On 10/01/19 11:35, Clifford Snow wrote:
Bob,
I recently installed a mesh system in my house. While the house is
relatively small, it did have some dead spots with my old system. My
old system was a router with a repeater. The new system has a router
with two mesh devices. Coverage is complete but the reason I upgraded
was to avoid having different networks for different parts of the
house. Now I can "roam" throughout the house with no dead spots and
not having to change networks. Note - It worked good with just the
main router and one mesh device, but I decided to make sure it worked
everywhere. Now I'm down to just two networks, my home network and a
guest network.
The other part of your question, how the hell does it do that. It does
it without using ethernet or powerline adaptors. For more info check
out this article
https://www.howtogeek.com/290418/what-are-mesh-wi-fi-systems-and-how-do-they-work/
Best,
Clifford
.
That's interesting, good to know that it actually improved your
coverage, but the article did not specify anysort of Ethernet connection
between the main router and what I have seen referred to as satellites,
access points I think. I read one google article recommending cat6
cables. I would like to avoid running more wire.
The system now has two wifi routers, the satellite TV people connected a
second one on a different, 10. something, and my ASUS wifi router with
two extenders, all of which will access the internet if the user picks
the right one, nothing happens automatically. that's fine with me, I
like to have some control of what I do but the result is confusion,
especially for iPhone users.
So that's why I am considering the mesh wifi,
Thanks for the help,
Bob
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Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
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