 6 router. When I first used Airlink, I thought connecting an Ethernet cable was only a suggestion. I was able to run VRChat over Airlink that way, but visuals were terrible. I then connected my computer to the router with a Ethernet cable. Visuals did get better, though. Now I'm using Virtual Desktop. It seems to be a bit more fussy than Airlink. I'm getting about 50-70ms in Virtual Desktop. I have an RTX2070 8GB VRAM, a Core i7 11700K, and 64GB of RAM
The low, medium and high settings in virtual desktop change the rendering resolution on your PC. Afaik, low is native, then higher than that is supersampling.
@@VirtualPandaVR yup, supersampling improves visuals only slightly at a massive cost to performance. I've found the medium setting is the upper bounds until the improvement isn't noticeable.
For internet I use my old smartphone connected by USB cable to PC (WiFi or mobile data). Router (no internet) is connected only with Quest 2. This way got clean connection
I can get airlink to connect, open steam etc. But my oculus home in airlink is gone, the button on the menu bar is gone as well. I just launch into a large white grid room woth just the menu bar. I would be ok with this but it has an annoying ambient noise I cannot find out how to disable. Where do I go to get my oculus house back. The one shown in this vid with the fireplace, guns, and light sabers?
Cool video. One thing, when taiking about the set-up with 2 routers the second router will need HDCP turned off on the internet interface. this is so you are only using the routers connections and WAP. you don't want it to be giving addresses to devices.
Thanx for the video. The part I was confused about was if I can plug the second router into my pc, and my pc connected with wifi to my actual router which is across the house.
When you buy that router you suggested does it come with a Ethernet? Or do you have to buy it separately and if so how long does the Ethernet have to be if the router is close to you?
I'm missing something.. my issue is my modem is no where near my pc and vr room. Only every option was ethernet to modem.. Would a moca connection work for this?
If I do PC -> main router -> dedicated router via cable, do I need to do anything special in the settings of the dedicated router to keep them from competing?
Seems like the way to go is to get a WFI6 Tri or quadband router and then dedicate a full channel to the airlink. And that one full channel should be able to sustain close to 1000 gbps. The down side of daisy chaining is if you are ever able to setup 2.5 Gbps ethernet. Most routers only have one right now.
I have ASUS DSL-AX82U AX5400 Dual Band WiFi 6 xDSL Modem Router, WiFi 6 802.11ax, ASUS AURA RGB, Lifetime Free Internet Security, Mesh WiFi support, Gear Accelerator, Adaptive QoS, Port Forwarding Is it good
god i love ASRock motherboards, 5 years ago when i built this pc i thought all of the extras would just be gimmicky, turns out of used almost every feature. M.2 SSD Slot, USB-C on the board and now finally I have a use for the dual ethernet ports z270 still keeping up in 2021
I have this set up with the router you suggested: my PC is connected to my home wifi, the ethernet port on my PC is connected to a LAN port on the router. I prioritized my home wifi on my PC. But my PC is not showing up in virtual desktop. I had it working last night and now it can't find my PC. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
So the router (not the home network router) does it need to be connected to a modem for internet or the ethernet cable from the pc to the router solves it.
My problem is that Skyrim ONLY resolved high detail for object that are in my face. I can see scars on cheracters if I'm close to them, but just 2ft-ish away and it's a blur. It'intentional in the software. Doesn't seem to be needed for performance.
so if i get a dedicatd router just for vr streaming, will it wave any other use? Like what if i get a pcvr headset? Will the router just be useless after?
Good video Virtual Desktop is way better I only need my pc on to use it not having to turn air link on before use, the only issue I have with Virtual Desktop, when using touch controllers mouse left clicking seems not t left-click it seems to try and move icons. have you found a way to get mouse functions to work better with touch controllers?
EZ fix for me was to just glue two WiFi6 routers to the R&L side of the quest (make sure you are ok with the size adjustment because you can no longer change this!) as well as be direct linked in to my PV via USBC. I also got more fps after cutting the sleaves off half of my shirts and feeding my cats dog food. Everyones situation is different so good luck!
It’s soooo hard to explain but I need help really bad. When I’m playing “Into The Radius” via air link on my quest 2, my game looks kinda blurry/fuzzy/laggy when I look at stuff that’s around 5 feet away and it looks like I’m using a cardboard vr headset I bought at dollar store. or so. But it looks really really good on my pc monitor. I don’t know if it’s the but rate or whatever but can you pleaassseee help me.😞🙏
So I have cat6 outlets in every room leading back to the utility room where I keep my modem and current router. So if I play the quest in the living room but my pc is in the office can I just connect the dedicated Quest router to the outlet and use it as an access point? So my pc would connect via cat6 to my primary router and the “quest router” would also connect to the primary router. Or would it have to be primary router->quest router->PC
You don't need an expensive access point for fast streaming. Belkin 3200 or Totolink 5000R are two great and cheap solutions. Belkin has 160MHz wide AX which nets plenty of troughput - more than quest will ever use up.
I have a problem that might've been solved in the video or others but i didnt see it or hear it. I can find my pc but when I click on it it doesn't let me pair/launch it. is there something I'm doing wrong?
Will this work the same using a gaming laptop? adding a router to the laptop or will the airlink work just with the laptop WIFI itself, I'll get to test wed as im getting my laptop in.
For me it’s the oculus app corrupting itself then repairing. Usually I have to restart the oculus service from the beta tab to get it to stop giving me errors in headset.
Great video by the way. Knew most things already, though I will be trying Virtual Desktop with the automatically adjusted bitrate setting later, just to see how it feels.
@@iStrong113 boneworks alyx and s&s i have all played without any issue. its mostly competetive games that suffer. like eleven table tennis, or synth riders and beat saber. story games and social games are working just great and if you check my channel, you can see racing sims working fine as well.
So I understand.... my PC is connected to my home network via wifi, and my router is connected to the computer via ethernet cable.... Am I correct that my PC should be set to my home network, and the headset should be set to the new router network I created? Is that accurate?
Hey i have oculus quest 1 and I can't connect my pc to the router with Ethernet because when i connect it and then i put head set on me I can't find my pc to choose on airlink
I was having trouble launching SW: Squadrons in VD. Switched to link, and it worked flawlessly. I can get down to 35ms on crappy ISP router. But the latency is still noticeable for me with games that require twitch response. Like the bow and arrow game in the lab. By the sounds of it buying a dedicated wifi6 router wont improve on this much?
i think afaik for steam games all the "vr graphics Quality" option does, is changing your steam vr quality settings without going into its menus directly which is why i have it on medium and manualy configure it afterwards on a per game Basis inside steamvr (but i don't know about how or if it works with oculus apps)
so what if I dont have a dual channel router? will it work if i connect my standard router ( 2.4ghz ) to my pc and the dual channel router to my pc. Or will i need two 5ghz routers for it to work?
Those air link settings with fixed and dynamic? Where is that? I have never seen that anywhere. Edit: I should point out that after going to the PC desktop very briefly as though I were connecting with an Oculus Link Cable and the Oculus Home Loading screen sppearing for a few minutes........then I am back to the Quest 2 home page (The Cyberpunk room at the moment). Its really odd as virtual destop works well
Ahh, I see, thats one the damn thing is actually working, you can't see it without it. On the plus side in the Virtual Desktop vs Air Link argument my grand conclusion is "Virtual desktop works and Air Link doesn't" so thats a victory for VD!
How about setting up the dedicated router as "wireless repeater" ? And then connect the dedicated router to PC through ethernet ? By doing this, both Quest 2 and PC can access internet right ? However, how is the latency affected with this scheme ?
According to VD discord, not all WiFi 6 routers will work fine, for example Huawei AX3 ones have been reported to be iffy sometimes. Also the cheapest recommended router is the TP Link C6/A6 which is the one I have and it works pretty well 97% of the time.
Can you explain how to set up the wifi 6 the same way you use it? connecting it to the computer and using wifi from the computer to connect to the internet. The wifi 6 router should be in ap mode? Or router mode? Please explain
Just leave it in regular router mode. Connect your quest to it and connect it to your PC like it says in the video. That's literally all there is to it. :)
@@VirtualPandaVR thank you for replying! I tried this but I could not get any signal through the wifi 6. How do I get the wifi 6 to receive all the internet and data transfer from the pc? (it is connect to the pc by ethernet)
@@freshs5647 the router will not have internet access unless you connect it to your home router in AP mode. What I do is just leave the dedicated router (and quest) without internet while the PC is connected to both networks simultaneously
i find attaching the router to my head the best method
Yes works great for me too.
As long as you wear a tinfoil hat too lol
Eli Musk says he has an app for that.
@@sparkle58dc what’s it called
ah yes, portable router
Still a good guide two years later. Some things have changed on the Virtual Desktop settings menus, but the key things still apply. I used an older TP Link 5G as an dedicated access point for the Quest 3 and used VD to help me pick the channel with the highest bitrate for streaming VR...went from about 450mb without the dedicated router to 1200....happy. Thanks for making this. Well done.
Excellent. Finally, someone’s video on this subject explained clearly what we need to go wireless efficiently. Clear, articulate presentation even us ancient gamers can follow.
This video has helped me out tremendously. I ended up getting the dedicated router you recommended and used that connected via Ethernet to my PC and the performance is significantly better.
The way you explained everything was perfect. Thank you.
The new update on VD makes the barrier to enter pcvr really low, i can even run pcvr games on my low spec laptop with this new updste, this update is extremely amazing
SSW look so good
How low speck?
Iv'e got an ASUS A15 5800H 16Gb RTX3070 8Gb and for the last 2 months Steam has been disabling my GPU so that I am left with only the performance of the APU.
Which while obviously not as good is still pretty impressive.
Suspect they are doing it deliberately to test software for whatever this new project is they have in development with AMD?
@@glenrisk5234 Sounds like a bug. Steam shouldn't disable your gpu ever
@@favscripts7680 Absolutely. Thing is that I have both an AMD APU and NVIDIA GPU. The NVIDIA GPU is being disabled in favor of the AMD APU. Been complaining to Steam about it for 2 months straight and all they seem interested in is getting me to report the performance data. Considering that they have a project in development with AMD that's a bit sus?
@@glenrisk5234 Make sure to reference your specific laptop website for how to enable your nvidia gpu for gaming, but in some cases you'll need to enable it through the nvidia control panel or specific laptop software. I think it may be something else besides steam which causes your system to use the amd apu, as it's a common issue for many laptops to revert to the built in apu for power-saving benefits.
Spot on, people dont know this, but 5ghz is a "greenfield" spectrum, as the name implies, it's meant to be used in a clear open field. For best performance put an access point in the room you're using it in
I bought the HUAWEI WiFi AX3 (Quad-Core) and I'm extremely happy and have zero complaints with my experience. And I prefer using Virtual Desktop. And yes AirLink is nice introduction for people wanting to try wireless VR. And then I'd switch to Virtual Desktop, as the quality is better and settings in general just allow for more customization.
Your presentation was excellent, sharp and to the point. I don't usually enjoy these as most do not understand that to say less but mean more is not a realistic concept to them. Thanks again, I've subscribed and look forward to watching a few more...
PS: I will be adjusting some settings as this presentation is a wee bit dated as i'm a late bloomer..
Thanks so much, the problem i was having was the bitrate. It was way too low, i turned it up quite a bit and now the quality of the image is better.
I go for visuals over latency. I don't play any pcvr games that really demand too low latency. I usually sit around 60-70ms of latency, but the visuals are nice and crisp. I do have a setup that puts me at 48ms and has good visuals, but I use it less.
VD works way better for me than airlink. It also looks more vibrant.
For those who don't have the budget for a monster router, I've got the stock router that comes with my virgin media broadband (Superhub 3) and works fine, doesnt drop frames at all. It's not wifi6 but I use 5ghz on a DFS channel that's meant for radar so theres very low chance of interference.
I was surprised how well the Virgin Hub 3 worked, I can even stream through the floor to the room above and don't get any lag. I also have a Tp link WiFi 6 router and the latency is exactly the same.
My Comcast cable modem/router works great for VD or Airlink. It gives me 855MBPS which is enough for 120fps. My router is in the same room I game in and my PC is hooked up with ethernet.
I also use the hub3 but my VR area is behind a wall with wires and pipes so the signal isnt very strong sadly. I'm gonna need another AP in the VR area :(. Not sure why people keep recommending wifi6 lol its actually overkill for airlink if you're close to the AP.
I find this is really exciting tech from a networking engineer's POV. I have my PC in the living room right now because I have no dedicated room to place it. If I had, I would stream my games by default as I hate the noise of spinning fans. It's the same with VR.
Edit: One more thing about H.264 vs HEVC (aka H.265). The latter one does a way better job compressing the Image. That means you can get either get better image quality at the same bandwidth or reduce bandwidth maintaining the same image quality. Reducing the bandwidth us probably to prefer in this case as it will reduce the overall latency. Using it requires a GTX 10 series GPU or later, however. Newer cards usually make better use of this feature due to hardware improvements.
So I have Vd working great. Connect to the designated router and I’m good to go. But I can’t setup airline at all. Just says make sure of and headset are on same network. They are. Don’t get it. Pc is wireless out to a router outside. Designated router is hooked into pc. Doesn’t even show in airline at all. Any idea?
For those of you that have issues with Airlink. Make sure you did not force any of the bitrate settings in your Oculus Debug Tool for when you were using your Oculus Link cable. Airlink use these settings and if you changed this for you Oculus Link cable, it will influence you Airlink experience negatively.
The clip you showed of the ODT performance HUD, you're dropping frames. I've been having issues with these dropped frames also. Any experience in fixing it?
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Ive watched this mans channel grow before my eyes, nice work
1:44 I literaly dont even need to watch the vid anymore now. Thank you for explaining me that you gotta place it closer! You definitely deserve my sub
in 2025, this guide still is awesome!! i have been struggling with this for years now. I used to stick to cable vr, not anymore Just plugging in another router is best, fixed all issues I had with streaming. Lets me focus on pc performance. i currently have tplink ac1750. its best at 70-80mbps. Its pretty good in terms of latency and consistency, it just looks kinda meh in visuals. if you are on low end systems, this is the perfect entry point imo. Found it in my closet, i do suggest upgrading with one from amazon, ebay etc.
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Awesome explanation! I also use the dedicated router - ethernet + wi-fi - internet. The only difference is that I enable internet sharing through the adapter properties.
Airlink works perfect for me. albeit I have a high end desktop PC with an i9 10900k and RTX 2080 Ti connected to a $250 AX5700 Asus router with 2.5G Lan. Router same room as my play area. as you can expect, it works flawlessly feels like wired tbh.
What if i only have access to the 2.4GHz connection on my home router but a deticated router with a 5GHz connection. do both my home router and deticated router need to be 5GHz?
ACTUAL GOD TIER you have helped me so much, i was able to find my old router and connect it to my new one, which has to be like 2 rooms away, via ethernet and now i no longer have those annoying stutters with the network spiking in latency!! even if it isnt a gigabit, 300 with downgraded visuals is far more tolerable than beautiful with constant skipping. Im soon to buy a gigabit tho!!!!
All this 100%, awesome video. Got myself a NexusLink Gaming Router Extender and even though it has to go through a wall I can still get at least 90fps easy with no stuttering even with other people using the main router. Costs $90 on Amazon but I am 100% wire free gaming now with everything and don't have to worry about other wifi users. I couldn't be having a better time right now. Follow all the steps in this video and you can too!
whenever i press pair with pc, it does nothing. oculus shows up on my pc in bluetooth, but the oculus itself doesnt actually pair. any solution?
After using VD for several months and trying to use Airlink in giving up on both. Using oculus link there is zero latency and much better visuals.
For me VD work flawlessly and Air Link is like a slide show. Im on 5 GHz and 2m from the router.
for me if I am not wearing the headset for 2 minutes the Air Link will disconnect. Is it a bug?
litterally spent 2 hours trying to get all these options to work and nothing about ready to throw my headset on the ground and burn this damn pc, this is one of the most annoying things ive ever tried to do
same
try modding skyrim lmao
@@pirates9109 played lots of modded games and had a few of my own mod and have most of my vr games atm modded servers dont see how skyrim would be any different never played skyrim though cause it never interested me or looked like something I'd play
I like how I can launch VD from apps, and it gives me a menu with all my PC Oculus and Steam games in one menu.
With airlink I'd have to freaking go to my pc, turn on airlink, go into my headset, pair and connect, then launch. Then I get in there and it gives me some trash menu bar with icons.
VD is just better lol. Plus the settings really help, with Airlink everything was blurry no matter what for me.
Yea and with the update for beta version where it also uses the performance of the xr2 in the quest 2 helps because I have a laptop with a 1650 so it struggles playing vr games
I use Chrome Remote Desktop on my phone to turn on airlink or do anything else, saves going back to the computer.
Pretty informative and well-spoken video. Nice job, guy.
This has helped me so much as I had no problems with my old router and today I've just been sent a new updated one and I've had nothing but problems so thanks alot !!
Can you make a video about setting up the dedicaed router?
Might revisit this video as I'm setting up my PC for Quest2 air link, but it's really hard to watch . I couldn't get through it as one of the worst choices that some youtubers make is to have cartoon avatars instead of their own selves. It's distracting (and not in a good way). It's nice you are helping people out, but this is hard to sit through.
You are a legend, great explanations! Super clear and articulate!
You see I have a 5K wifi router my old pc was able to connect to it instantly but it died and here is the problem I am having, I try to link my headset with a new pc but is not linking or just taking forever to do so what do I do?
I really didn't want to get a dedicated router since it was a fairly significant expense, but ultimately had to since my main router at home was an older crappy non-5ghz router.
I don't regret it, because it had a major improvement of performance with game streaming. With a proper router and a good PC, playing PCVR wirelessly is so much better than it was for me before and I use it very frequently. Generally much more preferable to trying a wired setup of some kind.
Thanks for that info! In the same boat - don't really want to pay out for separate router. But sounds like it will make it much more playable so think I will get one!
Just curious, how did you hook up your router? Do you still use your previous router for regular wifi? Also which router did you end up getting?
I suppose you also need a way to connect this Asus router with a modem right?
I have a Netgear RAX20 WiFi 6 router. When I first used Airlink, I thought connecting an Ethernet cable was only a suggestion. I was able to run VRChat over Airlink that way, but visuals were terrible. I then connected my computer to the router with a Ethernet cable. Visuals did get better, though.
Now I'm using Virtual Desktop. It seems to be a bit more fussy than Airlink.
I'm getting about 50-70ms in Virtual Desktop. I have an RTX2070 8GB VRAM, a Core i7 11700K, and 64GB of RAM
The low, medium and high settings in virtual desktop change the rendering resolution on your PC. Afaik, low is native, then higher than that is supersampling.
I figured that's what it was, but I really can't see much of a difference between them.
@@VirtualPandaVR yup, supersampling improves visuals only slightly at a massive cost to performance. I've found the medium setting is the upper bounds until the improvement isn't noticeable.
For internet I use my old smartphone connected by USB cable to PC (WiFi or mobile data).
Router (no internet) is connected only with Quest 2. This way got clean connection
I'm attempting to run this through an egpu and ultrabook with no Ethernet slot. Will performance be hindered by an eth-usb c 3.0 connector?
I can get airlink to connect, open steam etc. But my oculus home in airlink is gone, the button on the menu bar is gone as well. I just launch into a large white grid room woth just the menu bar. I would be ok with this but it has an annoying ambient noise I cannot find out how to disable. Where do I go to get my oculus house back. The one shown in this vid with the fireplace, guns, and light sabers?
I've got an mash WIFI system in the house. One of the satellites is on the other side of the wall. Is mash WIFI good enough for air link?
Cool video. One thing, when taiking about the set-up with 2 routers the second router will need HDCP turned off on the internet interface. this is so you are only using the routers connections and WAP. you don't want it to be giving addresses to devices.
Thanx for the video. The part I was confused about was if I can plug the second router into my pc, and my pc connected with wifi to my actual router which is across the house.
Does spectrum work well because I have it just wondering
Do you need two routers next to the pc?
Thx you so much for this vid bro you help me so much
When you buy that router you suggested does it come with a Ethernet? Or do you have to buy it separately and if so how long does the Ethernet have to be if the router is close to you?
I'm so close to getting to completing my pcvr journey I just need to figure out this Ethernet confusion and stuff
I'm missing something.. my issue is my modem is no where near my pc and vr room. Only every option was ethernet to modem..
Would a moca connection work for this?
Air link works perfect for me. I get no delay. The only thing is the controller spring effect.
If I do PC -> main router -> dedicated router via cable, do I need to do anything special in the settings of the dedicated router to keep them from competing?
Seems like the way to go is to get a WFI6 Tri or quadband router and then dedicate a full channel to the airlink. And that one full channel should be able to sustain close to 1000 gbps.
The down side of daisy chaining is if you are ever able to setup 2.5 Gbps ethernet. Most routers only have one right now.
Hello. That Avatar that you were using for the video ? How can I use something like that ?
Thank you man!! This was incredibly helpful and so so clear and easy to understand!
How do i "set up the network"? What website do i go to, to do that?
Thank you for the video! Also, what app did you use to record it? VRChat?
I have
ASUS DSL-AX82U AX5400 Dual Band WiFi 6 xDSL Modem Router, WiFi 6 802.11ax, ASUS AURA RGB, Lifetime Free Internet Security, Mesh WiFi support, Gear Accelerator, Adaptive QoS, Port Forwarding
Is it good
Hi, very good and usefull video! Cheers from Russia!
I had a 5ghz router before my Quest 2, soooooo I never had any issues with either.
god i love ASRock motherboards, 5 years ago when i built this pc i thought all of the extras would just be gimmicky, turns out of used almost every feature. M.2 SSD Slot, USB-C on the board and now finally I have a use for the dual ethernet ports z270 still keeping up in 2021
I have this set up with the router you suggested: my PC is connected to my home wifi, the ethernet port on my PC is connected to a LAN port on the router. I prioritized my home wifi on my PC. But my PC is not showing up in virtual desktop. I had it working last night and now it can't find my PC. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
So the router (not the home network router) does it need to be connected to a modem for internet or the ethernet cable from the pc to the router solves it.
My problem is that Skyrim ONLY resolved high detail for object that are in my face. I can see scars on cheracters if I'm close to them, but just 2ft-ish away and it's a blur. It'intentional in the software. Doesn't seem to be needed for performance.
Awesome vid. So helpful. Thanks for this!
so if i get a dedicatd router just for vr streaming, will it wave any other use?
Like what if i get a pcvr headset? Will the router just be useless after?
Hey man, thanks a lot. Finally the airlink stutering stopped! I knew wasnt my pc or 100mb connection! :D
Good video Virtual Desktop is way better I only need my pc on to use it not having to turn air link on before use, the only issue I have with Virtual Desktop, when using touch controllers mouse left clicking seems not t left-click it seems to try and move icons. have you found a way to get mouse functions to work better with touch controllers?
EZ fix for me was to just glue two WiFi6 routers to the R&L side of the quest (make sure you are ok with the size adjustment because you can no longer change this!) as well as be direct linked in to my PV via USBC. I also got more fps after cutting the sleaves off half of my shirts and feeding my cats dog food. Everyones situation is different so good luck!
Thank you so much Mr Panda for all these informations! You're awesome and I'm ordering the Asus Router this week :)
It’s soooo hard to explain but I need help really bad. When I’m playing “Into The Radius” via air link on my quest 2, my game looks kinda blurry/fuzzy/laggy when I look at stuff that’s around 5 feet away and it looks like I’m using a cardboard vr headset I bought at dollar store. or so. But it looks really really good on my pc monitor. I don’t know if it’s the but rate or whatever but can you pleaassseee help me.😞🙏
Is it possible to turn on mobile hotspot on the pc and usethat for the connection?
How did you record yourself talking in front please? Great info!!!
How do you change it in the dual router to 5 htz,when it connects automatically
So I have cat6 outlets in every room leading back to the utility room where I keep my modem and current router. So if I play the quest in the living room but my pc is in the office can I just connect the dedicated Quest router to the outlet and use it as an access point? So my pc would connect via cat6 to my primary router and the “quest router” would also connect to the primary router.
Or would it have to be primary router->quest router->PC
You don't need an expensive access point for fast streaming. Belkin 3200 or Totolink 5000R are two great and cheap solutions. Belkin has 160MHz wide AX which nets plenty of troughput - more than quest will ever use up.
I have a problem that might've been solved in the video or others but i didnt see it or hear it.
I can find my pc but when I click on it it doesn't let me pair/launch it.
is there something I'm doing wrong?
Is my GT AX11000 dedicated router would be enough?
Will this work the same using a gaming laptop? adding a router to the laptop or will the airlink work just with the laptop WIFI itself, I'll get to test wed as im getting my laptop in.
You can create a hotspot with your laptop, but it never works as good as an actual router
For me it’s the oculus app corrupting itself then repairing. Usually I have to restart the oculus service from the beta tab to get it to stop giving me errors in headset.
Thanks for the great video! Also I love your avatar -does it look like you?
No one is that black
What latency do you get?
Mu computer is a new gaming computer, all specs good, my question is it connects to my router 2.4 htz, the 5 is there but won't let me connect
Great video by the way. Knew most things already, though I will be trying Virtual Desktop with the automatically adjusted bitrate setting later, just to see how it feels.
I got a separate router for virtual desktop, 35ms overall latency is great
great until u try beatsaber or synthriders on master
@@MedienGulli most people don't need to do a low-latency task like that so wireless is fine for the majority of people
@@iStrong113 natively and wired are about 4ms. wireless around 30ms.
@@iStrong113 boneworks alyx and s&s i have all played without any issue. its mostly competetive games that suffer. like eleven table tennis, or synth riders and beat saber. story games and social games are working just great and if you check my channel, you can see racing sims working fine as well.
@@iStrong113 less than ideal
So I understand.... my PC is connected to my home network via wifi, and my router is connected to the computer via ethernet cable....
Am I correct that my PC should be set to my home network, and the headset should be set to the new router network I created? Is that accurate?
Hey i have oculus quest 1 and I can't connect my pc to the router with Ethernet because when i connect it and then i put head set on me I can't find my pc to choose on airlink
Is the airlink a product? Or just something that comes with the updated headsets?
Airlink comes with the headset as a feature
I was having trouble launching SW: Squadrons in VD. Switched to link, and it worked flawlessly. I can get down to 35ms on crappy ISP router. But the latency is still noticeable for me with games that require twitch response. Like the bow and arrow game in the lab. By the sounds of it buying a dedicated wifi6 router wont improve on this much?
i recommend the TP-LINK Archer C7 V5 it works flawless for me
Wooooow - thank you for this!! Instantly solved my problem 🥳
i think afaik for steam games all the "vr graphics Quality" option does, is changing your steam vr quality settings without going into its menus directly which is why i have it on medium and manualy configure it afterwards on a per game Basis inside steamvr (but i don't know about how or if it works with oculus apps)
so what if I dont have a dual channel router? will it work if i connect my standard router ( 2.4ghz ) to my pc and the dual channel router to my pc. Or will i need two 5ghz routers for it to work?
You just need a 5 ghz connection between the headset and your PC
Thank you for the information..how did you do the animation, just curious ty
Hey is the ASUS RT-AX55 AX1800 still the one recommended?
Yes
@@VirtualPandaVR bought it hahaha, now i have to buy VD and im done
Those air link settings with fixed and dynamic? Where is that? I have never seen that anywhere. Edit: I should point out that after going to the PC desktop very briefly as though I were connecting with an Oculus Link Cable and the Oculus Home Loading screen sppearing for a few minutes........then I am back to the Quest 2 home page (The Cyberpunk room at the moment). Its really odd as virtual destop works well
Ahh, I see, thats one the damn thing is actually working, you can't see it without it. On the plus side in the Virtual Desktop vs Air Link argument my grand conclusion is "Virtual desktop works and Air Link doesn't" so thats a victory for VD!
I don’t have a router can I still use wireless connection?
How about setting up the dedicated router as "wireless repeater" ? And then connect the dedicated router to PC through ethernet ? By doing this, both Quest 2 and PC can access internet right ?
However, how is the latency affected with this scheme ?
Shouldn't affect the latency in theory. But I've never tried it that way, so can't say for sure.
@@VirtualPandaVR I have just tested it. This works really well.
According to VD discord, not all WiFi 6 routers will work fine, for example Huawei AX3 ones have been reported to be iffy sometimes. Also the cheapest recommended router is the TP Link C6/A6 which is the one I have and it works pretty well 97% of the time.
@@Quayledant yh that C6 or A6 is AC
Can you explain how to set up the wifi 6 the same way you use it? connecting it to the computer and using wifi from the computer to connect to the internet. The wifi 6 router should be in ap mode? Or router mode? Please explain
Just leave it in regular router mode. Connect your quest to it and connect it to your PC like it says in the video. That's literally all there is to it. :)
@@VirtualPandaVR thank you for replying! I tried this but I could not get any signal through the wifi 6. How do I get the wifi 6 to receive all the internet and data transfer from the pc? (it is connect to the pc by ethernet)
@@freshs5647 the router will not have internet access unless you connect it to your home router in AP mode. What I do is just leave the dedicated router (and quest) without internet while the PC is connected to both networks simultaneously
Man. Thank you so much for this video, and for all the advices and solutions you gave me. Thank you so so so much.