Current Events > anyone know anything about mesh wifi?

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i got gigabit speed at my place but cant run a 100 ft cable atm, i was thinking of getting these wifi mesh devices to extend signal to the dead spots in my house

I noticed some mesh wifi devices have an ethernet port, how much speed would I lose generally if i go wired on one of these mesh devices?

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Was gonna set one up for my parents just ended up getting them a nighthawk instead cuz itseasier and was on sale and they just netflix. Mesh is nice, not as good as wired but that or a wifi5 or 6 nighthawk good as your going to get without wires every where cant give yoh exact numbers

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I know on proper APs it works fine (I.e. ubiquity gear or more expensive enterprise equipment)

I bought some cheap DVR system where the cameras were supposed to mesh and it was complete trash. Dont go with cheap shit if you want it to work properly

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yeah i was gonna go with this netgear nighthawk wifi 6 mesh system but dunno if it's a good alternative to ethernet for the moment

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If your modem can output wifi 6 and you have wifi 6 mesh, you shouldn't lose much speed if you connect your pc via ethernet to one of the mesh stations. But if you connect via wireless, it also depends on your pc's wireless adapters capabilities.

I've never heard of it

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Rika_Furude posted...

I know on proper APs it works fine (I.e. ubiquity gear or more expensive enterprise equipment)

I bought some cheap DVR system where the cameras were supposed to mesh and it was complete trash. Dont go with cheap shit if you want it to work properly

I have a couple ubiquity APs and they work wonderfully. They're wireless uplink/mesh feature works great. I don't have any multi hops setup so not sure how much loss work happen there.

Just googled it. Apparently every hop reduces your bandwidth by half.

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CommonStar posted...

If your modem can output wifi 6 and you have wifi 6 mesh, you shouldn't lose much speed if you connect your pc via ethernet to one of the mesh stations. But if you connect via wireless, it also depends on your pc's wireless adapters capabilities.

i think that xfinity xb7 modem can output wifi 6 iirc

So i should generally be fine if i stick one of these in my room, then wire it to that?

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