Mesh system

[highet]

Currently have 80mb FTTC internet installed and use a tenda MW3 mesh system to spread it round 3 floors of house and garden - it's cheap and seems to do the job - about to get 500mb FTTP installed - the tenda MW3 will no longer cut the mustard as it limited to a speed of 100mb over WiFi - anyone recommend a decent mesh system that will work at faster speeds (up to 1gb if possible) and doesn't cost the earth - thanks

[Trustmeimadoctor]

unifi



oh doesnt cost the earth....

[S6PNJ]

If you like the MW3, how about the MW6? I think that has greater throughput speeds.

[geeks]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

unifi



oh doesnt cost the earth....

Yeah if you want a lot of fkery getting it setup and a huge cost outlay.

For the average home user I still use TP Link Deco stuff as my go to

[Trustmeimadoctor]

slightly more complex but also alot more powerful

[bunchofkeys]

Recently bought the Deco XE75Pro 3pack, works really well throughout the house, min of 350mbps both up and downloads, from a 1Gb FTTP connection.
Highly recommend and easy to setup.

[Funk]

I have the Asus ZenWifi AX XT8 mesh which works really well - has a second 5Ghz band which can be dedicated to backhaul. I get 800mbit+ on my phone via wifi.

https://www.asus.com/uk/networking-iot-servers/who...

[geeks]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

slightly more complex but also alot more powerful

Its significantly more complex, mesh is plug and play, Unifi gear is not, its also significantly more expensive, home setups have moved on. The unifi kit is great but for the average home user it is completely unnecessary and I say this as a fulltime techbro with over 20 years experience in stuff like this.

[JimbobVFR]

Funk said:

I have the Asus ZenWifi AX XT8 mesh which works really well - has a second 5Ghz band which can be dedicated to backhaul. I get 800mbit+ on my phone via wifi.

https://www.asus.com/uk/networking-iot-servers/who...

The great thing about Asus is their mesh system is also available on pretty much all of their routers and other network devices. I upgraded my old RT68U to a newer RT86U and was able to switch my old router into mesh mode.
The advantage of using an Asus router as extra nodes is you can still use all of the ethernet and USB ports on any Node for extra expansion and it will use ethernet backhaul via the WAN socket if available.

[NDA]

geeks said:

For the average home user I still use TP Link Deco stuff as my go to

Which flavour of Deco do you recommend for an average 4 bedroom house? There are 5 main types of Deco... I'm not sure which is best.

I currently have BT Whole Home which is a bit flakey, I could do with updating it.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Honestly with an average 4 bed detached I can easily get buy with just one ap! But it is centrally mounted on the 1st floor

[119]

Another vote against unifi stuff.

It’s an utter ballache to use and set up!

[RizzoTheRat]

NDA said:

Which flavour of Deco do you recommend for an average 4 bedroom house? There are 5 main types of Deco... I'm not sure which is best.

I currently have BT Whole Home which is a bit flakey, I could do with updating it.

One with an X or an E in the name, they're WiFi 6, the older P and M series are only WiFi 5.

The one potential problem I might have with Deco (I have a P9 and M4, but guessing this may be the case for newer ones too) is that I can't select the channel, it decides for itself which seems less congested. I'm convinced this is what causes occasional problems with my Zigbee network, which shares the spectrum with WiFi.

[NDA]

OK thanks...

Also, do you recommend turning off the wifi signal of the main router? I haven't done this on my current set up, but might do (if there's a benefit) with a new mesh system.

[Funk]

NDA said:

OK thanks...

Also, do you recommend turning off the wifi signal of the main router? I haven't done this on my current set up, but might do (if there's a benefit) with a new mesh system.

Yes, definitely.

[gangzoom]

S6PNJ said:

If you like the MW3, how about the MW6? I think that has greater throughput speeds.

Literally just setup some MW12s with existing MW3s, but I’m not bothered about WiFi speeds, a reliable connection any where in the house is more important. For the stuff that’s needs decent speed, office desk/TV/Nvidia Shield I have them connected over Cat6.

[In the sticks]

Relevant thread. Just got gigaclear 1gb with 2 of their tri band modes. Linksys ax4200. I need 5 nodes in total for the house. Question is, are these any good ? If so, then I’ll go buy some more of them.

[lizardbrain]

i upgraded from little tp links to 3x m4 and it was like magic, if you live with spotty laggy internet you kind of forget what's like to have full coverage at full speeds.

Each of the 3 units has 2 ethernet ports too which is handy, my work pc is totally wireless now with no obvious comprimise

[Ronstein]

In the sticks said:

Relevant thread. Just got gigaclear 1gb with 2 of their tri band modes. Linksys ax4200. I need 5 nodes in total for the house. Question is, are these any good ? If so, then I’ll go buy some more of them.

We've got LinkSys Velop 6 with our Gigaclear 400mb FTTP and it's pretty good, after the inevitable initial faffing about. We have 4 additional nodes to cover the house which is 5 bed with 22" thick stone walls, so not the easiest for Wi-Fi.

[geeks]

RizzoTheRat said:

NDA said:

Which flavour of Deco do you recommend for an average 4 bedroom house? There are 5 main types of Deco... I'm not sure which is best.

I currently have BT Whole Home which is a bit flakey, I could do with updating it.

One with an X or an E in the name, they're WiFi 6, the older P and M series are only WiFi 5.

The one potential problem I might have with Deco (I have a P9 and M4, but guessing this may be the case for newer ones too) is that I can't select the channel, it decides for itself which seems less congested. I'm convinced this is what causes occasional problems with my Zigbee network, which shares the spectrum with WiFi.

Agreed, sorry i missed the reply but NDA gave the same advice I would have. In regards to the channel bit, you did used to be able to manually do this however I have found the network optimisation tool did a pretty decent job of getting me onto a clearer channel when we were in the city, in the sticks where we are now it really doesnt matter