Home mesh network

HartsockZA said:
Only one way a person can fix it, have to run cable from point of breakout to all the spots in the house. You guys all know I run Ruijie so it was a Ruijie build. Was gonna do the nice Wifi 6 cieling AP's poe Switch and their RG105V3 router pretty simple all housed in a 6U network cabinet. Sadly they never came back. Suspect they went to my competitor that installs Unifi AP's without their controllers... Meh, not bothered but please just don't be like them and keep buying mesh units and be the ones to say to any network tech "The box says it can cover any house"
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Yeah the marketing is usually heavily marketed as non brick + mortar / concrete+rebar houses
 
killerbyte said:
I have seen reinforced concrete in those big houses destroy wifi even when the nodes had line of site with each other.
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It's hilarious I almost laughed, State of the art mansion but the wifi was the one thing over-looked these new modern homes guys can't do Mesh, you'd be very lucky to pull it off. Especially when we have to hide the cables and the AP's costs a lot.
 
HartsockZA said:
It's hilarious I almost laughed, State of the art mansion but the wifi was the one thing over-looked these new modern homes guys can't do Mesh, you'd be very lucky to pull it off. Especially when we have to hide the cables and the AP's costs a lot.
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I have a client who I have helped for years. Now lives in the US.
They built a house in Texas and I asked to see the plans and I checked over where the cables and APs were going in their McMansion. Thankfully its a wood house, but still a large enough size that you need to worry about AP placement.
So many people build these beautiful homes and forget that data runs their lives now.
 
nadeem_k said:
Hi All,

I have an M4 router set (3 of them) in my house.

It works well generally, but there are times when it lags and also struggles to link to my doorbell that is out of the house.

I am considering upgrading to the Deco X10, but I wonder if this is worth the upgrade?

I could still keep the all system to expand the network more.
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Heard good things about these
www.incredible.co.za

TP-Link RE505X AX1500 Range Extender

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Willie Trombone said:
Heard good things about these
www.incredible.co.za

TP-Link RE505X AX1500 Range Extender

Wi-Fi 6 Range Extender Extended Wifi To Your Entire Home Smart Roaming Uninterrupted Streaming Access Point Mode Easy Set Up Wifi dead zone killer Faster wifi 6 speeds 2 Year Warranty
www.incredible.co.za www.incredible.co.za
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Range extenders are half-duplex, they've never been a good solution.
 
HartsockZA said:
Guys for the love of pete, remember mesh wireless only works in smaller homes. I just inspected a Mansion/Castle in the East of Pretoria. These things are not designed to go through 6 walls plus. the place had like 8 Deco's 4 extenders and they were wondering why it wasn't meshing. Max 200 Squares, if that, if you don't know please just ask before wasting 20k on a mesh kit that wasn't going to work from the friggin start!?

Edit: And if it doesn't work with the 1st kit then DO not buy a 2nd kit...
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Wirelessly.

There’s no limitation on cover if you cable between the nodes.
 
Willie Trombone said:
No
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WiFi extender is a name, it doesn’t imply no mesh support.
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Just be aware that TP-Link has two types of mesh systems and from my experience they are not compatible.
OneMesh and Deco.

Deco's are sold as a kit, but the OneMesh system allows you to buy a router and then add mesh nodes to it in a piecemeal fashion.
 
killerbyte said:
Just be aware that TP-Link has two types of mesh systems and from my experience they are not compatible.
OneMesh and Deco.

Deco's are sold as a kit, but the OneMesh system allows you to buy a router and then add mesh nodes to it in a piecemeal fashion.
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True, almost all mesh systems are brand specific and as you point out sometimes specific to models within the brand's stable.
 
Willie Trombone said:
True, almost all mesh systems are brand specific and as you point out sometimes specific to models within the brand's stable.
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TP-Link makes it more complicated than it should be.

I just wish there was an Open Mesh standard. The standard for mesh networks is an open standard (IEEE 802.11s). Just wish they were all compatible!
 
Suspect99 said:
You can buy single decos and all deco models can mesh with each other.
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Yes, I know. Because they are all Decos. And I love the Deco systems. I keep recommending the bloody things to friends, family and forumites alike. I just with that TP-Link made it a one system to rule them all (like Asus does).
 
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