Wifi mesh systems

Scratching my head. All seems ok now. Testing at 200Mbps up in the office every which way I try. Maybe it’s a contention issue during the day?

Now I’m trying wired into the main Deco and it’s giving me 75Mbps whereas on the wifi right beside it I’m getting 310Mbps

Too far? Not going by the specs but it definitely could be walls and floors causing interference between the two. I just expected far better performance when looking at the stated 4500sqft coverage and the house is a fraction of that. I thought the 3 pack would be overkill

Connecting via Ethernet would be the ideal but that would require a lot of messing around. I don’t think I’d be up for it myself. I have looked online for installers that would be able to retrofit Ethernet connections throughout the house

A friend has the Eero and has nothing but praise for it. I’d be tempted to buy it if it’s reduced for Black Friday. Just worried I’d have similar issues

1Gbps. I don’t care about hitting that so much as consistency throughout to be honest

I’ve overshot that unfortunately. I’ve sent a query to the TP-Link team anyway. I’ll see what they come back with

I’ll give that a go so. I thought having it up in the office would be the best job so we could have a wired connection there

Did you try it ?

Forget about fast.com it is not reliable source.

As for the the Speedtest, make sure you pick the right server there: Blacknight Dublin, Airwire Galway good place to start.

Who’d recommend M5 for 1Gbps package?!

Eero Pro might do a trick , but if Ethernet not an option then watch out for ORBI deals,

RBK50/53s or RBK852/853( obvious choice apart from the price , then again ,some new smartphones cost more ), those two have the most powerful radios I’ve ever seen.

ps.You could try Eero Pro for 30 days of course.

For £450 it is a steal, don’t use 3rd unit unless it is absolutely necessary though. Two of those might cover your place.

ps. If you don’t have VOIP service from Vodafone you could get rid of Vodafone router, just plug Orbi directly to ONT ( not an option with Eero which doesn’t support PPPoE and VLAN 10)

I have this in, and I agree, I have it as a wired mesh with each of the three units feeding a 5 port switch, so lots of wired in devices and a wired mesh.

However it's getting on now, I probably would not get one now, although they are on sale for black Friday. Having the ability to have a wired mesh would be a must for me though, so the new nest offering with no wired ports would be out the window, not all the devices i have are wireless.

I see the original Google Wifi for 139 on a Dutch site Black Friday deal. As someone who has only used the router supplied by the ISP, I'm struggling to see a reason not to click order?

I'm living in France - I have the highest speed cable broadband, includes TV bundle. Don't have VOIP or any other landline

I have the BT Whole Home system (4 discs). I'd recommend it. Was look for something to cover a new extension which was covered by my original router.

Speeds are good in the extension which is the furthest disc away from the router. Easy to setup and a nice app to go with it.

Nest WIFI router has 2 ethernet ports. NEST WiFi Point has none.

So , you should buy X2 or X3 Nest Routers instead of Nest Points and use extra Nest Routers as satellites for the Mesh .

Looking to upgrade myself at the moment. Im not really upto date with this mesh systems. I have an Eircom router in one corner of my house upstairs(for some reason). Im getting wifi speeds of appx 45mbps on 2.4ghz and 85mbps on 5ghz channels. Using wall sockets currenly around the house to spread the wifi and connect stuff via ethernet and its working away fine. Can only get the 5ghz channel when im beside the router to not benefitting really from it. If I was to upgrade to mesh would I be able to connect to the 5ghz channel all over the house?? Looking at TP Link Deco S4 system or something in that price range or lower...

Have you anything connected directly via ethernet to the downstairs unit? Just wondering what sort of speeds you might expect from that..

If its a bungalow or dormer ceiling mounted access points would be the way to go for providing solid WiFi, and easy enough to physically install

Careful with any Nest mesh, there is a problem going back nearly a year with these, which Google are doing nothing about.