Ultimate Quest 2 Wireless PC VR Guide - Faster Wi-Fi and best settings

This is the ultimate guide for Quest 2 wireless PC VR gaming.
Whether using Virtual Desktop or Air Link.
Here Is show you how to maximise your home internet set up, for blazing fast Wi-fi speeds and perfect connections to your Quest 2.
Then we discuss whether to use Virtual Desktop or Airlink.
Before showing every setting you will need to change for the best experience possible.
I've spent hours trying to make sure my wireless PCVR is absolutely perfect on the Quest 2.
With the best balance of visuals and low latency.
I hope it helps.

My Tech used.
Netgear Nighthawk RAX50 Router
Netgear Wi-fi 6 Range Extender

0:00 Intro
0:28 Home Wi-fi Optimisation
4:48 Air link v Virtual Desktop
5:40 Air Link Best Settings
6:41 Virtual Desktop Best Settings

[noahkostman]

just ordered a pico 4, and have a wifi 6 router directly next to my play space, should be immaculate performance, and I'm super excited

[MrNangu]

After toying extensively with both Airlink and VD, I found Airlink right now has a noticeably better image quality and less noticeable input lag at the same settings, on the same wireless infraestructure.

Airlink just works if you have a decent WiFi 5 wireless network dedicated to PCVR, no need to spend a lot of money on a WiFi 6 router and extender. I have midrange WiFi equipment and it was plug and play.

Virtual Desktop is nice to have tough for other reasons, but Airlink is better in my experience as it is right now.

[AshenExiled]

What I’ve come to realize over the course of like 20 plus hours of troubleshooting and trying all different types of settings… nothing is a one size fits all for getting the best quality for VR. There’s too many variables that can cause high latency and poor quality. Specifically routers, router modem combos, pc specs, the vr headset you’re using, how the computer is connected to the network, and then individual settings like codec and mbps. It’s entirely anecdotal and just cause one person says it works for them, DOES NOT MEAN it will work for you. Welcome to VR PC gaming.

[muskerp]

I have used airlink & VD and usually I use VD for steam game playing although airlink works fine for me as well. I love the video streaming that VD has, it is far & away the best way to stream videos from the PC.

[Deathbatman]

Virtual desktop looks better, feels smoother, and is overlal better

[matt]

I've been having trouble with Airlink, I think I would wanna give Virtual Desktop a try once I get it or whenever.

[Ezpzlmnsqez]

I get some weird judder with airlink for some reason even though my setup seems to be on point.

With virtual desktop it seems a lot better.

[billbaggins]

Allright, I am pretty sure this vid will help me when my Quest 2 arrives in the mail.

[ThomasFu]

Thanks for the great video, this was exactly what i was looking for regarding the VD settings.

[AidanReid]

Just bought VD to give it a go as I've been using Airlink since i got my Quest 2. I don't have the beefiest PC but I generally find my 2700 @ 3.9ghz, 32gb ram and 1080ti can quite happily VR. I have noticed with Airlink there have been some stuttering when playing Synth Riders which i bought on Steam. Hopefully using VD i can tweak it a bit more so it behaves a little better. Going to give these tips a go as well. I am using a Mesh (others have said to not use the quest on it) but mine is AC 1200 so should be enough, Plus i'm right next to my PC (which is wired to the node).

[TheBaconbush]

I watched this from start to finish. Mate, you deserve way more subscribers. Pure Quality

[coffeejunkie]

I'm using the Amplifi Alien router and mesh point. Not only does it run super fast it also runs the other 22 device's I have.
The oculus quest 2 is Awesome.

[llama_lord]

Thank you sooo much this video helped me out

[Fortnite_snipes]

Do you need to connect your pc to the tp link with a ethernet cable?

[hoykoya]

MSFS2020 is the best benchmark game since it's the biggest resource hogger among the games that I played.

[Iggy]

hey i wanna ask does the wifi extender suppose to be where you play, or where your pc is?
if i have the wifi extender to the pc and play in my living room (for bigger space) does that affect latency?

[ruilechomeur]

if u are suffering of lags, just reduce the gpu option on streaming...
I have an 3070ti and even selecting the 3070 option it sometimes lags in some games

Like.. havin 10fps on the game, and when u pause the game, it's fine again.. but returns to 10fps once u get in game

Maybe it's because I'm at 120fps and the options consider using 90fps instead
I'll do some tests to choose between 120fps and medium quality or 90fps but high quality

[chetoflep]

We have the same router, I was looking for the setting to use in wifi settings and your video told me exactly what to do. Thanks again for posting.

[Larimuss]

Changing the channel on the router is only going to help you if your router is not good enough to auto select the best channel, it could also make it worse if someone hops on your private channel after you have set it manually. Just something to keep in mind if you have a router that’s not trash.

[jsonslim]

What if I can't have an acces to the admin page by the address printed on the router's box??? And another problem appears: when I already connected to the wifi, the ethernet connection has wrong ip addresses, and you could never get to the admin page unless you understand ip addressing. I would appreciate a video about it!