Home mesh network
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I've got some older linksys velop 2 band, but I don't use them as the router and they are all wired backhaul. Like this they are very reliable.
The routing is basic, so I switched to openwrt on a nanopi 4.
Before wiring them together they would occasionally lose one of the nodes, this was probably down to placement of the nodes relative to each other and the connectivity between them.
For any mesh devices, unless you can wire them together, they really need to be arranged in a star topology with the router in the middle.
The more nodes you pass through to get to the router, the slower the traffic will be.
If you are using wireless backhaul try to go for tri-band so there's less contention.
The routing is basic, so I switched to openwrt on a nanopi 4.
Before wiring them together they would occasionally lose one of the nodes, this was probably down to placement of the nodes relative to each other and the connectivity between them.
For any mesh devices, unless you can wire them together, they really need to be arranged in a star topology with the router in the middle.
The more nodes you pass through to get to the router, the slower the traffic will be.
If you are using wireless backhaul try to go for tri-band so there's less contention.
I put a Mercusys system in a clients villa a few months back. C.500sqm with brick walls and solid concrete floors upstairs.
A HX70 3pk from MediaMarkt (equivalent of Curry’s) was €99 and covered the whole house including the outside kitchen.
Super easy to install and very effective.
I’m sure (in true PH style) someone will be along shortly to tell you you need to spend 1,000’s on some rocket grade industrial system
A HX70 3pk from MediaMarkt (equivalent of Curry’s) was €99 and covered the whole house including the outside kitchen.
Super easy to install and very effective.
I’m sure (in true PH style) someone will be along shortly to tell you you need to spend 1,000’s on some rocket grade industrial system
I use the Google home devices and they were very simple to setup and they work brilliantly. My house has granite walls in some parts so wireless signal has a trouble ‘seeing’ past one particular wall : I have hard cabled two of the devices together to ensure a constant connection. They sell 2 versions - wireless only and it comes with built in speaker, or wireless with Ethernet port and no speaker.
Great to be able to use Google home around the house or transfer music from room to room.
I even used a Tplink to send a signal via mains power to an outbuilding so have a wireless setup there too on the same system.
I have 4 devices in the house, with three google speakers with a fifth wireless point in the outbuilding, with a central server hardwired in so it can be accessed where ever across the mesh. May be consumer level but no issues at all.
Great to be able to use Google home around the house or transfer music from room to room.
I even used a Tplink to send a signal via mains power to an outbuilding so have a wireless setup there too on the same system.
I have 4 devices in the house, with three google speakers with a fifth wireless point in the outbuilding, with a central server hardwired in so it can be accessed where ever across the mesh. May be consumer level but no issues at all.
Edited by thepritch on Saturday 13th January 09:00
I use a 4 disc BT Whole Home package.
It was quite flakey until I wired each disc via home plugs to the router. It gives pretty solid performance.
Having spent a long time, in several large houses, fiddling with wifi and broadband, I came to the inevitable and obvious conclusion that wired wins. Every time. If you can get a few wired connections put in discreetly, then access points will work superbly. Also worth adding that cheapie little switches from Netgear/Amazon work great too - very handy and can be easily daisy-chained.
It was quite flakey until I wired each disc via home plugs to the router. It gives pretty solid performance.
Having spent a long time, in several large houses, fiddling with wifi and broadband, I came to the inevitable and obvious conclusion that wired wins. Every time. If you can get a few wired connections put in discreetly, then access points will work superbly. Also worth adding that cheapie little switches from Netgear/Amazon work great too - very handy and can be easily daisy-chained.
NDA said:
I use a 4 disc BT Whole Home package.
It was quite flakey until I wired each disc via home plugs to the router. It gives pretty solid performance.
Having spent a long time, in several large houses, fiddling with wifi and broadband, I came to the inevitable and obvious conclusion that wired wins. Every time. If you can get a few wired connections put in discreetly, then access points will work superbly. Also worth adding that cheapie little switches from Netgear/Amazon work great too - very handy and can be easily daisy-chained.
I use a BT 4 disc system too. No problems for me. Obviously the more discs the signal has to pass through, the slower the signal, but I am still getting 50Mbps at the furthest disc. That might be slow, for some, but more than adequate for what I need. We also stream loads of stuff to the TV over it, including UHD and have no problems. It was quite flakey until I wired each disc via home plugs to the router. It gives pretty solid performance.
Having spent a long time, in several large houses, fiddling with wifi and broadband, I came to the inevitable and obvious conclusion that wired wins. Every time. If you can get a few wired connections put in discreetly, then access points will work superbly. Also worth adding that cheapie little switches from Netgear/Amazon work great too - very handy and can be easily daisy-chained.
Chris Stott said:
I put a Mercusys system in a clients villa a few months back. C.500sqm with brick walls and solid concrete floors upstairs.
A HX70 3pk from MediaMarkt (equivalent of Curry’s) was €99 and covered the whole house including the outside kitchen.
Super easy to install and very effective.
Another vote for Mercusys H70X in a Victorian house with wifi-impenetrable plasterwork. All on wired backhaul and less than half an hour to set the lot up.A HX70 3pk from MediaMarkt (equivalent of Curry’s) was €99 and covered the whole house including the outside kitchen.
Super easy to install and very effective.
GlenMH said:
Chris Stott said:
I put a Mercusys system in a clients villa a few months back. C.500sqm with brick walls and solid concrete floors upstairs.
A HX70 3pk from MediaMarkt (equivalent of Curry’s) was €99 and covered the whole house including the outside kitchen.
Super easy to install and very effective.
Another vote for Mercusys H70X in a Victorian house with wifi-impenetrable plasterwork. All on wired backhaul and less than half an hour to set the lot up.A HX70 3pk from MediaMarkt (equivalent of Curry’s) was €99 and covered the whole house including the outside kitchen.
Super easy to install and very effective.
My son went for these wifi 6 units on my recommendation to replace some troublesome TP-Link Deco's. Solved the performance issues he was having and, again, absolutely no complaints.
We have a few of these and it's pretty much perfect:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0041JNUAI?psc=1&...
We used to have ones that boosted signal via the household electric circuit, and they were poor.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0041JNUAI?psc=1&...
We used to have ones that boosted signal via the household electric circuit, and they were poor.
Being the lazy person I am I am looking to do wireless backhaul, so only really looking for advice from people that have got a stable network with a similar setup.
It isn't for gaming, but to extend wifi coverage across the whole property for SONOS, streaming from Netflix and the like.
It isn't for gaming, but to extend wifi coverage across the whole property for SONOS, streaming from Netflix and the like.
2ono said:
Being the lazy person I am I am looking to do wireless backhaul, so only really looking for advice from people that have got a stable network with a similar setup.
It isn't for gaming, but to extend wifi coverage across the whole property for SONOS, streaming from Netflix and the like.
There is a TP link Deco that has built in powerline for back haul. I’ve had them running in one place for a good few years now and have been rock solid. It isn't for gaming, but to extend wifi coverage across the whole property for SONOS, streaming from Netflix and the like.
If you are going as far as putting in Ethernet for wireless backhaul, I’d suggest you bite the bullet and go for a ubiquiti setup with a central router and access points, rather than a mesh setup.
Tim Cognito said:
Another with TP link deco here. Linked them with ethernet cables and a cheap switch. No problems. I messed around with access points before and it was crap. Devices would cling to the barely accessible router despite being sat next to an ap.
How does one do that and what would I need ?Deco M5 here and struggling to get coverage in the front extension
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