Eir Broadband - Recommend a mesh wi-fi system

Eir have their own mesh wifi system, which slave off their F3000 router - €59.99. For a new 2-storey house, you will probably find one of these adequate to extend your WiFi, but you can add more if necessary. Alternatively, if you go for the TP-Link or other 3rd-party brand, you will need to overlay the coverage from the Eir router and switch off the WiFi in the eir router - so you will need an additional unit. Don't run two routers on your network, as this causes problems.

https://eir-store.ie/collections/connected-living/products/smartwifi

Had a Deco M4 and thought it was rubbish.

Have a netgear orbi with wifi 6 e, gives me 900+ mb download on my s24 plus all round the 2 storey house.

It is a bit on the pricey side, but you don't have the frustration of a slow system with M4.

When it comes to WiFi, I would rather spend a bit more but enjoy trouble free connections.

You could get onemesh from Tplink. Its cheaper and works great if your house isnt huge.

Works on a Router and extender.

Like AXE75 and RE815XE

https://www.tp-link.com/uk/onemesh/product-list/

RBKE963

Sweet, I went with the cheaper version which is still €500 as that will cover the WiFi plus I’m also gonna run Ethernet through all the bedrooms and office.

I have the Devo x20 but it takes a huge performance hit at range which is what the orbi and ASUs mesh systems are supposed to excel at.

could you please walk me through what I need to do to connect my new eir f3000 modem to the 3 Deco m4 mesh units I previously used with satellite broadband I was using. I can connect all units with ethernet. I haven’t a clue about any of this. Thanks

Got the Orbi mesh and very pleased with it.

This is from my gaming pc upstairs which is hardwired to the satellite unit which in turn is using wireless backhaul.

The Deco X20 only gave me about 140meg on wireless (wired backhaul through powerlines) and the netgear powerlines with the 2.5gb adapter directly only gave me about 150megs..so over 5 times faster on the orbi mesh.

I have it plugged directly into the ont and a word of warning…read the damn instructions :) ie plug the ont terminal out for at least 2 mins to clear out the previous router connections. It was driving me mad this morning trying to set it up as I was rushing to do it.

A Tp-link wifi 6 adapter I also purchased only gives me 200megs from the exact same location. I'll be returning that.

yep the powerline adapters hampered it but even with wifi backhaul its performance is way less than the orbi. Granted the orbi has 1 router and 2 satellites but even before I hooked them up the wifi performance of the orbi over distance was multiples higher.

Yes the orbi is tri-band as it has a reserved 5ghz for backhaul..it makes a massive difference but even over 2.4ghz it was still double the x20.

Its only as you moved to internet speeds higher than 300 meg do you start to notice the limitations of the lower end etc.

Same kind of setup have a Netgear Orbi that I got at the start of lockdown and it has been on since. Never give one bit of trouble and whole house now has great coverage.

It is more expensive but a huge level up on my old TP-Links that really was not great.

You can login to tor Eir router by typing the IP address into address bar on Google chrome while connected to the WiFi. Google the correct IP for the router.

Login then, and go to WiFi and just disable it. WiFi light goes off on your WiFi router. Connect up your mesh system then if going to Decos and that will then generate your WiFi network in the house. The Deco app is very easy to use to set up your Deco mesh system.

You can bypass the Eir router fully and plug main Deco into the ONT on the wall. And remove the Eir router. If you want to set it up that way, all your doing otherwise is passing the fibre through the Eir router. An extra leg that isn't needed maybe depending on your circumstances.