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I currently use an old edimax extender in my garage for the ring doorbell and CCTV camera and it's still not great.
Also use internet out there for radio and car updates etc.
Was thinking of looking at a mesh system, seen a few TP link 3 device systems for reasonable money.
Worth looking at and has it worked for you?
Also use internet out there for radio and car updates etc.
Was thinking of looking at a mesh system, seen a few TP link 3 device systems for reasonable money.
Worth looking at and has it worked for you?
I use the TP Deco mesh system. Its was easy to setup and you can generally find (or least I can here in Germany) them secondhand for 10-20€ a unit. All generations are compatible with each other so you don't have to worry about that. Even the older units are capable of providing internet speeds that are more than enough for my daily needs.
I got a Mercusys (Poor man's TP link) mesh system a few months ago as my house is a bungalow and takes up a lot of floor space so getting WiFi to all the rooms was difficult.
But £100 later and the mesh system is up and running and the coverage and speeds are decent.
I was using it as just an access point at first which I think was causing some conflict, but I binned off the Vodafone router and logged into the new router with my PPoE credentials and it's been flawless since then.
It's a router and two nodes with no wired backhaul and it's fine for our needs.
But £100 later and the mesh system is up and running and the coverage and speeds are decent.
I was using it as just an access point at first which I think was causing some conflict, but I binned off the Vodafone router and logged into the new router with my PPoE credentials and it's been flawless since then.
It's a router and two nodes with no wired backhaul and it's fine for our needs.
Deco system here. Bought it in my last place as the router was through three walls (proper brick ones haha) and the signal in my office was rubbish. Network engineer on my old team recommended the Deco set up and it's been excellent.
Moved house since, have the first node in my office, one in dining room, living room and kitchen. We get an excellent Wi-Fi connection throughout the house and the furthers node (living TV) still gets a good connection for 4k streaming. You can get a set up with 3 nodes for about £120 on Amazon.
Moved house since, have the first node in my office, one in dining room, living room and kitchen. We get an excellent Wi-Fi connection throughout the house and the furthers node (living TV) still gets a good connection for 4k streaming. You can get a set up with 3 nodes for about £120 on Amazon.
Worth checking when it arrives on what speeds the nodes are getting.
Google search suggests Im far from the only one.. my eero mesh system started off fantastic, 1GB to gateway node.. around 300 mb to the satelite nodes (wifi backhaul).
Through some updates this has rapidly degraded.. down to 80mb, and buying more expensive kit isnt going to fix it apparently. All the newer stuff is even more impacted by walls /furniture in the way.
If I had a time machine, Id go back an run CAT6 to every mesh point.
Have also been contemplating using MoCA.. just the converters are more than an Eero new system though!
Google search suggests Im far from the only one.. my eero mesh system started off fantastic, 1GB to gateway node.. around 300 mb to the satelite nodes (wifi backhaul).
Through some updates this has rapidly degraded.. down to 80mb, and buying more expensive kit isnt going to fix it apparently. All the newer stuff is even more impacted by walls /furniture in the way.
If I had a time machine, Id go back an run CAT6 to every mesh point.
Have also been contemplating using MoCA.. just the converters are more than an Eero new system though!
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